3rd party hoods

[M like Leica M6]

Last night I prepared my cameras and lenses for a trip and discovered that I have two (!) Leica lens hoods for the 2/50 Summicron M, but none for my 2/35 Summicron (2nd version). Wow. How did I do that? (You will find the second hood in the classifieds soon...)

I also found that it would not be a bad idea to add hoods for my Canon 2/100 and 3.5/135 LTM lenses. The big one has a 58mm thread, the 135 has 48mm. I also have a 2/35 Canon with a strange 40mm (not 40.5) thread and a Zeiss Sonnar 1.5/5cm wartime LTM lens with (I think) 40.5.

Did I mention my Zeiss Contarex Biogon 4.5/21 with the Leica M adapter? Well, that is one of the lenses in the world that probably does not need a hood, but...

Are there any 3rd party lens hoods available for this little collection that you can recommend?

 

[mwooten]

I'm not sure of the postal cost to where you live, but I've had great success with the e bay seller heavy2star. Very resonable prices here in th US.

--michael

 

[Film dino]

.. discovered that I have two (!) Leica lens
hoods for the 2/50 Summicron M, but none for my 2/35 Summicron (2nd version).....

You'll probably know this but some of the older Leitz hoods e.g. 12585 (edit- and IROOA)- will fit both 35mm & 50mm Summicrons. Which hood have you got 2 of?

David

 

[M like Leica M6]

I'm not sure of the postal cost to where you live, but I've had great success with the e bay seller heavy2star. Very resonable prices here in th US.

--michael

Michael, I just looked for that guy, but ebay does not find him. Is the name correct?

 

[M like Leica M6]

You'll probably know this but some of the older Leitz hoods e.g. 12585 (edit- and IROOA)- will fit both 35mm & 50mm Summicrons. Which hood have you got 2 of?

David

David, I have two 12538. If that works we have a perfect solution for the first two lenses 😀

 

[RichardB]

http://www.heavystar.com/servlet/the-template/about/Page

 

[M like Leica M6]

Thx, Richard, found him.

 

[MCTuomey]

i second (or third) heavystar as a source. very fast shipping and, for the money, very serviceable shades. i like the vented, "tilted" screw-in versions. they come in most of the standard thread sizes.

the non-tilted versions seem a bit ungainly in the hands and in the bag, for me anyway.

 

[ampguy]

For your Canon, Heavystar has a nice Canon (40mm) to 43mm adapter, that is very reasonable.

 

[M like Leica M6]

Today a little package from heavystar arrived - fast and really good stuff... thanks for your recommendation.