Leica M lens quality problem

[santino]

I found my Summicron’s little red dot but it was on the same day I had lost it (it was pretty close to a lake so I was lucky).

 

[DownUnder]

This has happened to many of us. In August I was in Malaysia, doing one of my street shoots of old buildings. During a rain squall I poked my Nikon D800 with the 28/2.8 D and a Nikon lens hood through a wire fence to quickly photograph something, and I didn't notice that the hood fell off.

Got almost down the street and under shelter when I realized it. There followed an agony-inducing wait of about 35 minutes until the rain stopped.

I then went back and hopped the fence (to a derelict 1940s cinema with a parking lot overgrown with tall grass and bushes) and fossicked about for the next half hour. No luck.

Went back to my hotel feeling much worse than I should have. Those hoods can easily be bought on Ebay for +/- AUD $20-$30, so it wasn't the end of my world. But I wanted that one Out of pride, maybe. Or obstinacy.

The next day I returned, went over the fence again, looked for maybe a minute - and there it was, lying in wait on top of a bunch of grass I was sure I had checked the day before.

Finding that darn hood really made my day.

Another small aside. A few years ago I lost a plastic Panasonic Lumix 14-42 hood on the main street in my home town in Australia. I realized it was missing after a few minutes, and retraced my steps - just in time to see a laundry truck drive over it. Gone!!

Now I use the aforementioned Nikon '28 hood on my Lumix 14-42. Both are 52 diameter...

Great to know you had the same spot of sheer luck with your Leitz lens front. Those wee small moments do matter.

 

[Jonathan R]

I am afraid am a kind of obstinate guy. Six days after I lost the bezel, for the second time I followed slowly my path, scrutinizing around my feet, bent head like a poor thing, and when I was one mile from home...
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I once did exactly the same with a Nikon lens cap that I had lost in snow in the Swedish forest. Makes you feel good.

 

[splitimageview]

Haha! The rare occasions when a small piece is lost and then found, are memorable. This happened years ago with my Nikon F2 eyepiece ring while at the LBJ Ranch.

 

[Retro-Grouch]

Inanimate objects hate us and they enjoy making our lives hell. They only pretend to be inanimate.
There! you read it on the internet, so it's true. Now, pass it along.

 

[Darthfeeble]

Gorilla Super Glue. Highly recommended. This is what we get for complaining about the high price of our equipment.

 

[Bill Blackwell]

I am afraid am a kind of obstinate guy. Six days after I lost the bezel, for the second time I followed slowly my path, scrutinizing around my feet, bent head like a poor thing, and when I was one mile from home...
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I realize this happened nearly a year ago, but I have to say you'd have had a heck-of-a-time getting it replaced! It's a part from a discontinued lens (thereby a discontinued part) with the serial number on it. Thank God you found it.