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Subject: Re: [OM] (OT) RX100vi pics (Warning! Cute!)
From: Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 20:05:24 -0400
I forgot to add that I rather like the zoom ring at the base of the lens.
It serves other purposes as well, depending on settings, but I'm finding it
much more pleasant than the customary W-T switch near the shutter release.
(It also has that.)

--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal


On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 8/30/2015 5:30 AM, John Hudson wrote:
>
>> I looked at a promo YouTube clip for the RX100vi and was surprised to see
>> that there is no lens threading and therefore [?] no opportunity for using
>> a clear lens protecting filter or a polarizing filter.
>>
>
> You are correct. And, unlike the Canon G series through the G14 and some
> larger A series, there is no mount at the base of the lens to hold a tube
> to hold filters and even rather large, heavy WA and Tele adapters.
>
> OTOH, as Bob points out, this is a pocket camera with retracting lens with
> protective blades that close when it retracts. The front element is only
> exposed when in use. I have had and used several such cameras with no
> problems of lens element damage. Flare is another problem, but not more so
> than in any other zooms where any hood only protects at the wide end. Wear
> a hat, use it to block out of frame flare.
>
> Some have subtle hoods for their widest setting built into the cover
> mechanism. My Panny ZS40, for example has a slightly dished in front plate
> with non-rectangular opening spaced out a bit from the FE when the
> protective blades are open. I believe it is a 24 mm FOV hood. This sorta
> shows it. <
> http://www.dpreview.com/products/panasonic/compacts/panasonic_dmczs40>
>
> Is this now a common feature with up market point and shoots?
>>
>
> I don't know them all. I suspect that the advent of the very useful
> control rings around the base of lenses has precluded the tubes. The design
> of these collapsible lenses is such that it would be hard to include filter
> threads in the first place, and putting more than a light filter on would
> put the lens mechanism at risk. Small and light are the enemy of heft and
> robustness.
>
> Lensmate makes adapters for the RX100 series, Canon G15/16, and likely
> others. It involves gluing a small, light piece on the front of the lens, a
> bit of kludge. Their filter holder then bayonets on. I've seen other
> adapters for tiny cameras using magnets.
>
-- 
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