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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