> In a message dated 99-12-30 14:48:26 EST, you write:
>
>> 1) Anyone have a spare 21/3.5 lens hood?
>>
>> 2) Can you use normal filters without vignetting, or does this lens
>> require a thinline filter?
>>
>> BBB
>> -
> I've been looking for one for about 3 years (the same amount of time I've had
> my 21/3.5) and haven't been successful. If you're lucky, its the same one
> that fits the 35/2.8 shift. One sold on eBay recently for $22 or so (yikes).
> I think I'll convert an old tuna tin into a shade.
>
> Normal filters don't vignette, at least with a slide mount to obscure a part
> of the slide. You do need a thin polarizer to avoid vignetting however. Hoya
> doesn't seem to offer it's thin ring stuff in 49mm size. I use an old Pentax
> 49mm polarizer that has flower petal handles to turn the filter and has no
> threads to mount other filters.
>
> Warren
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Warren
I have the thin ring Hoya (circular) polariser in 49mm filter size. I also
have the lens hood for the 21/3.5 but it's for me to keep I'm afraid.
The Hoya polariser is called the HMC I think.
Chris
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