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Subject: [OM] Re: old hoods just fade away
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:46:11 +1000
Might help if I gave the ref.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? 
ViewItem&category=43479&item=7530390204
  AndrewF


On 15/07/2005, at 5:38 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:

>
> This is the item to which I referred - it has a flare which is less
> acute in angle than the Oly hood and then a deep rim which could be
> cut back to suit, if it is even necessary. I suspect that this style
> might even work better than the original Oly but it is a little more
> cumbersome. It reminds me of the Zuiko 49-72 18mm hood/adapter and
> the hood/77mm adapter for my Cos/Voigt 12mm.
> AndrewF
>
>
>
> On 14/07/2005, at 8:11 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>
>
>> The 21 hood it a 'difficult' item but you may be lucky. It's a screw-
>> in - any 49mm super-wide should work. I bought a 'Sonia' super-wide
>> aluminium 55mm hood from a dealer in LA which is huge, for use on
>> another lens (24/2) and his 49mm version of this should work well if
>> modified - if the edge was shortened to suit and finished on a lathe.
>> Might be easier and cheaper to use them as blanks rather than cut
>> from block stock as they are already threaded and anodised. Careful
>> work would leave only a silver cut edge which would delight some of
>> the retro-troglodytes on this list.
>>
>>
>
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