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Re: [OM] OM Metal Lens Hoods

Subject: Re: [OM] OM Metal Lens Hoods
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:43:02 -0800
Dawid Loubser wrote:
> After having received the very nice-looking Lizard-skin OM-1MD I bought from 
> Jim Couch the other day, I for the first time was exposed to the Olympus 
> Metal lens hood for 50mm lenses. Wow, what a well-built piece of equipment.
>   

The hood you have is indeed a thing of beauty. It is not, however, 
typical of Oly metal hoods.

Take a look here. 
<http://olympus.dementia.org/eSIF/om-sif/lensgroup/hoods.htm>

Numbering from the front, then left to right, 1 & 2 are of the type you 
have. 3, 4 & 7, with the sharp edges, are more typical metal hoods and 
the rest of those pointing up are metal/rubber hoods.

The really elegant, black and chrome, early metal hoods are slide on 
only. All screw-in hoods are of the other designs and many slide on 
hoods are also metal/rubber combinations.

Personally, I prefer the combo hoods to the screw-in metal ones, 
although for some lenses, metal is all that was made. The metal ones can 
get dinged and the paint scratches. The combination ones have a metal 
rear portion  with the threads and deep enough to be tough. The good 
quality rubber parts shrug off rough handling and have a ribbed interior 
to cut down on reflections.

Most tulip hoods are plastic, which bothers me less than you. On the 
other hand, for fixed focal length lenses, a tulip can provide 
significantly better performance than a round one. 
<http://www.vanwalree.com/optics/lenshood.html>

How about paper/card stock hoods? The price is right and they are easily 
transportable and replaceable. <http://www.lenshoods.co.uk/>

Moose
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