Migs Posted August 22, 2012 Share #1 Posted August 22, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Friends: Is there a cooler lens hood for the Leica Summicron M 35 mm f2 35/2 ASPH black? I don't like how flimsy the little rectangular rubber cap works. Thanks Migs Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 22, 2012 Posted August 22, 2012 Hi Migs, Take a look here Other lens hood for the Leica Summicron M 35. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Robert_M Posted August 22, 2012 Share #2 Posted August 22, 2012 Overgaard has a nice summary of the various 35mm f/2 versions and the various hood options available over the years. leica.overgaard.dk - Thorsten Overgaard's Leica Sites - Leica 35mm Summicron-M f/2.0 rangefinder lens RM Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted August 23, 2012 Share #3 Posted August 23, 2012 The regular plastic hood gives better shade and mechanical protection than any other hood IMHO. It is not as "sexy" as the 12504 though. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted August 23, 2012 Share #4 Posted August 23, 2012 (edited) Just don't use the flimsy rubber cap then. There is not better solution for your issue, than the Leica issued standard plastic hood. The more "sexy looking" round metal hood is absolutely inferior in handling and mechanical and flare protection of the front element. I never use the flimsy cap except, when having the camera packed in a bag for travel. The moment, I go shooting or have the camera over a shoulder or in my hand, the cap is in a safe place in my bag - never lost one. … get the 2-300$ metal vented hood 12 504 (in photo) or the 150-200$ model 12 585H so it looks like a real Vietnam war camera. If that is an important factor to you though, go ahead and add a fancy "Vietnam war camera hood" (that's a term, I will refer to these hoods from now on - thanks T.Overgaard ;-) Edited August 23, 2012 by menos | M6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted August 23, 2012 Share #5 Posted August 23, 2012 Yes the famous VWC hood (not to mistake for the Volkswagen Club). The 12504, or its Chinese copy perhaps?, remains mandatory to use a filter on the Summilux 35 pre-asph though. BTW i've been told that 12585 and 12585H hoods might vignette on some Summicron 35 lenses, reason why the "1:2/35" marking of the 12585H would have been removed from the 12585. I did not check this by myself though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted August 23, 2012 Share #6 Posted August 23, 2012 interesting info about the 12585 - didn't know that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted August 23, 2012 Share #7 Posted August 23, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Would suffice to shoot some blue sky or white ceiling at f/16 or f/22 to check this but i don't use FF Ms any more and i don't see significant light falls-off with my crop cams. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migs Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share #8 Posted August 23, 2012 I thank you all for the responses, especially the links to see the other lens hood options. It just makes me wonder how a vented hood: a) prevents the sun (entering through the vents...) I'm guessing if the sun is directly overhead some light could hit the bottom of the lens front. gets capped when not in use so dust doesn't accumulate on the lens front You all are most kind. Migs Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted August 23, 2012 Share #9 Posted August 23, 2012 Vented hoods are acting like venetian blinds sort of. Hood caps are not provided for 12504 and 12585 hoods as far as i know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted August 23, 2012 Share #10 Posted August 23, 2012 Hood caps are not provided for 12504 and 12585 hoods as far as i know. Reverse cap #14033 shown here. Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted August 23, 2012 Share #11 Posted August 23, 2012 Provided the hood does reverse though, which is not the case of the 12504 on both Summilux 35/1.4 pre-asph and Summicron 35/2 asph actually. Same for the 12585 hood if memory serves. Both focus tabs must be too close i guess but i have no 12585 with me here so i might be wrong eventually. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted August 24, 2012 Share #12 Posted August 24, 2012 I thank you all for the responses, especially the links to see the other lens hood options. It just makes me wonder how a vented hood: a) prevents the sun (entering through the vents...) I'm guessing if the sun is directly overhead some light could hit the bottom of the lens front. gets capped when not in use so dust doesn't accumulate on the lens front You all are most kind. Migs Migs, there is no real solution, readily available other than the originally supplied plastic hood with soft cap. The vented hoods are less efficient in shading light from the front element and cannot be capped on the 35mm Summicron, except you use a fiddly lens sock, to pull over the lens with hood. Your best solution is indeed using the standard hood (which is Leica's latest answer on your issue so far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted August 24, 2012 Share #13 Posted August 24, 2012 The little round tube for the 50 2.8 is a gem on my 35 2.0 pre Asph or version 4. I use it on a M8 . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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