Collapsible Summicron and SOOFM barndoor hood

[jeff voorhees]

I am wondering whether a filter would interfere with the hood. I have not yet

seen one of these hoods in person and it kind of looks as though a filter

screwed onto the front of the lens might interfere with the attachment of the

hood.

 

Any advise would be appreciated. Thanks everyone.

[GlennS]

I've got a Leitz barn door hood and it fits over standard Leitz E39 filters with no problem. You'll have problems if you use larger filters with a step up ring.

[dan flanders]

In my experience a Leitz E39 screw-in filter does NOT interfere with the mounting of the 'barn door' shade. IMMAO the barn-door, used judiciously with the Summicron, it will effectively limit flare except in the most extreme situation!

[john_shriver]

Yes, there is a small (one millimeter or less) lip on the front of the hole in the hood, which fits against the front of the lens. But, at least a vintage Leica E39 filter is smaller than the front outside diameter of the lens head, and fits through the hole in the lip of the SOOFM just fine.

 

A hood that was as large in diamter as the 42mm outside diameter of the lens head WOULD be a problem. The hood would no longer be able to go back far enough to catch on the locking groove. But a 39mm filter that is 42mm in outside diameter would be quite generous.

[jeff voorhees]

Perfect! I figured this was the case but I wanted to be sure. Thank you all for your help.

[pan_hon]

I wonder if the barndoor hood will fit on my 50/3.5 Elmar m-mount as well. Any idea? Thanks.

[Troll]

Pan, it will fit, but isn't practical to use because the ELmar is in a rotating mount. The Elmar flares so little, that it generally doesn't need a hood, or at most a short round one.

[pan_hon]

Thanks for your recommendation. I shall try the original Leitz chrome hood for elmar, which is also quite small in size.