It is a hood -- but permanently attached, extending significantly out from
the lens.
It also helps to protect the lens from bumping against flat surfaces.
Tom
On Sunday, June 30, 2002 at 15:43, Tom Scales <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] Re: Lens Shade Shapes" saying:
> It doesn't really have a petal lens HOOD, the lens is just shaped that way.
>
> Tom
>
> > 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?
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