Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Hoods???? Who makes square ones???
From: George Huczek <ghuczek@sk.sympatico.ca>
Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 18:41:03 -0600

>Besides that, if round hoods were more efficient, don't you think that 
>Leica would make all of theirs round???????  Instead, all of their 
>(most at least?) wide angle hoods are square.
>
>It's hip to be square  (doot, doot do woo oh woot.)  
>
>It's hip to be square.......... here, there and everywhere......  hip, 
>hip, so hip to be square........
>
>Must be the fumes...

Duane,

If rectangular hoods are more efficient, then so are rectangular lenses.  I
can't wait to see who's first to come out with a rectangular lens with a
built-in cylindrical hood.  Perhaps it has already been tried, who knows.

Sorry ... couldn't resist <bg>

- -GH