FWIW, I actually don't like using the rubber hoods - I tend to
prefer rummaging thru "odds and sodds" boxes at camera shops and
finding metal screw in hoods (making sure to check for vignetting).
At about $2 a piece, I but whatever I can find and then play around
when get home and try on various lenses. Obviously you want
shallower, more widely flared lens hoods for WA lenses, narrower and
longer for teles.
The metal hoods (I feel) give more protection to the lens in my
camera bag, and are more effective in shading the front element.
Also, if you lie a lens with fitted rubber lens hood down on its
side (eg in your carry bag) you will notice that sometimes the
rubber doesn't spring back to a perfectly round shape, but remains
slightly deformed. This could interfere with the view of the lens.
just my (Australian) $0.02 worth.
cheers
peter
I think that lens shades are the one big screw up that Maitani made.
If you have ever used bayonet lens shades, anything else is just
primitive. If Oly can do it on the lens cap, why not the shade?
Winsor
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Long Beach, California, USA
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