Re: [Leica] lens caps-The Last Word

["Frank Farmer"<frankandaubrey@mindspring.com>]

I really didn't mean to start all this.  I was just wondering about, err, lens
caps.  Whoops! 
 ;-)

Frank

On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 06:19:40 -0800 (PST) Henry Ting <henryting10@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> 
> Whew !!!!
> I roughly counted this "Leica Lens Cap" thread
> generated close to 30 responses ... and we
> still worry
> about the demise of Leica ?
> 
> --- Jeffrey Fass  wrote:
> > Actaully, his caps are very good. He made me
> a pair
> > for my 12" Ektar. Just
> > right.
> > 
> > JDF
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Stuart Phillips" 
> > To: 
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 12:39 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] lens caps-The Last Word
> > 
> > 
> > > http://www.skgrimes.com/caps/index.htm
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Roland Smith" 
> > > To: 
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 12:16 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] lens caps
> > >
> > >
> > > > Is it true that Leica will begin January
> 1, 2003
> > engraving serial
> > numbers
> > > in
> > > > lens caps?
> > > >
> > > > Roland Smith
> > > > Oakland, California
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Ted Grant" 
> > > > To: 
> > > > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 8:55 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] lens caps
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Don Dory asked:
> > > > > > Wasn't it Ted just a few days ago
> advising
> > us to quote an outrageous
> > > > price
> > > > > > for photographing an event and then
> not
> > blinking?  So what is wrong
> > > with
> > > > > > Leica doing the same? > > >
> > > > > Actually I don't have a problem with
> the cost
> > of the caps, shades and
> > > > other
> > > > > ancillary bits and pieces.... I don't
> buy them
> > and that solves the
> > price
> > > > > whine factor! ;-)
> > > > >
> > > > > It appears there have been a number of
> options
> > offered for other
> > > > suppliers,
> > > > > so what's the problem? If enough people
> > weren't stupid enough to pay
> > the
> > > > > Leica prices for the bits and pieces,
> do you
> > not think the prices
> > would
> > > > come
> > > > > down to a common sense level?
> > > > >
> > > > > What happens is, too many people stay
> all
> > hully gully twitch assed
> > about
> > > > > having the perfect leica look and will
> put out
> > for the outrages
> > prices.
> > > > > Rather than what I did when I found out
> the
> > lens shade for the 35 1.4
> > > > > Summilux was $90. bucks plus. I just
> screwed
> > off the front portion and
> > > > threw
> > > > > it away as it was the only part kind of
> banged
> > up. How about 20 years
> > > plus
> > > > > ago and the original back half of the
> shade is
> > still on the lens and
> > > > appears
> > > > > to work fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > And how about the Noctilux where the
> two
> > little pins that held the
> > lens
> > > > > shade in place finally fell out.... 30
> years
> > ago? and there hasn't
> > been
> > > a
> > > > > lens shade on the Noctilux since. Hell
> it was
> > going to cost some
> > > > > astronomical price to replace the pins
> alone
> > and I'd still have a kind
> > > of
> > > > > screwed-up lens shade that would
> eventually
> > break off the pins again.
> > > > >
> > > > > Do my pictures look any worse for the
> wear? 
> > Nope! Have I endangered
> > the
> > > > > lens because I've not had a lens shade?
> Sure
> > maybe, sometimes, but as
> > > long
> > > > > as I didn't think or worry about it, it
> didn't
> > matter!
> > > > >
> > > > > See how easy life is when you don't get
> > wrapped up in all this lens
> > > shade
> > > > > and caps crap. Forget it or use
> something
> > else.
> > > > > I mean if you're desperate, use plastic
> Saran
> > wrap when you put the
> > lens
> > > > in
> > > > > your bag.! Cheap and disposable!
> > > > > ted
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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