Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]ok thanks they are and i use a very old t shirt and am suprised how much softer it feels then a lens cloth. simon - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Ridings" <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Double Lens Carrier Can Carry Lenses > No, no! Not socks (been there, done that). > > The dust and the lint will eventually work its way into the lenses. > > If they're really old socks, like Ted's underwear, well, ok. But watch it > otherwise. > > Now for my 1953(?) baseball signed by Stan the Man and the rest of the > Cardinals ... the sock is just fine. > > Daniel > > > At 13:18 13.03.2003 +0100, you wrote: > >if i understand correctly and the lenses are attached at the rear ends i,d > >like that very much i often roll uplenses in socks to carry inside a > >briefcase when they are attached to each other that would seem more secure > >don,t you think? > >simon > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Buzz Hausner" <buzz.hausner@verizon.net> > >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > >Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 12:23 PM > >Subject: [Leica] Double Lens Carrier Can Carry Lenses > > > > > > > It's a ditzy little item, but it can prove useful upon occasion. I use > > > it to help make up a walking around kit. I hate lens pouches, camera > > > cases, and all such burdens. If I am taking what amounts to my "big > > > kit," I will carry one body, a 50 mm and a 35mm spherical Summicron, and > > > a "Skinny" Tele-Elmarit. The double lens carrier permits me to keep two > > > lenses in one jacket pocket, reserving the other pocket for film. Other > > > than that, I can't see much use for the double lens carrier and don't > > > recommend its purchase. > > > > > > Buzz Hausner > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Daniel > > > Ridings > > > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 5:07 AM > > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica double lens carrier > > > > > > I have one lying around in the house somewhere but I never really used > > > it. > > > It assumes you have two lenses you don't want to use. I have enough > > > bodies > > > to keep my lenses mounted most of the time with only one left-over. It > > > got > > > to be a pain removing the gray ring and fumbling around for a rear cap. > > > Two > > > rear caps glued together would have solved that problem. > > > > > > It was a good idea for traveling though ... in the actual transport > > > phase > > > when you pack everything down as compactly as possible. > > > > > > Daniel > > > > > > > > > At 10:19 13.03.2003 +0100, you wrote: > > > >Hi Nathan, > > > > > > > >Thanks for that info. I always thought the wide angle lens problem was > > > the > > > >reason Leica stopped making this lens carrier. > > > > > > > >The fact that with only one lens in the holder, the rear of that lens > > > is > > > >unprotected made me refrain from buying. > > > > > > > >I'll be gluing one of these days. Unless Leica does it for me. I'm > > > still > > > >hoping. > > > > > > > >Chris > > > > > > > >>It is a much better solution. I have a couple of those Leica couplers, > > > > > > >>but as you say, they cannot be used with two wide angle lenses (e.g. a > > > > > > >>35mm and 24mm cannot be put together). The other advantage of the two > > > end > > > >>caps is that when you take away one of the lenses, the remaining lens > > > >>remains protected against dust and dirt, while with the coupler there > > > is > > > >>then an open path to the rear element. > > > >> > > > >>Nathan > > > >> > > > >>Oliver Bryk wrote: > > > >> > > > >>>Jerry, I bought individual end caps from a discounter and glued them > > > >>>together back to back. I understand that the Leica device, besides > > > being > > > >>>pricy, presents a problem with some retrofocus lenses. > > > >>>Oliver Bryk > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>-- > > > >>>To unsubscribe, see > > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>-- > > > >>Nathan Wajsman > > > >>Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > > >> > > > >>e-mail: nathanw@bluewin.ch > > > >>mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > > > >> > > > >>Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2003.htm > > > >>General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > >> > > > >>-- > > > >>To unsubscribe, see > > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > >Christer Almqvist > > > >D 20255 Hamburg and / or > > > >F 50590 Regnéville sur Mer > > > > > > > >please look at my NEW b+w pictures > > > >at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/dozen/ > > > > > > > >old pictures still at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/new > > > >-- > > > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html