Dented hood for Summilux 21mm

[Limwhow]

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Hello ladies and gentlemen,

 

I have been placing my 21 Lux at the bottom of my Hadley Pro bag with the padding covering it. And thus it was to my surprise when I recently realise that there was a couple of dents at the edge of the hood of the rectangular hood.

 

My question to all, in search for advice is -

This is a new lens and purchased with warranty registered under my own name.

Does Leica cover this kind of damage and would they replace a hood free of charge?

If they don't, where can I find a replacement or where would you all bring your lens hood to have it 'hammered' back out?

 

Thank you all in advance for helping me out.

[jaapv]

No, external damage is not covered by guaranty, unless you have an UK passport. My 24 Summilux hood is dented as well. It will stay that way as I do not care. You can easily bend it a bit back yourself if you wish, I guess. Or, if you care, buy an (expensive) replacement hood.

[wda]

Sorry to hear about the damage to the hood. In parallel, I would sort out the bag problem. Unless you dropped the whole bag onto a hard surface from a height, I cannot understand why the padding did not protect the contents when being carried.

[Limwhow]

No, external damage is not covered by guaranty, unless you have an UK passport. My 24 Summilux hood is dented as well. It will stay that way as I do not care. You can easily bend it a bit back yourself if you wish, I guess. Or, if you care, buy an (expensive) replacement hood.

 

Thank you very much for your feedback, jaapv.

Yeah... I guess I certainly just have to learn to live with it.

But you are right in mentioning about self-bending it back. I do have an urge to try my luck in seeing if I can get it bent back up.

 

Sorry to hear about the damage to the hood. In parallel, I would sort out the bag problem. Unless you dropped the whole bag onto a hard surface from a height, I cannot understand why the padding did not protect the contents when being carried.

It's strange, you know.

That bag is definitely very well padded and I didn't drop it at all.

The only possibility could be that the padding that covers the lens on top could have had another camera sitting on it and that could have bumped the dents into the hood.

I don't know... not sure. But that is my only explanation. Which, I still think it is a little unusual because the padding is generally a very good one.

Thank you for your input, wda.

[lars_bergquist]

My guess is that you dinged the hood while using the camera, but did not notice it. Such things can happen in the heat of combat. I doubt very much that it happened in your Hadley – I have one too and it is quite cuddly.

 

Also, be glad that you had the hood acting as a bumper so that you did not ding the thread!

 

The old man from the Age of Push-on Hoods

[ezc203]

In my experience, it takes quite a bit of force to dent the metallic hood on the 21/24mm Summiluxes.

 

Like Jaap, I accidentally dented the hood on my 24mm Summilux too. My advice is - if it doesn't affect your shooting, then don't bother? Ironically/coincidentally, my hood is dented on the left side, inwards. Which actually frees up slightly more viewfinder space. HAHA. Funny how some things work our sometimes.

[Limwhow]

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My guess is that you dinged the hood while using the camera, but did not notice it. Such things can happen in the heat of combat. I doubt very much that it happened in your Hadley – I have one too and it is quite cuddly.

 

Also, be glad that you had the hood acting as a bumper so that you did not ding the thread!

 

The old man from the Age of Push-on Hoods

 

LOL...! That is a good one.. 'in the heat of combat..'.. I never thought of it this way.

But now that you mention it, well... I might as well just allow myself this luxury, for it is not every day that one can be 'in the heat of combat' holding a camera. Haha..

Good one! Many thanks!

 

 

In my experience, it takes quite a bit of force to dent the metallic hood on the 21/24mm Summiluxes.

 

Like Jaap, I accidentally dented the hood on my 24mm Summilux too. My advice is - if it doesn't affect your shooting, then don't bother? Ironically/coincidentally, my hood is dented on the left side, inwards. Which actually frees up slightly more viewfinder space. HAHA. Funny how some things work our sometimes.

 

Mine is dented on the right.. Sigh.. too bad.

Maybe I should balance it up on the left instead.

I just checked with my local supplier on the price of a new hood.

After hearing the cost, I think I will just live with the dents. Haha...

Thanks!

[brill64]

without disrespect, i'd consider it more important to return to basics and figure out exactly where and how the dents occurred, considering you say it was in your hadley? no malace intended. i'd be more concerned with that. it could be how you pack or handle your bag. or how someone else may have handled it in your absence?..the hood, which is easy to replace will still function perfectly well dented but the lens may not take kindly to regular knocks so easily...expensive hood to replace, btw! use a sharpie maybe, see how that pans out?

 

the other thought i've just had is did you travel recently and stow your hadley, as you are politely requested to do so, in the overhead locker? i've had lenses damaged this way, uv filters totally smashed and focusing completely jammed requiring an expensive repair. admittedly that was in a domke and most likely from a heavy take-off/landing (out of your control)..but illustrates that you have to think carefully about how you pack even your hadley when traveling.

[ezc203]

... I just checked with my local supplier on the price of a new hood.

After hearing the cost, I think I will just live with the dents. Haha...

 

Yup, that's exactly what happened to me. $250 for a new hood? No thank you. Haha

[Limwhow]

without disrespect, i'd consider it more important to return to basics and figure out exactly where and how the dents occurred, considering you say it was in your hadley? no malace intended. i'd be more concerned with that. it could be how you pack or handle your bag. or how someone else may have handled it in your absence?..the hood, which is easy to replace will still function perfectly well dented but the lens may not take kindly to regular knocks so easily...expensive hood to replace, btw! use a sharpie maybe, see how that pans out?

 

the other thought i've just had is did you travel recently and stow your hadley, as you are politely requested to do so, in the overhead locker? i've had lenses damaged this way, uv filters totally smashed and focusing completely jammed requiring an expensive repair. admittedly that was in a domke and most likely from a heavy take-off/landing (out of your control)..but illustrates that you have to think carefully about how you pack even your hadley when traveling.

 

This is a very good point.

Because it certainly did occur to me too - had my lens taken any beating in the process, which I couldn't see externally?

So far it has worked well.

So it's the hood that took the brunt.

But a good point, nonetheless. One that I will certainly need to study when I next pack my bag.

[aesop]

...wear your dented hood with pride, unless it impacts functionality. In my world, nothing sucks like externally *pristine* equipment. And no, I'm not into "re-sale value".

[jaapv]

This is a very good point.

Because it certainly did occur to me too - had my lens taken any beating in the process, which I couldn't see externally?

So far it has worked well.

So it's the hood that took the brunt.

But a good point, nonetheless. One that I will certainly need to study when I next pack my bag.

You'd be surprised how knock-resistant lenses are.

[bocaburger]

I do admire the precision engineering of Leica's latest hoods whose thread timing is so exact the hoods come to rest in just the right spot. That said, in all my years I never dented or cracked one of their hard plastic hoods, and the pushbuttons make reversing them very quick. Come to think of it, I also never dented a metal pushbutton hood either. There also seems to be some inherent play in the attachment of those hoods, so the force of an impact isn't 100% transferred to the lens.