Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/09

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Subject: Subject: Re: [Leica] New toy (IIIf + Elmar)
From: jgovindaraj at eth.net (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat Jul 9 08:29:58 2005
References: <f2f825f20507090614612b7a64@mail.gmail.com>

Daniel,
Stephen Gandy of Cameraquest has Voigtlander lens hoods for the Elmar:
See http://www.cameraquest.com/frames/4saleNRF.htm and scroll down.
Cheers
Jayanand Govindaraj
Chennai, India

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Victor Rubin" <vroger@gmail.com>
To: <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 6:44 PM
Subject: Subject: Re: [Leica] New toy (IIIf + Elmar)


> Funny thing Daniel- (by the way those shots with the "new toy" show
> that its not just a toy in your hands)- as I sit here at my computer
> on Saturday AM, there is next to me on the desk- the lens hood for
> that lens. Got it  many years ago at "Spiratone" (remember them?) in
> New York for my Elmar 3.5. Its threads (male) are a tiny bit smaller
> in diameter than a dime (also on my desk). Filters are the same size,
> and probably can take the place of the coating. I have seen them at
> camera fairs here and in the UK. They are around. The problem with the
> hood ( I will try to send you a picture off line, if I can get to it
> later this weekend), is that it has chrome parts which surround the
> lens- and they are surrounded by a matt collapsing rubber hood. The
> chrome defeats the purpose of stray refelections in sunlight I would
> think. It does give you a series 5 thread for other filters, however.
> These items must also be around. vroger
> 
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In reply to: Message from vroger at gmail.com (Victor Rubin) (Subject: Re: [Leica] New toy (IIIf + Elmar))