>>Winsor Crosby wrote: New Zuikos do not include shades either unless built in.
>>Seems like a shade
>>
>>> is such cheap insurance against flare, especially in the western U.S. where
>>> sunshine is the rule, not the exception. You can't take_all_those shots
>>> with the sun at your back! :-)
>>>
>>> Winsor
>>>
>>> Winsor Crosby
>>> Long Beach, California
>>> mailto:wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>This is not correct. At least the 35F/2 comes new with a shade. I'm sure
>>there
>>are others.
>>
>>george
>>
>I bought my 35/F2 new about 4 years ago. No shade. I paid about $20 for
>the shade if I remember correctly. Neither did the 24/2.8, 21/3.5, 50/1.4,
>nor 80/2.0 have shades. The 200/4 had a built in. The 135/2.8 was bought
>used. No shade on that one. Since many of the shades can be used on several
>lenses, it may be understandable why Olympus does not supply them. It would
>be nice if they were all built in.
>
>Since I bought my lenses all about the same time I suppose Olympus could
>have had a different policy since then, or a policy that was discontinued
>before I purchased.
>
>Do you have some information that would enlighten me if I am not correct?
>
>Winsor
>
Whoops. Had a synaptic short there. The 135 has a built in shade.
Winsor
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
mailto:wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx
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