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I just purchased the Lux 35 asph pre-FLE. And just learned about the hood 12466 as an option. However, when I start to look at the positioning of the "indents" on my lens to make this hood stay "horizontal", the positioning of these indents are not totally " horizontallized". My first thinkink was that this could be fixed in Solms... But when looking closer, it seems that he distance from these indents to the oval white spote to adjust aperture, is uneven to the left vs to the right... about 2,5mm difference... and this puzzles me since it seems so that these indents and the white aperture spot are made/placed on the same piece of metal.

 

So, would it actually be so that this hood (which I currently do not keep) is uneven as well... or will it just stay un-horizontal on certain examples of this lens?

 

Anyone having any experience with this issue?

 

From a guy who is picky... but still not that picky ;)

 

Regards, Stein Kjetil

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Not sure if my question is useful as i don't own the lens nor the hood sorry but the 12466 is a clip-on hood which is supposed to clip on the groove you can see below AFAIK. Do you mean that this groove is not parallel to the aperture ring of your lens?

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Not sure if my question is useful as i don't own the lens nor the hood sorry but the 12466 is a clip-on hood which is supposed to clip on the groove you can see below AFAIK. Do you mean that this groove is not parallel to the aperture ring of your lens?

 

Hi and thanks for your reply!

 

If I read your question right, this is not what I address. Using your picture of the lens, the distance from the white mark (at the 1,4) to left and to right to the respective "indents" to keep the hood in "horizontal" position, differs with appr 2,5mm... which will position the hood slightly wrong... Am I getting this understandable?

 

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If i'm not mistaken, the indents you're referring to are two notches made for the regular 12589 plastic hood of the lens. They may be used with the 12588 plastic hood as well. But not with the 12466 metal hood which simply clips onto the groove you can see on my pic above AFAIK.

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/12466

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/12588

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/12589

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The 12466 covers the f-stop index of the lens, but has the same white spot. So it should be exactly at the position of the f-stop index of the the lens

 

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(Sorry for the dust:o)

 

With the Summilux the hood at first doesn't seem to fit. I had to try several times until I found the right position, but then it enters very snug and without any problems.

 

Of course the indent above the fixed "ring" which has the index for f-stops should be parallel to all other parts of the lens. Can you post a photo where one can see the uneven part?

 

If you mean the two little indents which lct marked ob his first photo: the 12466 has two little clamps which must - an do - enter exactly there. Only this way the white spot can be used as f-stop-index

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Of course the indent above the fixed "ring" which has the index for f-stops should be parallel to all other parts of the lens. Can you post a photo where one can see the uneven part?

 

If you mean the two little indents which lct marked ob his first photo: the 12466 has two little clamps which must - an do - enter exactly there. Only this way the white spot can be used as f-stop-index

 

Hi again and thanks a lot... Great to see the hood actually mounted!

 

My "dilemma" is still on though... Cause when I measure the distance from the white spot on the lens to each of the indents (to left and right on your photo), these two distances differ with 2-2,5 mm... not that much... I guess the hood stil mounts kind of straight (even if defenitely totally straight), but still weird on a Leica lens or...? Guess I need to get one to find out!

 

Stein

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Of course the indent above the fixed "ring" which has the index for f-stops should be parallel to all other parts of the lens. Can you post a photo where one can see the uneven part?

 

If you mean the two little indents which lct marked ob his first photo: the 12466 has two little clamps which must - an do - enter exactly there. Only this way the white spot can be used as f-stop-index

 

Hi again and thanks a lot... Great to see the hood actually mounted!

 

My "dilemma" is still on though... Cause when I measure the distance from the white spot on the lens to each of the indents (to left and right on your photo), these two distances differ with 2-2,5 mm... not that much... I guess the hood stil mounts kind of straight (even if defenitely totally straight), but still weird on a Leica lens or...? Guess I need to get one to find out!

 

Sorry... should be a "NOT" within the last parentesis...:p

 

Stein

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My "dilemma" is still on though... Cause when I measure the distance from the white spot on the lens to each of the indents (to left and right on your photo), these two distances differ with 2-2,5 mm...

 

Now I got it!

 

It is exactly as you say: from the white point I measure 3.8 cm to the left and say 4.05 to the right. This is as it should be and the clamps for the hood will enter exactly there with the white spot at its proper place. :)

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Now I got it!

 

It is exactly as you say: from the white point I measure 3.8 cm to the left and say 4.05 to the right. This is as it should be and the clamps for the hood will enter exactly there with the white spot at its proper place. :)

 

 

Thanks! You made my day!

 

And we are "dead on"... I measured appr 3,85 cm to left and 4,05 to the right! Now I just need to come up with the euro 350,- + for the piece!

 

The very best from Stein in Norway

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You are right! I thought, the hood fitted the current 28mm Elmarit, which it doesn't.

 

Hi guys

 

Already got the very nice 12504 for my 28 Elmarit asph... I guess I am not much of a hood guy, but if hood... they should be nice...

 

Stein

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