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Subject: RE:Lens Hoods (was [OM] Silver lens Rim)
From: VELUWEH@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 06:15:41 -0400
Wayne wrote:

>While we're on the subject of lend hoods, has any lens maker ever made
a
>"zoom" hood ?  To be effective the hood for a zoom has to be the
correct
>length for the selected focal length.  It seems like the internal
>mechanics of a zoom are complex, it shouldn't be too difficult to build
>a hood which zooms at the same time.

I believe last year I read a review in one of the Dutch photo magazines
on some new zoom lenses where one of them indeed used such a zoom-hood.
I think it was the Tamron 28-200 AF (this lens is recently also
released in an MF version, btw, attachable to OM with the adaptall
mount).

Hans

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