Cameraquest no longer ship outside US? Lost My Ultron 28mm Hood- need help?

[jaques]

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I have a Voigtlander Ultron 28mm f2 M mount lens. Great lens. It has an odd hood that comes with the lens- I lent the lens to a friend and it came back without the hood.   The hood has female threads instead of the male you would normally get on a lens hood- it is possibly irreplaceable with any aftermarket part- and the lens actually looks incomplete without it- it is kind of integral.

 

Anyhows- I emailed cameraquest in the USA (where I originally got the lens) to ask if they could get a replacement. They emailed back only to say that they no longer ship outside of the US. I emailed back to ask if they actually had the part- but got no reply at all. It's a crying shame! I really liked (past tense) cameraquest... 

 

Does anyone know of any other supplier of Voigtlander lenses that might stock such an item?

 

If not- would a US forum member mind emailing Cameraquest to ask after the part availability and price?

 

 

[Ecar]

You may want to try this shop:

https://www.foto-mundus.de/

They were quite helpful for me in the past.

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[jaques]

thanks for that- had a look at the site- couldn't get the contact link to open? Might have to ring them- from Australia- and hope they speak English- which being German they no doubt do...

[Ecar]

Phone or email should be OK. I dealt with them in English in the past - my German is not great either...

Good luck.

[jchfriis]

The Australian distributor should be able to help you:  http://www.mainlinephoto.com.au

[mmradman]

When everything fails Google is at hand, http://voigtlaender.com/distributors.html

 

In UK Robert White stocks lenses and accessories, it is listed as distributor.  There are other dealers and vaguely recollect some of them will ship outside UK.

[Echo63]

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The Australian distributor should be able to help you: http://www.mainlinephoto.com.au

Wa about to say Mainlinephoto have Voigtlander bits.

 

They were great to deal with when i bought my little Sirui tripod.

[pico]

Cameraquest does not list a lens hood for the 28/2 Ultron.

[Gregm61]

Baaaaaad friend. That would be the end of that lending program from me.

[tobey bilek]

Neither a borrower or lender be.  

 

Goes for government also.

[MarkP]

Hi Jaques,

 

Mainline are very good to deal with.  They are the Australian Voigtlander importers.

Call and ask for Scott.

 

Mark

Edited May 24, 2016 by MarkP

[jaques]

Mainline contacted- very friendly- say will get back to me- they might have to order it in.

[Hayek]

The US East Coast distributor for Cosina, Photo Village, often carries small items such as lens hoods and may ship overseas. You ought to check with them.

 

http://photovillage.com/home.php

[jaques]

the issue is- with this specific lens- the hood is not an accessory part. It is generally sold with the lens- and the lens actually looks incomplete without it. In fact I have no idea why they made it removable at all. If it wasn't for this I would just replace it with an aftermarket hood.

 

For some reason at B&H it is pictured without the hood- you can see they way the threads for the hood are opposite to the standard. Although it isn't pictured- I am sure they ship it with the lens as photovillage shows it

 

anyhow thanks for all the advice- hopefully mainline can order it in- we'll see.

Edited May 25, 2016 by jaques

[james.liam]

 

 

Cameraquest does not list a lens hood for the 28/2 Ultron.

 

Actually, they do:

 

https://shop.cameraquest.com/voigtlander-leica-mount-lens-hoods/voigtlander-replacement-standard-lens-hoods/

 

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