RE: [OM] Angenieux

[Henrik Dahl]

>  > 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..)

Sounds plausible. But why then is not the WA-hoods, where it really 
matters shaped like that. I know my 24 mm would need some help with 
its corners sometimes ;-)
Henrik Dahl



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