Q3 43 lens hood for UV filter in macro

[dbane883]

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Just picked up my Q3 43 and I ordered the Haoge square lens hood on Amazon.  I’ve seen a hack where someone used blue painters tape.  But my fear is that the tape will leave a residue.  So I decided to use plumbers Teflon tape.   
 

I took about 8 inches of tape and twisted it by rolling with my fingers to create a thin strand of Teflon tape.  
I’m using a Breakthrough X4UV filter.  
 

I carefully wound the Teflon strand around the threads on the lens ensuring it overlaps in a clockwise fashion if you are staring straight on at the lens.

i then carefully attached the lens hood and after 3 turns it became very stiff to turn   I kept going until there was a tiny gap and the haoge logo was on the bottom   
 

macro works perfectly now  and this hood isn’t going anywhere  

 

I’m sure there will be a proper threaded hood at some point, but until then , this will have to do   
 

I’m coming from  M-P type 240 which I regret not protecting as the body got a few scratches   So I installed a 3M skin on this unit.   Still waiting for thumb grip to arrive to compete the mods.

 

 

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[PeterHatt]

Hi, good advice re tape I wondered the same. Also is the 3M skin easy to install ?

[PeterHatt]

7 hours ago, dbane883 said:

Just picked up my Q3 43 and I ordered the Haoge square lens hood on Amazon.  I’ve seen a hack where someone used blue painters tape.  But my fear is that the tape will leave a residue.  So I decided to use plumbers Teflon tape.   
 

I took about 8 inches of tape and twisted it by rolling with my fingers to create a thin strand of Teflon tape.  
I’m using a Breakthrough X4UV filter.  
 

I carefully wound the Teflon strand around the threads on the lens ensuring it overlaps in a clockwise fashion if you are staring straight on at the lens.

i then carefully attached the lens hood and after 3 turns it became very stiff to turn   I kept going until there was a tiny gap and the haoge logo was on the bottom   
 

macro works perfectly now  and this hood isn’t going anywhere  

 

I’m sure there will be a proper threaded hood at some point, but until then , this will have to do   
 

I’m coming from  M-P type 240 which I regret not protecting as the body got a few scratches   So I installed a 3M skin on this unit.   Still waiting for thumb grip to arrive to compete the mods.

 

 

 

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[dbane883]

9 hours ago, PeterHatt said:

Hi, good advice re tape I wondered the same. Also is the 3M skin easy to install ?

Yes.  pretty easy for me at least.   Im used to working with small parts as I repair/service my own Rolex watches as a hobby.   but fairly straight forward.  

until there is a proper Leica hood fix, I will experiment with various rubber 0-rings so that i can easily take the hood on or off when i need to change filters.

 

[Likaleica]

My OEM hood works with the B+W 010 UV-Haze MRC nano filter, but not in macro mode.