RE: Tak WA hood question

[J. C. O'Connell]

round hoods suck for wide angles because they have to accommodate
for the corners and do not provide good overall coverage because of
that.

Also with wide angles you do not want to use a 24mm hood on a 35mm
lens, same problem, coverage is compromised. Using a 24 hood with a 
28mm lens is not too bad but I would go with at least a 24 and 25 hood.

JCO

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Subject: Re: Tak WA hood question


> Does anyone know if there was a square metal clamp type hood (like the

> one for
> the Takumar 1:3.5 28mm) made to suite 35/28/24mm lenses that would fit
on a 
> 54mm OD lens barrel (52mm filter ring)?

I don't know of one, unless there was one for the 30/2.9 which was one
of 
the few 52mm filter-mount lenses.  
If a round hood will do you could look at used Nikon lens hoods.  Most
of 
their lenses took 52mm filters and they made nice metal round hoods.  

DJE