Uhm, you have the metal, straight-sided hood, right? It is secured by a
set-screw right? Here's the method I use:
1. Unscrew hood
2. Remove hood
3. Reverse hood by 180deg
4. Place reversed hood over lens, i.e., he actual hood now encircles the
lens
5. Secure hood with set screw
6. Put lens cap on
You are now done. Total time should be a couple of seconds unless you're
wearing gloves (twice as long) or mittens (forget it and remove mittens first).
Am I missing something? Doesn't seem "long-winded" to me.
This is one of the reasons I love the metal hoods.
Earl
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On 1/4/2004 at 2:22 PM Daniel Sepke wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I have had this little question in the back of my mind for many months now;
>and given our lack of on topic discussion here it is.
>
>I have been trying to find a suitable alternative to having to remove the
>hood from my 50mm f1.4 to fit the lens cap each time I put the camera away.
>When its in general usage I have taken to skipping the lens cap as the
>process is very long winded. I have the metal Olympus version of the hood
>so
>it occurred to me that perhaps something would fit over this and become my
>lens cap. Now a spring mounted cap would not be such a good idea as the
>black lining could get scraped off over time.
>
>So my question is does anyone know of a suitable cap that would fit over
>the
>hood or some thing else that would serve duty instead?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Dan S
>
>
>
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