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Subject: [OM] Re: old hoods just fade away
From: "Titoy" <nestorcbc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 11:23:50 +0800
Welcome to a new member, who is a machinist ? You could then make other 
parts...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 6:09 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: old hoods just fade away


>
> Welcome to the list Walt!
>
> First thing you need to get to know inside out is the eSIF, which you can
> find here:
> <http://olympus.dementia.org/eSIF> (and at other spots on the net, and 
> also
> available on CD from listmember Hans Veluwen).  As you browse the eSIF you
> will find a page describing *all* the hoods
> <http://olympus.dementia.org/eSIF/om-sif/lensgroup/hoods.htm so you can at
> least get an idea of what you are proposing.
>
> Good luck!
>
> --
> Piers
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Walter Tani
> Sent: 14 July 2005 10:36
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] old hoods just fade away
>
>
> I'm brand spanking new to this list, so I'm probably breaking all sorts of
> protocol; so please feel free to correct or otherwise yell at me.
>
> So far, I've confined my 2 or 3 posts to pitiful "wanted to buy"
> supplications for some obscure glass called Zuikos, which I later found 
> out
> were old Olympus lenses.  I'm from the Fred Miranda list, which deals 
> mostly
> with Canon stuff, and worse yet, I've only owned a camera for the past 5
> months or thereabouts, so I don't need yelling at; I need an education, is
> what it is.
>
> However, through the kindness of one of this list's members, I am soon to 
> be
> the proud owner of a 21/3.5, but I don't think he had a hood for it... not
> sure.  Problem is this:  trying to locate a hood has proved to be a bit of 
> a
> challenge.  Are they that scarce?  And, if they are, has anyone considered
> commisioning a limited run of them from a machinst?
>
> I have a toolroom grade lathe, and if there's enough interest, I think I 
> can
> put together a small run... I'd just need measurements or a sample.  It
> needn't be the original size or shape, if more recent designs are 
> better....
> the only thing is, I've never seen one, so don't know how they attach.
> Screw on? or clip on/set screw? Bayonet mount?  If I do this, they will be
> cut from billet aluminum, not pressed sheet. Lots of waste, but I'm not
> dealing with enough quantity to warrant making dies and pressing them out.
>
> I don't know how this forum works; do you guys yell at me via email or 
> just
> have it out on the list in the open?
>
> aloha,
> walt
> honolulu,hawaii
> taniw001@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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