today i received my 90mm voigtländer lens. before i go out to check it out, one question: does anyone have a solution for the missing red nipple, the one you align with the mount lock, usually found on most bayonett mount lenses? not that i usually change my lenses in darkness, but even in broad daylight it is a bit fiddly. i already had this problem with my voigtländer 21mm lens.

-- stefan randlkofer (geesbert@yahoo.com), May 27, 2002

Answers

One drop of testors modeling paint, red, with a papercip tip. let it dry facing upward. dont touch it for a day.

-- mike (thearea19@aol.com), May 27, 2002.

If anyone ever finds an 85/1.8 Canon with a rounded notch filed out of the corner of the back edge, at the red dot spot, that used to be my lens. I used a round file and very carefully filed a spot about 5mm wide and 3mm deep that I could feel in the dark. When I did it, the lens wasn't a collector's item--you could still buy them new for $145, I think it was. :-)

-- Michael Darnton (mdarnton@hotmail.com), May 27, 2002.

My wife has some craft beads that would work for this. The PITA would be splitting them, and/or sanding them to a hemisphere. I'd use contact cement as opposed to super glue to attach.

-- Charles (cbarcellona@telocity.com), May 27, 2002.

Here in the States, Leica USA gives them away for free.

-- Chris Chen (furcafe@NOSPAMcris.com), May 28, 2002.