> From: GMcGrath@xxxxxxx
> It looks like it's made on the same principle as the hood on the new Nikon
> 45/2.8 that they introduced along with the FM3A. That one is pictured on the
> cover and inside the March issue of Pop Photo.
In both cases, this type of hood suggests that the lens is far larger in
diameter than necessary optically for that widest aperture. The 52mm
filter size also suggests a direct Nikon competition. The same optics
should have fit a 49mm filter size (or even smaller) with a conventional
hood and then the weight would have been a bit closer to the Zuiko as
well.
My bet is that the performance is quite good.
Eric Pederson
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http://logos.uoregon.edu/uoling/faculty/pederson/pederson.html
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