But that only works *after* you have bought the hood and have it hand.
:-)
Andrew
on 2004/07/31 10:13 PM, Moose at olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> It's easy enough to test.
>
> Put whatever hood you are testing on the camera.
> Take the back off.
> Sit the camera on its back on a light table.
> Put a piece of paper across the hood.
> Turn the lights off.
> You will see the bright image of the film gate on the paper.
> Any vignetting will show up as corners of the image being cut off.
> If you have good paper and a dark room, you can see the subtle outline
> of the hood and see if it is much bigger than the birght image, in which
> case the hood is too wide to be fully effective.
>
> I've occasionally used this method and it has always worked for me.
>
> Moose
>
> iwert wrote:
>
>> Oh yes, and any ideas of a suitable hood for this one with a 55mm step-up
>> ring?
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