mobeyone Posted March 8, 2010 Share #1 Posted March 8, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Any examples? Bought from Red Dot (thanks!) and received today! Also, is there a lens hood available for the cron? thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 8, 2010 Posted March 8, 2010 Hi mobeyone, Take a look here 50mm Summicron M & M8. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jpattison Posted March 8, 2010 Share #2 Posted March 8, 2010 What period 'cron is it? first 5 numbers of the serial number should be enough to place it John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobeyone Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share #3 Posted March 9, 2010 36065 - I believe it to be type 4? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pthompson Posted March 9, 2010 Share #4 Posted March 9, 2010 I don't know when it first appeared, but my 50 cron is fairly recent(3 yrs old) and comes with a built in, slide out hood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobeyone Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share #5 Posted March 9, 2010 This is the version before the built in lens hood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giordano Posted March 9, 2010 Share #6 Posted March 9, 2010 The official hood for the 50mm Summicron is the 12585, but on my M8 I get better shading and no vignetting if I use the 12575 which was originally made for 90mm lenses on full frame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted March 9, 2010 Share #7 Posted March 9, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) ...I use the 12575 which was originally made for 90mm lenses on full frame. Doesn't that big thing block your viewfinder? Just reluctant but curious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobeyone Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share #8 Posted March 9, 2010 The official hood for the 50mm Summicron is the 12585, but on my M8 I get better shading and no vignetting if I use the 12575 which was originally made for 90mm lenses on full frame. Would it be possible to post a photo? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted March 10, 2010 Share #9 Posted March 10, 2010 Summicron-M 50/2 # 11819 with 12575 (left) and 12585 (right) hoods. The 12585 can be reversed (below). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giordano Posted March 10, 2010 Share #10 Posted March 10, 2010 Doesn't that big thing block your viewfinder? Just reluctant but curious. You know how the 50mm frameline is made of four segments that don't meet at the corners? At infinity the area blocked by the 12575 starts almost at the bottom of the vertical frameline, then arcs left and down to a point about 2/3rds of the way from the edge of the frame to the right-hand end of the horizontal frameline. Focused at 1m, the hood is just beginning to intrude on the area defined by the 75mm framelines. This doesn't bother me - I can use my left eye to see the whole area if necessary - but may bother you. OTOH anyone who needs an absolutely unobstructed finder should be using an SLR anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobeyone Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share #11 Posted March 10, 2010 Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobeyone Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share #12 Posted March 12, 2010 One more question.... are you able to attach the lens cap once the hood is attached? I have just bought type12585 and have a new style lens cap and the one that came with the hood but cannot fix the cap in place? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted March 12, 2010 Share #13 Posted March 12, 2010 One more question.... are you able to attach the lens cap once the hood is attached?... The lens cap can only be attached to the lens itself but there is a hood cap (# 14033 or older) that can be attached to the reversed hood as you can see in the pic above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobeyone Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share #14 Posted March 12, 2010 The lens cap can only be attached to the lens itself but there is a hood cap (# 14033 or older) that can be attached to the reversed hood as you can see in the pic above. Hmm... do users remove the hood then when finished? I thought a bigger lens cap could be used on the thread of the hood? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted March 12, 2010 Share #15 Posted March 12, 2010 ...do users remove the hood then when finished? I thought a bigger lens cap could be used on the thread of the hood? The 12585 did not come with a top cover cap if memory serves. I just reverse the hood and put the hood cap on AFAIC. Protects the lens quite well this way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maarten Posted March 12, 2010 Share #16 Posted March 12, 2010 Heavystar offers on the bay a well made black metal hood for the 90mm lens that fits the Summicron 50mm very well when used on an M8. The hood also features a cap and costs less than $20. I mounted the hood on an IR filter and observe no vignetting nor viewfinder blocking. I have the latest version of the Summicron 50mm with the built-in hood. This hood is so small that it hardly protect the IR filter! Best regards, Maarten Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_j Posted March 14, 2010 Share #17 Posted March 14, 2010 With the standard Leica lens hood for this lens, a 52mm lens cap will fit quite well and allow you to remove it quickly to make a picture with the hood in tack. Best, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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