Aha! I guess I'll settle for using my 1.8 hood for my 50/1.2. It's tough
enough trying to get the 21/F2 hood which still hasn't arrived from
photostop.
RonS
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Skip Williams
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 12:25 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [OM] Hood for 50/1.2?
>
>
> You can turn the hood around and mount it with the thumb-screw so that it
> covers the lens' focusing grip and aperture ring. It works great for the
> 50/1.8 and 1.4, but I need the special, "fat" hood for the 50/1.2. That
> lens is a little bit larger in diameter than the 1.4 and1.8.
> Reversing the
> hood is nice for travelling.
>
> Skip
>
> At 05/03/00 09:37 PM -0400, you wrote:
> >Skip: Pardon my ignorance but what do you mean by reversed?
> >
> >RonS
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Skip Williams
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 4:49 PM
> > > To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [OM] Hood for 50/1.2?
> > >
> > >
> > > I noticed that Lee's FAQ on hoods lists the same hood for all the 50mm
> > > non-macro lenses. I have a 50/1.2 and the 50/1.4-1.8 hood
> fits fine, but
> > > will not reverse. I thought that there was a specialized hood for the
> > > 50/1.2 that was wide enough to be reversed.
> > >
> > > Am I wrong?
> > >
> > > If not, I'm on the hunt for this hood.
> > >
> > > Skip
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