Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jerry Lehrer writes: > Al > > To be really effective, a hood on that lens should be extensible to > three different lengths. Or use three different hoods :-) A bit much, > I would think. > > On zoom lenses we use the longest possible hood that would not > vignette on the shortest focal length. Of course it is not the best > possible hood for the longest focal length. Jerry, I always thought it would be pretty cool if the hood rolled out as the focal length increased ;-) Swapping hoods would be slower than changing lenses, and defeat the advantage of the TE. I suspect I need to just be more aware of the problem and find a hood somewhere. Cheers Alastair Firkin @ work ;-) http://www.afirkin.com http://www.familyofman2.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html