Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Since Zeiss sells their ZM lenses without hoods, I guess Leica decided to do the same thing with the Summarits. At least the hoods from Leica are not as expensive as the Zeiss ones. Gene -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu> > > ...is a new 35mm Summarit, just arrived yesterday from Australia. The > lens feels very good, every bit as solid as the Summicrons etc. Now I > am just missing one tiny bit of kit to be able to actually take > pictures with it ;-) > > One peeve, however, is that the lens hood is not built in nor included > with the lens--you have to buy it separately. I think it is a bit > cheesy, not so much because of the money, but because of the hassle of > having to hunt around for it on the web. I live in the Third World as > far as Leica is concerned: the nearest Leica dealer is in Valencia, > 180 km away, and the nearest good dealers are in Barcelona (550 km) or > Madrid (430 km). Even then, I am not sure if they would have that > particular item in stock, so I just ordered it from B&H. But in the > end I would rather pay a bit more for the lens and have the hood > included. > > Well, I guess I should not complain too much, given that I paid $1414 > for the lens--but those were Australian dollars :-) > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information