does anyone have a suggestion for a better lenscap for the summilux-m 35 withouth the lenshood? the one that came with it has a larger diameter than the lensbarrel, which makes it snap of from time to time. how could they do that with such an expensive lens? do the old metal caps fit? or what about a voigtländer one? i'm not using the lens shade, as it is just too big and i don't like the unprotected filter approach.

-- stefan randlkofer (geesbert@yahoo.com), December 04, 2001

Answers

You can try a Minolta cap. They come in the right size (I think the lens you have is 46mm filter diameter). They are no larger than the filter diameter, so there is nothing which is out from the side of the lens to become caught and make it pop off.

-- Masatoshi Yamamoto (masa@nifty.co.jp), December 04, 2001.

I bought a generic 46mm cap for my 28mm Summicron - $4.95 at the local photo store. This size seems to be common on camcorders and thus the cheap generics.

-- Thomas Herbert (therbert@miami.edu), December 04, 2001.

if you go to www.monochrom.com and look in the rangefinder accessories page you can find really nice metal back caps and metal sunshades made by avenon. unfortunately they do not seem to make front caps, what a shame!

-- stefan randlkofer (geesbert@yahoo.com), December 04, 2001.

ok it is only german. this is for all you german-camera-users-but-not- understanding-this-weird-language:

click: kameras -> kleinbild -> sucherk.-zubehör

maybe they are also sold somewhere else on the web

-- stefan randlkofer (geesbert@yahoo.com), December 04, 2001.