>Someday, somebody will invent a dynamic dedicated hood for zooms, so >that the length and shape changes as you zoom :-)
Andre wrote: There are two brands that make "zoom" rubber hoods, Hoya and Hama. -- Tamron made an ingenious rigid-plastic telescoping hood for its SP 70-210/3.5. The lens receded as you zoomed to a smaller focal length. Tamron may have used this mechanism on the hoods of some of its other zooms, as well. I have found that when I use a zoom rubber hood, I invariably forget to change the setting as I zoom. [EMAIL PROTECTED]