Advice on hood for a summarit

[Fritz K.]

Hi all you veterans,

i am looking for your advice where to get a hood for my newly aquired Summarit - but one with a reasonable price. The original ones are a beauty as the lenses are, but the prices are... let ´s say not in my budget

I did my first test roll during a trip to Rostock last weekend. I´ll get the pics tomorrow and hope one or two will come out well. Ijust kept the sun in my back.

Thank for listening and looking forward to your advice,

 

[FrankS]

Hello Fritz, congrats on your Summarit! I've gone with a 41mm to 43mm step-up ring to access easier to find filters and hoods.

 

[xayraa33]

Welcome to the forum Fritz, I use a commom 40.5mm hood with pipe tape on the threads and it is a good fit on my Summarit.

 

[Andrew3511]

I have a vented 40.5mm hood that I had acquired for a Zeiss Sonnar that fits very snugly with a single layer of insulating tape wrapped round the threads of the hood - there are similar ones out there on the unmentionable auction site

 

[MCTuomey]

I bought Gandy's VC hood (gasp!) for mine. Works well so far. Here's the link:

http://www.cameraquest.com/frames/4saleLeica.htm#NEW Metal Hoods for Classic Leica Lenses!

But it does look a bit funky ...

 

[payasam]

Fritz, whatever you get, make sure it's rectangular and not round. The Summarit is notoriously prone to flare -- I never could use the one I had -- and it needs as much protection as you can give it. Or else use a round hood and a "hood cap" with a rectangular cut-out in it. The Summarit, I might add, also has fragile coating and is made from easily damaged soft glass. Needs to be babied.