Lens hood options for the Summitar 5cm f2

[lxmike]

Hi I recently aquired a Leitz Summitar 5cm f2 and I was wondering what options were avaialble regarding lens hoods, (I realise that lens hoods are hard to come by and expensive), any advice would be greatly welcome.

 

[Shac]

Probably any leica hood for 50 summicron's including the IROOA or better, the newer versions with the vents

 

[lxmike]

thanks, I take it they simply screw in or are there puch on hoods too


regards Mike

 

[ferider]

I recommend the "barn-door" hood. Looks a bit weird, but doesn't require space in the bag or pocket and is very effective. Usually not very expensive either.

 

[lxmike]

Hi thanks ferider, I've heard of the barndoor hood, is it push on or screw in


thanks Mike

 

[Dralowid]

Hi there, I've just found a 'barn door' hood in my junk box...and no longer have Summitar or Summicron to fit it! if you are interested send a pm.

Michael

 

[lxmike]

pm sent thanks

 

[David Hughes]

May I ask as we are on the subject:-

My Summitars have a "V" notch around the end but the folding hood (clearly marked "Summitar" btw) has lugs for a larger square slot. Am I missing something obvious or are there two styles of Summitar?

Regards, David

 

[peterm1]

I find that the standard Summicron type clip on hood (either early or late) works perfectly.

 

[Shac]

I find that the standard Summicron type clip on hood (either early or late) works perfectly.

And, it doesn't block much of the viewfinder. The Summitar has a groove at the front that this hood clips into. I had the barndoor type - not for me YMMV

 

[lxmike]

I cannot find a V or notch on my Summitar, I am missing something or looking in the wrong place

 

[ERV]

I use a clip on summicron vented hood 12585 or an ITOOY hood for an Elmar 50mm f2.8 that I once had.
The ITOOY is smaller, doesn't vignette however hard to find and expensive.

 

[rodt16s]

My Summitars have a "V" notch around the end but the folding hood (clearly marked "Summitar" btw) has lugs for a larger square slot. Am I missing something obvious or are there two styles of Summitar?

I think read there are 3 different versions, all have a different version of the barndoor.
One version with no groove, another with a narrow v-groove, and one has a wider square-bottom groove.
The clamp on barndoor (for no groove) apparently will fit any Summitar
The lens with the wider Sq groove takes the Summicron hood, 12585, IROOA..etc. But I find the ITOOY (M-Elmar hood) vignettes my Summitar

 

[ZeissFan]

The barn-door hood is effective. It's also ugly, much too large for what it does and clunky. The camera is an eyesore with it attached. But it does the job.

 

[John Shriver]

If you have no groove, you would need the earliest screw-clamp barndoor hood.

While the barndoor is ugly, it is effective, and it doesn't block the finder. That's a plus.

If you buy the reproduction SNHOO E39 filter adapter from "heavystar" on eBay, you'll wind up with a slot that the V-groove barndoor should be able to hang onto, as well as some of the later clip-on Summicron hoods. Or. buy his 39mm vented hood, and screw that into the SNHOO.

 

[Bingley]

To fully appreciate "ugly" w/r/t the barndoor hood, you need an image:

Not exactly "discreet," but it keeps the flare away.

Instead of the barndoor hood, I use the clamp-on hood for a Canon 50/1.8 LTM lens. It fits perfectly, and looks a little more, well, normal.

 

[Frontman]

The Summitar is a great lens (one of my favorites), but it is very flare-prone, and requires a hood in most situations. The barn-door hood is very effective, but it ia very large and clunky. The best option for a simple and inexpensive lens hood is the Canon S-42 hood, which was made for Canon's ranfefinder lenses. The S-42 hood slips onto the Summitar, and the hood's built-in clamp will lock it in place.

 

[Jamie Pillers]

You can get a wonderfully inexpensive adapter ring designed specifically for the summitar from the eBay seller Heavystar. The ring screws directly into the Summitar's beveled filter thread. You are then able to use any 39mm threaded hood. I use the vented round hood sold by Heavystar. If I remember correctly, the adapter ring and hood each sell in the ballpark of $25 each. And they look great too!

 

[David Hughes]

I cannot find a V or notch on my Summitar, I am missing something or looking in the wrong place

Sorry, I should have said that there's a shallow "V" grove around the lens. It's about 4mm back from the front of the milled ring. Both my Summitars are the same and are the 1946 and 1949 vintage.The groove seems to me to be decorative, rather than functional.

The hood has nothing to fix it in place except two lugs a fraction over a mm wide and square cut on springs at about 8 and 4 o'clock.

Anyway, I guess the barn doors will go on display and I'd better start searching for a 41½mm slip on hood, another Summitar (sigh).

Regards, David

 

[rodt16s]

David do you use a filter..?
Having just checked both of my Summitar's (1949 & 50), I notice the Summicron (12585 and IROOA) hood's lock into the groove between the filter and the lens.
I have a similar groove 4mm in, but with my barndoor hood being a clamp on type that groove seems superfluous.