Yes, that's more or less what I've been using but as Chris suggested, that
compromises the whole pancake concept. I have something like that but it's
lowish profile, about the right format for a 28mm. A conventional hood for a
40mm effective field of view would be almost as big as the lens itself. Using
this approach makes a lot more sense. Cosina are doing it for one of the Voigts
I think.
When I didn't have the Canon 5D2, I made a hood like this for the little 50mm
f1.8 which has a large and awkward regular hood. It was the front element
retaining ring of a dead Tamron lens, the 90mm f2.5 Macro. Basically a dome
that reverse screws into a 52-55mm step up ring. Perfect for the 80mm effective
cheap lens. I might try it on others if I can find which drawer it has sunk to
the bottom of (syntax alert Chris).
Andrew Fildes
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On 21/12/2010, at 6:46 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Not bad, but I am also very happy with the metal hood from ebay seller
> heavystar. Cost about $20 with postage to Spain if I remember correctly.
>
> Cheers,
> nathan
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> On Dec 20, 2010, at 1:01 AM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
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>> 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.
>>
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