Lens hood & Cap for 35mm Summicron F/2.0 non-aspherical

[edgaddi]

I just bought a used Leica M6 TTL and 35mm Summicron F/2.0 non-aspherical lens. I finally took the "plunge" after reading a thread here how good Leica M camera are. My question is where can I get a lens hood/shade and front/back cap for my lens it seems that this items are hardly in the market anymore. I need your input please...

Thanks guys.

[david_page1]

You will be able to find lens caps, lens hoods, etc. either from Leica

or the used market. First identify the lens that you have. Go here:

 

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http://www.imx.nl/photosite/leica/overview/listm.html

 

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Probably a good place to look for your lens accessories would be Ebay.

There are usually hundreds to thousands of Leica items listed at any

one time. Go here:

 

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http://www.ebay.com

 

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Welcome to Leica, and happy hunting!

[andrew_schank]

I like vented hood #12585 which can be used on the 50 and some of the

earlier 90's for that matter. Here's one with the currect cap on

ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?

ViewItem&item=1262801998. Someone mentioned a while back that the

Konica M rear caps are very inexpensive new.

[andrew n.bra hrefhttp]

I use the B+W 39mm rubber lens hood on my 35mm M Summicron ASPH. As

your lens has the same filter thread(?) and same FOV, it should work

well there as well.

[raymond_tai]

You don't need to get the exact original hood for your Summicron. Any

hood that fits the 35mm Summaron or Summicron from the past 45 years

will work, including the IROOA and 12585.

[joel1]

If your lens is the last non-asph 35mm summicron, the current

hood for the 35ASPH will fit perfectly. As for the back caps, go get

the Konicas. No point paying $20?? for a leica cap. Do they need

specially trained technicians to make those caps?

[edgaddi]

Thanks David the site you mentioned was very informative. I found out

that the S/N (or batch) of my 35mm non-asph was the last batch of non-

asph . All input mentioned herein will be all considered. Thanks

guys...

[timothy_nelson]

Warning! It is not true that all of the earlier round hoods work on the

pre-ASPH 35/2.0, if you are talking about the generation just before

the ASPH. I found out the hard way that certain round hoods that worked

with earlier 35/2.0 versions (e.g. hood 12585) vignette the corners of

the pre-ASPH at all apertures. Get one of the rectangular hoods

designed for this 4th gen lens or for the ASPH. Rich Pinto at Photo

Village in NYC still has some of the original hoods designed for this

lens, although the later hoods for the ASPH work fine also.