Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/24
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First I'd go to the grocery store with the hood and see if there isn't some
similarly size tinned good that has a pop-off stay fresh cover, like maybe
one of those fancy teas.
--- On Fri, 10/24/08, Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote:
> From: Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Subject: [Leica] Lens hood cover question
> To: LUG@leica-users.org
> Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 2:08 PM
> I've lost the flimsy rubber hood cap for the lens hood
> on my beloved 35/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH, absolutely my favorite
> Leica lens of all time.
>
> My local camera store doesn't have any in stock, and in
> fact they weren't entirely sure what part to order.
>
> I see in catalogs some decent hood covers for the 35/1.4
> Summilux-R (Leica part 14013). Does anybody know if the R
> and M hoods are similar enough that the hood covers would be
> interchangeable?
>
> If they aren't interchangeable, I fear I'll have to
> order the entire hood assembly (part 12589) just to get the
> cover, which seems wasteful. And the damn flexible rubber
> cover will fall off again just like the first one did.
>
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