on 5/27/02 7:51 AM, Pete Prunskunas at pyotr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Olympus offers two different lens hoods for 50mm lenses, the
> #108233 for the 50mm f1.2 and the #108230 for the 50mm f1.4,
> 50mm f1.8, 35mm f2.8, and 35-70mm f3.5-4.5. All of the above
> lenses employ 49mm filters. Why does Olympus sell two different
> hoods? A suitable hood for 35mm f2.8 would probably also be
> good for 50mm f1.2. A suitable hood for 50mm f1.2 is definitely
> good for "lesser" lenses like a 50mm f1.8. You see my point? If
> this were a mathematics list, we'd have a nice discussion of over-
> lapping domains. I wonder if the separate hoods aren't a holdover
> from the days of when the prime 50mm lens used a 55mm filter,
> and when the lens changed to 49mm filter size, someone forgot to
> eliminate the redundant hood.
>
>
> Pete
The 50/1.2 lens is fatter in the body. Is the 50/1.2 lens special hood
capable of being reversed on the lens for storage? If so, it would need a
larger inside diameter. I don't have the hood, so I can't compare it with
the hood for the 50/1.4, but the lens is quite a bit fatter at the focusing
ring.
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
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