Clearly the pix you posted were woefully inadequate! :)
Moose has the better of me on this one - I posted before I saw his
last message and my memory of the 35-70/3.6 is foggy.
More so than the lens I hope!
That hood is hard to find but it is out there.
I was wrong. Please note the date for future reference.
Andrew Fildes
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On 31/03/2008, at 11:50 AM, Paul Yates wrote:
> It seems that Moose may be correct on this one. The whole front
> group is
> mounted in an inner cylinder which slides forward as you zoom from
> 40mm down to 24mm. Looks very much like the photos I have seen of the
> 35-70/3.6.
>
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> Andrew Fildes wrote:
>> The lens, from the photographs, does not seem to have the same
>> construction as the 35-70/3.6 but a conventional build more like the
>> 35-70/4 - and that hood has a 60mm diameter as it attaches to the
>> body, rather than the front lens component.
>> Andrew Fildes
>> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>> On 31/03/2008, at 7:39 AM, Moose wrote:
>>
>>> In this way, the hood actually adjusts to the angle of view of the
>>> lens
>>> as it zooms. Assuming your lens works in a similar way, you may be
>>> sure
>>> that the original hood would have been a slip on. I would be
>>> looking for
>>> a 35-70/3.6 hood, which should fit the wider diameter of the outer
>>> ring,
>>> then trimming the length as needed.
>>
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