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Re: [OM] Re: Lens Shade Shapes

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Lens Shade Shapes
From: Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 15:27:05 -0400
It's especially used in zooms, but the 24 shift also has one.

Tom

On Sunday, June 30, 2002 at 11:38, Jim Brokaw <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] Re:  Lens Shade Shapes" saying:

> on 6/29/02 4:50 PM, Dave Dougherty at davdou@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > 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?
> > 
> > Dave Dougherty
> 
> That shape is what's left if you cut a projected rectangle away from a
> cylinder... its called the 'ideal' shade because in theory it is as close as
> you can come to the image-forming light rays without blocking any of them.
> So it should block as much extraneous light as is possible without
> vignetting.
> -- 
> 
> Jim Brokaw
> OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney... 
> 
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