Leica CL - TL Lens Hoods

[bherman01545]

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Question for those of you who own a CL with TL lenses other than the 18mm

 

I just purchased an 18-56 and also a 23mm with the optional lens hood. I can attach the hood fine. I line up the 'dot' on the lens with the 'dot' on the hood, and it securely locks or snaps into place.

 

However, as I typically did with most of my non-Leica lenses and hoods, I usually store them by reversing the hood backwards on the lens. I can't seem to do the reverse, by aligning the 'dots', 

with my new TL lenses and I don't want to force it.

 

Am I doing something wrong? Should I just leave the hood on the lens the normal way?

 

Thanks!

 

-Brad 

[scott kirkpatrick]

The cylindrical hoods are simple, and not very robust.  There are two white dots separated by 180 degrees (half-way around) on the hood, and also on the lens.  I'm looking at my CL-SC 23 right now. To put the hood on for shooting, I line up white dot against white dot in either of two positions, give a quarter-turn clockwise looking at the camera past a click, and it stays locked in place.  To put the hood on reversed, I put the hood's white dots roughly midway between the lens's white dots, quarter turn clockwise, and it also locks.  See if that works for you.

 

One of my lenses, purchased used, didn't lock when put on backwards.  After some hard effort to get the click-lock to happen, the inside plastic ring of the hood came loose.  It appeared that this had happened before.  I've put it back with a little glue twice now.  Once it worked, locking in both positions, but at the moment it only locks in the reverse, stowed position.  I thought I had figured it out, but I guess not.  It appears that the same tricks are being used in all the cylindrical hoods (11-23, 23, 35/60, and 55-135) and all of them seem a little fragile, since they depend on an inner plastic ring engaging with tabs on the end of the lens and the ring-hood connection is just some glue.

 

Edit -- There are two designs so far.  The "Japanese" lenses -- zooms and the 23 -- work the most smoothly, and take a quarter turn to lock.  The "German" designs -- 35 and 60 -- have a narrower range of angles in which they seat properly, and lock with a shorter turn, requiring more force.  They also have intermediate positions in which the hood will seat but not lock, at least that is what my multiply-fixed 35 is now doing. 

Edited August 8, 2018 by scott kirkpatrick

[danielfrimley]

Question for those of you who own a CL with TL lenses other than the 18mm

 

I just purchased an 18-56 and also a 23mm with the optional lens hood. I can attach the hood fine. I line up the 'dot' on the lens with the 'dot' on the hood, and it securely locks or snaps into place.

 

However, as I typically did with most of my non-Leica lenses and hoods, I usually store them by reversing the hood backwards on the lens. I can't seem to do the reverse, by aligning the 'dots',

with my new TL lenses and I don't want to force it.

 

Am I doing something wrong? Should I just leave the hood on the lens the normal way?

 

Thanks!

 

-Brad

On the 23mm there is a 90 degree difference in alignment between starting positions for inward or outward facing.

[wda]

The hood on the standard zoom is very hard to fit and remove.

[jaapv]

It varies - mine turns and clicks smoothly on the 18-56, but is hard to lock in reversed on the 55-135.

[youngjohn]

I used a scalpel to very gently shave a tiny amount of plastic from the two locking ‘nubs’ inside the hoods and they now click on with a gentle twist. Previously the force was so great that I was concerned about damaging the lens, particularly on the 11-23.

[ramarren]

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I leave the hoods on oriented normally with all my short to medium tele lenses, native or not. If I worry about dust on or bits in the bag dinging the front element (like with my Elmarit-R 19mm), I have small neoprene 'hood caps' that will seal the front of the lens from damage. I made a couple myself, the others I bought from Omni/Tech. 

[jaapv]

B+W 007 filters for that purpose for me, and I do reverse the hoods. I like small camera bags.

[ramarren]

LOL! I only carry two lenses normally (Elmarit-R 28mm f/2.8 and Summilux-R 50mm f/1.4), and they both fit in my smallest camera bag carried just the way I describe. My smallest camera bag is a Peak Design Everyday Sling 5L.

Edited August 9, 2018 by ramarren

[Marty Gervais]

On 8/8/2018 at 4:54 AM, jaapv said:

It varies - mine turns and clicks smoothly on the 18-56, but is hard to lock in reversed on the 55-135.

I can’t seem to lock mine. I line up the white dots, and when I turn it, it moves but does not lock. It’s loose to touch and will move easily. I don’t want to jam it or force it. 

[nicci78]

I never reverse hood. Too much hassle. Leave it ready to use, no lens cap, with UV filter. Always ready to shoot as soon as it gets out of the bag. 

CL +  Summilux-TL 35mm or APO-Macro-Elmarit-TL 60mm fits easily in a Billingham Hadley small, with the Q as wingman.

[jaapv]

I can shoot the lenses with the hood reversed if needed. AF and you can reach the zoom ring TBH, in a shooting situation my camera will never be in the bag...

[nicci78]

Of course you can. 

I am a two cameras shooter. One with a different focal length. So the one I may need may be in the bag. 

Anyway Hadley Small is big enough. So why bother 😙

[nicci78]

Jaapv, what you can store inside a Billingham stowaway is impressive. Reversing hood certainly help for you. 

[jaapv]

On 1/25/2019 at 11:10 AM, nicci78 said:

Of course you can. 

I am a two cameras shooter. One with a different focal length. So the one I may need may be in the bag. 

Anyway Hadley Small is big enough. So why bother 😙

I've got two shoulders