RE: [OM] Angenieux

[Winsor Crosby]

>  > Tom, (or anyone) this is a "things you always wanted to know about
> >  photography, but were too embarassed to ask"-question: why the
> >  tulip-shape hood? Is that a special zoom-gimmick, or why are not all
> >  hoods like that? What good does it do?
>  Ooh, I know this one -- it's cut out where the corners of the frame would
> be in the final image. That way it doesn't get darkened unfortunately there.
>
>  -- dan (I think..)
True. Since the hood locks into place they can do this. When the hood 
does not lock into the same position each time, the hood has to be 
round and wide enough to shade the diagonal.
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California

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