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Re: [OM] Cool Square Hoods

Subject: Re: [OM] Cool Square Hoods
From: Gary Schloss <schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 01:35:05 -0800
>Gary R. wrote:
>
>>Henri Cartier-Bresson had a lens hood on the Leica.  A cool square one

Jeff Spirer wrote:

>Leica still has cool square hoods, I believe.

Leica-made coolness comes with a steep (shocking?) price tag. Here
are a couple of tips for 'coolness on a budget', applied to Zuikos.

For 49mm filter thread lenses (28/2, 28/2.8, 28/3.5, 35/2.8, 50mm),
look for the following:

- SMC Takumar 28mm F3.5 (screw-mount) hood
- Fujinon 28mm F3.5 (screw-mount) hood

For 55mm filter thread lenses (24/2, 35/2, 55/1.2, and also Vivitar
or Kiron 24/2 and 28/2), look for:

- Konica Hexanon 24mm/28mm hood
- Konica Hexanon 35mm hood

All four hoods are all-metal, of the snap-on variety, and are SQUARE
(well, they're actually rectangular, but it's uncool to dwell on
such details :-)). The Fujica hood is the least common one (as are,
btw, most Fujinon screw-mount lenses -- has anyone seen any lately?)

Unfortunately, all four hoods come exclusively in jet-black -- a color
that may clash with your surf- or snowboards :-)

Cheers,


/Gary Schloss.
Studio City, CA
schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



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