I haven't a clue about where it was in the production run, as I bought it
used from a list member, but my Tamron 80-200/2.8 uses a metal bayonet hood
(82FH) and it works quite nicely. Serial number is 81xxx, so I don't know
where that is --- did they make 100,000 of them or 1,000,000 of them.
Tom
> The MH-774 is a screw-on metal lens hood...At least the one for my 80-200
> (OM mount) was. There were no bayonet lugs on the front of that lens.
> Later AF 80-200s use the bayonet mount, but did the MF models ever get
there
> before they were discontinued? (Early AF models were also screw-thread
for
> the shades and the MH-774 was at one time shared by both the AF 80-200 and
> 100-300.)
>
> As for plastic vs. metal...Up to the point of physical failure, plastic
> hoods are probably going to maintain their shape (fewer dings and dents),
> not get scratched, or get loose paint on the inside. In most cases I'd
> prefer that the hood fail first...Failure of the hood probably means that
a
> lot of the energy will get absorbed by that hood failure. If I get a
really
> strong metal hood it will certainly transfer a lot of the energy to the
lens
> body. This is the argument for energy absorbing bumpers and crumple zones
> on automobiles.
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