OK.... I won't .....
......that clears things up...... I am a person who very much like things to
be complete .... in every sense of the word....
Thanks and peace
TMLee
-----Original Message-----
From: Dr Peter Gilbert <peterg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, December 07, 2000 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] ...slide-on hood....
>Hi TM
>
>bought my 90/2 macro new back in the late 80's along with my first
>OM-4Ti, a 24/2.8 (this lens recently found a good home with a certain
>OM-list member in Iowa......) and a 180/2.8 (all new). The 90/2
>didn't come with a hood or hard case, just a soft "leather" Olympus
>draw-string pouch lined with some kind of dark blue (I think) velvet
>material.
>
>I still have all the boxes and papers and foam etc for all of these.
>I'm a real hoarder when it comes to important stuff like that !
>
>So don't be too hard on them because they didn't have the hood !
>
>cheers
>
>peter
>
>
>>Dear Doc.......
>>U wrote......
>>
>>>The 90/2 macro uses the same rubber slide-on hood as the 135/4.5
>>>macro if that helps, although the 90/2 didn't include a hood when
>>>purchased new.
>>
>>
>>Strange that a hood is not provided even when brand new....... did U
bought
>>new and experienced this ?
>>
>>I actually mail-ordered a 90/2 (LNIB) and politely demanded the matching
>>hood, and was quite irked when they said they don't have the matching hood
>>cos it did not come with it..... I simply didn't believe in the
possibility
>>of hoodless brand new lenses.....
>>
>>Oh.... they also said no pouch or hardcase also.... which makes me ask U
>>now, does it come with hardcase or pouch ? I KNOW that OM cleverly stashes
>>the hood in the lid of its hardcases !!!!!! So maybe it could have been
>>"lost" in there.... without them realizing it.....
>>
>>
>>thanks for your reply..... appreciate it ...
>>
>>Peace
>>TMLee
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>the diam measurement of the slide-on Oly lens hoods isn't terribly
>>>illuminating (pardon the pun) because , as you suggest it doesn't
>>>tell you which lenses it will fit on.
>>>
>>>For example, I have the rubber hood for the 90/2 +135/4.5, a rubber
>>>hood for the 35-105 3.5/4.5, the rubber hood for the 35-70/3.6 and
>>>the rubber hood for the 35-70/4.
>>>
>>>all of these lenses have 55mm diam filter threads, but all have
>>>different lens hoods. I've never tried to mix and match them, but I
>>>suspect that in addition to the angle and length of the shade, the
>>>barrel diameter of each is different, therefore the hoods wouldn't
>>>all be interchangeable.
>>>
>>>there is a list of OM hoods and the Zuiko lenses they suit on a web
>>>site. I think it is R Lee Hawkins Zuiko Lens site. Don't have the URL
>>>at hand sorry.
>>>
>>>FWIW, I actually don't like using the rubber hoods - I tend to prefer
>>>rummaging thru "odds and sodds" boxes at camera shops and finding
>>>metal screw in hoods (making sure to check for vignetting). At about
>>>$2 a piece, I but whatever I can find and then play around when get
>>>home and try on various lenses. Obviously you want shallower, more
>>>widely flared lens hoods for WA lenses, narrower and longer for teles.
>>>
>>>The metal hoods (I feel) give more protection to the lens in my
>>>camera bag, and are more effective in shading the front element.
>>>Also, if you lie a lens with fitted rubber lens hood down on its side
>>>(eg in your carry bag) you will notice that sometimes the rubber
>>>doesn't spring back to a perfectly round shape, but remains slightly
>>>deformed. This could interfere with the view of the lens.
>>>
>>>just my (Australian) $0.02 worth.
>>>
>>>cheers
>>>
>>>peter
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Dear All....
>>>>Whats a slide-on hood ? Is it that rubber hood that comes with a silver
>>knob
>>>>on one side to screw on to the side of the lens ?
>>>>
>>>>How many different sizes does it come in ?
>>>>
>>>>A 57mm slide-on hood (I read somewhere) ..... does it mean it will fit
>>onto
>>>>a lens with a 55mm filter ?
>>>>
>>>>What hood does the 90/2 Mac use ?
>>>>
>>>>Peace
>>>>TMLee
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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