Hi,
Do you find the Nikon HN-2 hood to be superior on your 28-70 F4 AL to a run
of the mill rubber hood?
Just as curios as i bought rubber hood for my 28-70 about 30mins ago.
Cya
>From: "Douglas E Harmon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: 24mm Lens Hoods
>Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 23:04:15 -0500
>
>Shel,
> Unrelated, but it can be used with the 28-70 F4 also. It does not
>vignette, but I'll have to try your filter stack test.
>
>l8r,
>Douglas E Harmon
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>http://personal.mia.bellsouth.net/~genius91/
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 10:38 PM
>Subject: Re: 24mm Lens Hoods
>
>
>: Hi,
>:
>: I just did a few quick tests on a lens hood for the K24/2.8, and for
>: the time being I'm not going to buy the HAMA hood. I'd totally
>: forgotten to check the Nikon hood compatibility chart I made a while
>: back, and when I did I discovered that the Nikon HN-2 hood was
>: designed for the 24/2.8 Nikon lens. It's got a 52mm thread, and so
>: it fits the K24/2.8 just fine. It doesn't seem to vignette even
>: with a filter, but with two filters I see a little cut off at the
>: corners. This tells me that the hood does a good job, and blocks
>: stray light very close to the corner of the frame. Since the LX has
>: a pretty accurate viewfinder, I suspect there will be no loss at all
>: when viewing a frame exposed when using this hood and a filter. I
>: will be shooting some test film tomorrow just to verify this. Based
>: on results obtained when using other Nikon hoods on Pentax lenses, I
>: suspect that there will be no vignetting problem.
>:
>: Based on the problems of using the HAMA hood with a filter, and the
>: fact that it can (according to some who've used it) easily get
>: knocked out of alignment, I think the Nikon HN-2 is probably a fine
>: choice.
>: --
>: Shel Belinkoff
>: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>: There are no rules for good photographs,
>: there are only good photographs.
>:
>:
>:
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