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Re: [OM] Were any hoods or cases included with OM lens

Subject: Re: [OM] Were any hoods or cases included with OM lens
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:29:21 -0400
Thanks for the detail.

Chuck Norcutt


On 11/1/2010 9:22 AM, Sawyer, Edward wrote:
> These were standard issue with a lot of the lenses. It's hard to say
> which ones came with them, or what the qualification was. But I
> recall reading the old ads in issues of Modern Photo and Pop Photo
> and in the ads for B&H and the like, many said "includes hood and
> case" with the lens prices. There were some exceptions, of course. I
> can probably find and scan some of these old ads.
>
> Some cases and hoods are fairly rare. Among those:
>
> Rare hoods:  18/3.5 (49-72 step-up), 21/3.5 (also used on 35/shift),
> 21/2, 55/1.2 (metal), 90/2 aka 135/4.5 (same hood was used for those
> last 2), 24/2
>
> Rare cases: 18/3.5, 21/3.5, 21/2, 35 shift, 24 shift, 20/2, 38/2.8,
> 80/4, 135/4.5, 50/2, 100/2
>
> Some lenses didn't have cases, they were doing pouches by that time
> (90/2 macro for example).
>
> I am sure there are more than what are listed above that are hard to
> find. Some are quite common however (24/2.8, 28/3.5 for example).
>
> FWIW -Ed
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