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Re: [OM] 18mm filters

Subject: Re: [OM] 18mm filters
From: John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 21:39:35 -0400
THATS it, 49-72, atleast I had it half right!

John

Jim Terazawa wrote:
> 
> John,
> 
> I think Denton Taylor responded to use step up ring (or adapter ring per 
> Olympus
> brochure) from 49 to 72mm.
> 
> Jim Terazawa
> 
> John Hermanson wrote:
> 
> > On the 18mm, don't they recommend the step up ring (49-55), then a 55 mm
> > filter, to prevent vignetting?
> >
> > John
> >
> > Tom Trottier wrote:
> > >
> > > One of the advantages of *rubber* lens hoods is that you can fold them 
> > > back, mm
> > > by mm until you get no vignetting.
> > >
> > > I only wish someone made some that matched the 35mm film format - i.e.
> > > rectangular, like the bellows for some 6x6 cameras
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > > > Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 21:57:02 -0700
> > > > From: "jahudson" <jahudson@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Subject: Re: [OM] 18mm filters
> > > >
> > > > - ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: *- DORIS FANG -* <sfsttj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 7:15 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [OM] 18mm filters
> > > > > On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Michael O'Carrigan wrote:
> > > > > > With the recent talk of pros and cons of using filters.
> > > > > > Can anyone advise on the correct rim thickness of 72mm filters to 
> > > > > > use on
> > > > > > the Zuiko 18mm lens. Does Hoya or another manufacturer make filters 
> > > > > > with
> > > > a
> > > > > > very thin rim?
> > > > >   B&W, Hoya & Tiffen make thin-rim filters.
> > > > >                *= Doris Fang =*
> > > > Does anyone make thin rim after-market lens hoods? I have a 49mm one 
> > > > size
> > > > fits all rubber lens hood which I once used with my 28 / 2.8 Zuiko 
> > > > instead
> > > > of using the original lens hood. I had a perfectly circular image and 
> > > > black
> > > > corners. Original OM  lens hoods in the second hand market are rather 
> > > > hard
> > > > to find.
> > > >
> > > > John Hudson
> > >
> > > ----
> > > From: Tom Trottier, President, ACT Productions Inc.
> > > infoanim@xxxxxx                   http://www.act.ca
> > > +1 613 594-4829                 fax +1 613 594-8944
> > > 199 Holmwood Ave,  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  K1S 2P3
> > > "Make it as simple as possible, but no simpler" - Einstein
> > >
> >
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