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Re: [OM] hoods

Subject: Re: [OM] hoods
From: "Tom Trottier" <Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 19:06:16 -0400
Dear dreammoose,

Thanks for the correction.

tOM

On Monday, September 16, 2002 at 14:48, dreammoose 
<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] hoods" saying:

> Whoa, whoa, wait a minute here.
> 1. The 'tulip' shape is exactly equivilent to a rectangular, full-length 
> hood, but physically smaller and less obtrusive. Do the 3-D geometry on 
> your CAD program. It doesn't matter whether the light path is 
> interrupted close to or far away from the lens. Whether that light ray 
> to the far corner of the image sneaks past a corner of a rectangular 
> hood 4" away from the glass or through a curved notch 3/8" from the 
> glass, the effect is the same. I assume tulip hood designs became common 
> after is became relatively easy to design them with computers.
> 
> 2. The 'tulip' shape is no more effective at longer focal lengths on a 
> zoom than any other hood design.
> 
> also
> 3. They are sexy for the same reason that flowers and Julia O'Keefe's 
> paintings of them are sexy, flowers are sex organs and many are 
> reminiscent in form to human sexual organs.
> 
> om@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> >Actually, hoods don't "HAVE" to be petal shaped for a zoom.  But if they
> >weren't, the lens designers would have to design a hood that was optimized
> >only for the wide-angle setting of the lens.  Any telephoto-designed hood
> >would vignette at the wide-angle setting.  So they opt for a compromise.
> >
> >Skip
> >
> >
> >Original Message:
> >-----------------
> >From:  Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >They have to be petals for zooms. 
> >
> >Every little bit of shade helps, especially with zooms.
> >
> >Besides, they're sexy.
> >
> 
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