Hoods are one thing but I find it pretty amazing that an individual is
building such lenses.
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/20/2010 2:03 AM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> His stuff is pretty clever. For instance, a lot of his hoods are two-piece
> featuring a mounting ring, a screw in shade section and the ability to mount
> filters both on the ring and front of the shade - in different sizes. Some of
> the hoods are well over $100 but they are pretty spiffy kit.
> He also stocks the very hard to find genuine hood for the mFT 9-18mm lens,
> the rectangular plastic one that costs about $60! Oh, and the lens itself for
> some reason. Odd. I got the hood elsewhere slightly cheaper but it was a long
> and annoying search.
>
> I just bought the Perar Super triplet as a Chrissie pressie for myself as I
> simply could not resist the concept -
> http://www.japanexposures.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=33&products_id=423
> I am hopeless but I told myself that I can probably get most of my money back
> if I want to. Miyazaki-san has built three original lenses now, all with runs
> of 2-300. A 50mm f1.3, a 50mm f3.5 and now this 35mm f3.5. I'd love to find a
> L mount 50/1.3 but that's unlikely.
> http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/MS_Optical_R%26D#MS-Mode-S_50.2F1.3_lens
> He's a remarkable character. The lens may be no better than a collapsible
> Elmar I suspect but incredibly compact and clever. Who could resist a
> tantalum triplet? Hoods again - the lens comes, apparently with caps, hood
> and a hood cap that doubles as a back cap as I understand it. That's
> thinking. They've upped production from a planned 180 to a massive 200, all
> personally assembled by the man himself.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonmanjiro/4954170134/in/photostream/
>
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 20/12/2010, at 12:52 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> You've got to want a hood pretty badly to pay 3900 yen but it does look
>> like nice stuff.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> On 12/19/2010 7:01 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>>> A while back there was some discussion about why the Panasonic 20mm f1.7
>>> doesn't have an OEM hood. Daft really.
>>> Well, I found someone making a really nice dome hood for it - very compact.
>>> http://www.japanexposures.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=435
>>> I'd have a look around their site too - not cheap but there's some truly
>>> amazing stuff.
>>> An if you can cope wit the translation, check out their affiliate - there
>>> is nothing this guy can't do!
>>> http://www.hayatacamera.co.jp/services/miyazaki/index.html
>>> If you're a Leica user or Leica thread on 4/3rds, this is serious lust
>>> object territory.
>>>
>>> Andrew Fildes
>>> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
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