[Leica] Zeiss Planar T and no beer

[Jim Nichols]

Square hoods are more stable in a stack.

Vented hoods got that way from Leica owners venting about the hood 
blocking the viewfinder.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 9/21/2015 1:20 PM, kyle cassidy on the LUG wrote:
> Thanks to everyone on the lug for their advice, I got the 50mm Zeiss Planar T f2 to replace my Serenar 50mm 1.8. I can’t post any photos with it until I find some luggers to go LeicaStacking in a dark pub, but I can say that Jim Shulman was correct in that the 1/3 stop clicks are annoying as sand in your margarita. Whose Idea was that?
>
> I’ve also noticed that the official hood is $84 though $3 will get you any number of swank hoods that also fit on ebay.
>
> Q: Does a square hood look cooler than a round one? And do vented hoods go faster?
>
> kc
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