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Originally Posted by jimmy pro
Rats! I never seen one like that. Imagine, at least three different versions of the same simple hood. I suppose that's what makes Leica so interesting to collectors, but it's gotta be infuriating to those who actually use the gear.
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Jimmy,
My guess is that a lot of these accessory items were not made by Leica themselves but farmed out to one or more of the hundreds of small engineering shops around at that time in the region. Leica may just have specified "non-reflecting surface on inside of hood" and left it up to the particular shop making them, as to how they achieved it.
However, success - a friend in the next village also has the 135 Tele-Elmar (he bought his after seeing how well it worked on my M8) and he has the ridged hood. We have done a swap of our otherwise identical hoods, so I can now use the inside tabs cap. Do you know which lens this cap came off so I can order one?
Thanks again for your help.
Wilson