Using square hood on old Summicron 35mm?

[nickmeertens]

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Does anybody know of a succesfull way of using the newer, rectangular, 35mm Summicron hood on an older (v2 or v3) version of that lens?

Thank you, Nick

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[giordano]

You get much better shading if you use an old rectangular hood instead.

 

 

With the rectangular plastic 35mm hoods, I think you just need to file off the little lugs on the hood that make sure it's lined up with the field of view.

[lct]

You need at least a periscope with that beast.

[adan]

The small rectangular plastic hood for the 28 ASPH f/2.8 and 35 f/2 ASPH or v.4 pre-ASPH also fits the pre-ASPH Summilux (without removing the alignment tabs, although there are no notches for them to lock into, so the hood can rotate by accident).

 

Basically, the clip-on Leica shades for E39 lenses are pretty interchangeable - the grooves on the lenses that the clips catch hold of are in the same position for 35, 50 'cron, 90 Elmarit/TeleElmarit, and 135 Elmar lenses. I've swapped around 35, 50, 90 and 135 clip-on shades and they all physically fit (leaving aside questions of vignetting).

 

So any 35 that will take the old 1960s/70s round metal clip-on hoods should also accept the plastic clip-on shades.