Pete, you don't have to bend the hood (I don't think you even really can). You
remove the hood and reinstall it 'backwards' to reverse it. It then protects
the lens.
Jim Couch
Pete Prunskunas wrote:
> You and other posters have found the truth. I never reverse my hoods
> as I think the bending will eventually cause them to crack. So, I never
> thought of that reason. That makes sense, as the 50mm f1.2 barrel is
> definitely longer than the ubiquitous 50mm f1.8.
>
> So, from a vignetting and/or fitting the clamp on the barrel point of view,
> the hoods appear to be interchangeable, as I suspected.
>
> Pete
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