Re[2]: [Leica] RE: Summicron 50 mm question

[Peterson_Art@hq.navsea.navy.mil]

     Am I the only one who finds Leica's collapsable rubber lens hoods most 
     useful and convenient (e.g., for the 40mm Summicron-C and 90mm Elmar-C 
     and also P/N 11250 for the 90mm Elmarits), and who therefore continues 
     to wonder why Leica does not make much wider use of them (with snap-on 
     lens caps that really do stay put)?
     
     And, on a different topic, am I the only one who finds that having the 
     shutter speed dial coaxial with the shutter button and overhanging the 
     front edge of the camera was the M5's one point of design superiority 
     (over other M cameras), and who therefore wonders why that one design 
     feature should not be incorporated into the M6?
     
     Art Peterson
     
     
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Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: Summicron 50 mm question
Author:  leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us at internet 
Date:    1/15/98 2:45 PM
     
     
It is almost like using your own Summicron without hood. For me, the biggest 
advantage with the integrated hood, is that I can put down the body with 
lens in my compact bag very fast. No need to take on and off the lens hood. 
Just push it in.
(But optically, it is the same lens) 
/Hans
     
>Does the built-in lenshood on the newest Summicron obstruct the 
>view in the rangefinder?  The clip-on hood on my "in-between" 
>version does, although it has a cut-out section which helps a 
>bit.  If the new one doesn't I would think that would be a 
>significant advantage of the new lens.
>
>Would you like to swap?  ;-)
>
>Simon.
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