jcee
Member
Hello.
I have an old Elmar 35/3.5 (you know the real small uncoated one) and I'd like to use it more but it's hard to use it in daylight without a hood.
Does anyone know if any hood other than FOOKH will work with this lens? The FOOKH is just so..... fookhing expensive.
Does IROOA work? Are there any generic types that will work?
Does anyone have one to sell?
Please lend me an advise. Thanks!
I have an old Elmar 35/3.5 (you know the real small uncoated one) and I'd like to use it more but it's hard to use it in daylight without a hood.
Does anyone know if any hood other than FOOKH will work with this lens? The FOOKH is just so..... fookhing expensive.
Does IROOA work? Are there any generic types that will work?
Does anyone have one to sell?
Please lend me an advise. Thanks!
photodog
Well-known
I have a series VI adapter that might work. The adapter slips on tto the front and fits my 3.5 Summaron, which takes A36 filters. As for a hood, you can look for a wide series VI one.
jcee
Member
Hi photodog,
If your adapter fits the 3.5 summaron, i think it works on the Elmar since FOOKH is for both of them. So all I need is the adapter and a series vi hood like this one?
If your adapter fits the 3.5 summaron, i think it works on the Elmar since FOOKH is for both of them. So all I need is the adapter and a series vi hood like this one?
jcee
Member
hey so what size (Xmm to series vi) adapter am i supposed to get? does 35.5mm to series vi fit? photodog, can you sell me yours?
are there any hoods for this elmar/summaron that will rotate the aperture ring, too? the little tab on the front is a pain to use.
btw, i think i was supposed to post this in the LTM forum, since it's an LTM lens... sorry.
are there any hoods for this elmar/summaron that will rotate the aperture ring, too? the little tab on the front is a pain to use.
btw, i think i was supposed to post this in the LTM forum, since it's an LTM lens... sorry.
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btw, i think i was supposed to post this in the LTM forum, since it's an LTM lens... sorry.
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venchka
Veteran
Does heavystar at ebay have a 36mm screw in hood? I know he has 39mm hoods. Would a 36-39 step up ring+ventilated hood work?
Another lead: Canon made a series VI round hood for 50mm & 35mm lenses. No, I'm not selling mine.
Another lead: Canon made a series VI round hood for 50mm & 35mm lenses. No, I'm not selling mine.
jcee
Member
well it doesn't have filter threads, so i think it needs to be a clamp-on type. *edit: unless you meant slip it over the lens! (which it think might work... hmmm)
so i buy something like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=002&item=120022522842
and then buy this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=006&item=160020762165
(i can't find the canon kind.)
then it should work, i think...
so i buy something like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=002&item=120022522842
and then buy this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=006&item=160020762165
(i can't find the canon kind.)
then it should work, i think...
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OldNick
Well-known
The slip-on Series VI adapter that I use with my 50mm Elmar, which has the same exterior diameter as the 35mm Elmar, is a 36mm to Series VI, made by Albert Specialty Co. I've had it for years, so don't know a source. I think the 35.5mm would be a little too small.
Jim N.
Jim N.
jcee
Member
thanks for that, jim. i'll try to find one!
Ken F.
Established
Jcee,
Kevin Li, at www.kevincameras.com has exactly what you are after. However, the real thing does not come cheap. I just purchased a FOOKH hood for my 35, f3:5 Summaron from him, great guy to deal with!
Cheers,
kf
Kevin Li, at www.kevincameras.com has exactly what you are after. However, the real thing does not come cheap. I just purchased a FOOKH hood for my 35, f3:5 Summaron from him, great guy to deal with!
Cheers,
kf
jcee
Member
Thanks, Ken! I just might get the original hood for it. I got the lens as a gift, so maybe I can justify spending $100 for the hood...
Mark Wood
Well-known
A simple alternative would be to use a Leica SOOGZ adapter. This fits on A36 lenses via the normal fixing screw and allows you to fit 39 mm screw thread filters and hence, lenshoods. (These adapters go for £15 to £20 in the UK.)
jcee
Member
mark, that's actually perfect and better than other options since i can use the hood and filters i have for a 50mm summicron. thanks for the tip, i'll try to find one.
Mark Wood
Well-known
That's actually why I bought mine as well. The only thing to watch is that the hood doesn't cause any vignetting or intrude into the rangefinder window area. Heliopan used to sell a short metal one which was ideal.
Leica-Virgin
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The DIY Alternative
The DIY Alternative
I had a similar problem when I first started using the collapsible industar 22 and 50 lenses on Zorki Leica copies; 36mm slip on too. I have since acquired a few early Leica Lenses that employ clamp on 36mm hoods and filters.
Apart from the SOOGZ another way that I found around this is to get any tatty 36mm clamp on filter, remove the glass and use the mount as the basis for creating a hood from other old cheap hoods or anything else that your ingenuity can devise. Superglue comes in very useful here.
The advantage of this approach is that it doesn't matter too much if you lose it.
Independentlly made clamp on hoods do turn up on Ebay too, from time to time and go for about 10-15 dollars on average. I picked up a Swiss made Omag hood like this.
I also got very lucky when I bought a box full of assorted filters and hoods as it contained an old black FISON hood for the Elmar contemporary with the Leica II of the 1930s. Needless to say this does not go out of the display cabinet as it is worth around 80-100 dollars a pop. I would be most upset to lose that one when it is so easy to devise a cheapo alternative.
I hope this inspires the DIY side of your brain.
Cheers and good luck, Steve
The DIY Alternative
I had a similar problem when I first started using the collapsible industar 22 and 50 lenses on Zorki Leica copies; 36mm slip on too. I have since acquired a few early Leica Lenses that employ clamp on 36mm hoods and filters.
Apart from the SOOGZ another way that I found around this is to get any tatty 36mm clamp on filter, remove the glass and use the mount as the basis for creating a hood from other old cheap hoods or anything else that your ingenuity can devise. Superglue comes in very useful here.
The advantage of this approach is that it doesn't matter too much if you lose it.
Independentlly made clamp on hoods do turn up on Ebay too, from time to time and go for about 10-15 dollars on average. I picked up a Swiss made Omag hood like this.
I also got very lucky when I bought a box full of assorted filters and hoods as it contained an old black FISON hood for the Elmar contemporary with the Leica II of the 1930s. Needless to say this does not go out of the display cabinet as it is worth around 80-100 dollars a pop. I would be most upset to lose that one when it is so easy to devise a cheapo alternative.
I hope this inspires the DIY side of your brain.
Cheers and good luck, Steve
Bill58
Native Texan
Check "heavystar" on ebay. They've got tons of differant size metal hoods.
John Shriver
Well-known
The FIKUS adjustable A36 hood is just fine for the Elmar 35/3.5 at its shortest setting. Some versions were even so marked, but not many. A lot cheaper than a FLQOO or FOOKH, and you can use it on the 50/3.5 Elmar, 50/2.0 Summar, 50/2.5 Hektor, 90/4 Elmar, or 135/4.5 Hektor. What more could one want?