Replacement hood cap for 35 Summilux FLE?

[piblondin]

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Does anyone know of a replacement hood cap for this lens? It's part 14212. I lose caps too frequently and would love to find a cheap replacement for the expensive Leica caps. 

[jto555]

As I also kept losing mine, I have taken a rather drastic step of replacing the supplied lens hood and cap for an eBay screw in vented metal lens hood (€13) with a centre clip lens cap (€6) that fits into the hood. Works great, and the whole lot is cheaper than a replacement lens cap. My Leica hood and cap are now safely in the lens box.

 

 

John

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[lct]

My favorite hood cap is an UV/IR filter and i keep the real thing in the box.

[piblondin]

My favorite hood cap is an UV/IR filter and i keep the real thing in the box.

I don't think the UV filter will prevent the sun from burning holes in the shutter, though. 

Edited August 26, 2015 by piblondin

[lct]

Hood caps are a late invention that some of us don't use but to each its own as usual.