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Subject: Bellows shades (was RE: [OM] shades)
From: Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 15:45:50 -0400
Or get a bellows lens shade/hood from Ambico or Lindhal, like 
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1362779538 or 
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1363119020 or
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1362177523 or
which is adjustable for focus distance and focal length..

Tom

On Monday, July 01, 2002 at 11:08, Winsor Crosby <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "RE: [OM] shades" saying:

> >  > Winsor Crosby [mailto:wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] wrote:
> >>  You then need to redesign the end of the lens barrel so that the
> >>  rectangular shade only goes onto it in the correct position matching
> >>  the rectangular film format. Then things can get real fiddly
> >>  attaching and detaching unless the design is brilliant.
> >
> >This may be standard practice, but behind the front element
> >of my (Canon) 20-35 zoom is a rectangular mask purportedly
> >to assist in flare control. It still has a lens hood for the
> >the front element - one of those sexy tulip-shaped ones <g> -
> >which attaches via a bayonet fitting, and the lens is internal
> >focussing, so no rotation.
> >
> >Don't some of the Leica lenses have rectangular hoods?
> >
> >Cheers
> >Marc
> >Sydney, Oz
> 
> I don't know, but they do have an outside groove around the end of 
> all the lenses that allow a bayonet lens hood with no line up and 
> twisting.  No Mickey Mouse slip on and clamp for this lens and screw 
> on for that lens.  Sorry.  Much as I like my Oly there are some 
> little areas that do not seem to be well thought out.
> 
> It occurred to me that one could experiment with flare control by 
> masking a lens hood with black tape to make the opening rectangular. 
> It probably would only work with one of the slip on hoods. But 
> orientation would have to be checked carefully.
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