Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/20

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Subject: [Leica] Quick Help! Old 35 Summilux filter thread size.
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Tue Apr 20 06:57:52 2004
References: <002d01c426a6$b39aa6a0$697ba8c0@Saarinen>

Early lenses have 41 mm filter thread while the rest have no filter 
thread. A simple 42 mm slip on cap works on all of them.

John Collier

On Apr 20, 2004, at 1:11 AM, Mikko J. Kalavainen wrote:

> I just need someone to quickly take a peek at their 35mm Summilux (the 
> oldold one, you know, the small version which is really soft at 1.4), 
> and measure the size of the thread at the front.
>
> Here's a picture, I know I'm confusing people. 
> http://www.quickreleaseplate.com/LuxFD2%20.html
>
> Although, now that I think about it, I'm not sure if it's made in 
> Canada like the one in the picture. Oh well.
>
> I just need to get a lenscap for it, and I cant stand the hood. I've 
> got one (cap) for the hood, but now I would like to get rid of it, 
> since it is almost the same size as the lens itself. Annoying when 
> carrying the camera on your shoulder, WITHOUT A BAG.


In reply to: Message from mikko.kalavainen at fotosaarinen.fi (Mikko J. Kalavainen) ([Leica] Quick Help! Old 35 Summilux filter thread size.)