35 MM Summicron Lens Cap Replacement

[bjf]

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I have tried searching for this question without success.  Is there a less expensive option for a lens cap for the 35MM Summicron?  I have now lost my third one and at $35 for a replacement that has a tendency to fall or get bumped off it's getting frustrating.  Must be knock offs somewhere.

[lct]

Which 35mm Summicron? Lens cap or hood cap? Welcome to the forum BTW

Edited September 22, 2019 by lct

[a.noctilux]

Some solutions exist :

attached "cord-cap"

vented lens hood with cap

[bjf]

I'm looking for hood cap.  Should have been more specific.

[lct]

2 hours ago, bjf said:

I'm looking for hood cap.  Should have been more specific.

If this is the 14043 hood cap there is no substitute to it AFAIK. Better use a cap holder (link) or let the cap in the box and use a propective filter instead if you have nothing against those filters.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hama-Lens-Cap-Holder-1/dp/B00005QFC2

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Edited September 22, 2019 by lct

[250swb]

A long time ago I learned my lesson with the 14043 lens cap, I lost it but knew where I must have lost it so drove back, walked the trail, and found it. From then on I found I didn't need it, my camera bag is clean, the lens hood protects the front element, and if I was going anywhere wet or sandy I'd put a protective filter on anyway, so the stupid 14043 cap is in the drawer labelled 'misc' with all the other junk that isn't needed day to day.

[otto.f]

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9 hours ago, 250swb said:

A long time ago I learned my lesson with the 14043 lens cap, I lost it but knew where I must have lost it so drove back, walked the trail, and found it. From then on I found I didn't need it, my camera bag is clean, the lens hood protects the front element, and if I was going anywhere wet or sandy I'd put a protective filter on anyway, so the stupid 14043 cap is in the drawer labelled 'misc' with all the other junk that isn't needed day to day.

+1. It is redundant indeed. Besides, it does not stick well enough to the hood, so it will fall off anyway in your clean bag. The department Hoods at Leica needs a tough evaluation of their functioning

[Ouroboros]

I also learnt the stupidity of the 14043 cap the hard way, briefly losing mine on Holy Island and probably upsetting a lot of pilgrims with my knowledge of Anglo-Saxon invective.

Retracing my steps for about 100 metres, I found it and vowed never to use the thing again.  It  has lived in a zipped pocket in one of my camera bags since then.

Sometimes I take it out and laugh at it before putting it away again.