50mm Summicron lens hood

[Guest Mr. B]

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Does anyone know of an alternative to the pull out lens hood on the current 50mm Summicron? All my other lenses have more traditional lens hoods. I find the pull out lens hood on the 50mm Summicron to be very inadequate. The older versions did come with a more traditional lens hood. Leica must have been cutting production cost, but they sure didn't cut the price of the lens. When I purchased my Summicron new it was (only) $995 new this was in 2002. I love the lens but over the years I have often wondered if there was any alternative to the tiny pull out hood.

Thank you

Mr. B

[250swb]

You really think Leica were cutting corners to make it cheaper? But 'cutting corners' is a clue that leads to the answer. The pull out lens hood is the best way to avoid cutting a large corner out of the image frame. A clip on hood would by necessity be bigger and crop more of the image

 

But it depends where priorities lie, if flare is spoiling your pictures you can get a screw on lens hood from Ebay that will be larger. A $10 metal hood is all you need and won't break the bank if it doesn't work out for you.

 

Steve

[gyoung]

Well the clip on hood for my 1st rigid type Summicron with the cutouts (12575?) obscures much less than a the older flared hood. And on my Summilux which is the last pre aspheric type, the pull out hood is also not much use, so I put a heavystar vented hood on it, looks better, probably works better and obscures less of the viewfinder than the pull-out hood.

I'm sure heavystar has E39 vented hoods, I would try that.

 

Gerry