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Subject: [OM] shades
From: "Bill Pearce" <bspearce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 09:37:13 -0500
"Why is the lens shade "petal" shaped (for want of a better term) on the
E-10/E-20 and many other higher end cameres?  Is it just to look sexy or
does the shape have some real function?"
Yup, and saves plastic, too! To be ideally effective, shade should be
rectangular, to match the frame.

Bill Pearce



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