[Leica] Need Help With Lens

[jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)]

Try backing off the filter an eighth of a turn or so. The 24 Asph's 
hood also chokes on tight B+W filters but if you back off the filter 
slightly, everything works fine.

John Collier

On 15-Feb-05, at 9:39 AM, Richard J. Greenstone wrote:

> I recently purchased a used 28mm 2.8 Elmarit-M lens.  This is a model 
> manufactured in Canada with a 49mm filter size.  The lens has two 
> metal posts where either a lens cap or lens shade attaches.
>
> I purchased a B+W 49mm UV slim filter but found that both the lens cap 
> and lens shade would not attach with the filter in place.
>
> Does anyone know whether a Leica made filter would rectify this 
> problem or is this camera essentially filterless if one wants to use a 
> lens shade.