> I personally think the tulip shaped hood is a
> feature
> of 'very expensive' lenses in order to distinguish
> themselves from the packs of mundane peasant lenses.
> Just like the aluminum case and leather lens cap for
> the white Zuikos. Its all a trick of clever
> marketing.
>
> Mark Lloyd
Not exactly. If you project a rectangular image up the
axis of a cylinder, you will end up with a tulip
shaped object. If your film were circular, then a
circular hood would work fine. Someone mentioned a
rectangular hood. The same thing applies. If you
project a rectangular image up the axis of a
rectangular box, you will get a rectangular box shaped
hood.
Warren
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