I personally think the tulip shaped hood is a feature
of 'very expensive' lenses in order to distinguish
themselves from the packs of mundane peasant lenses.
Just like the aluminum case and leather lens cap for
the white Zuikos. Its all a trick of clever marketing.
Mark Lloyd
--- Henrik Dahl <hdahl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Oh man, so *this* is the stuff that dreams are made
> of. Droool...
>
> Tom, (or anyone) this is a "things you always wanted
> to know about
> photography, but were too embarassed to
> ask"-question: why the
> tulip-shape hood? Is that a special zoom-gimmick, or
> why are not all
> hoods like that? What good does it do?
>
> A blushing Henrik Dahl
> ________________________
>
> Tom Scales wrote:
> >Here's pictures of mine:
> >
> >http://zuikoholic.com:201/Images/p0002573.jpg
> >http://zuikoholic.com:201/Images/p0002574.jpg
> >
> >The only new Zuiko I've purchased in 21 years.
> >
> >Tom
>
>
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