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I have very little experience of rangefinders and have just bought an Olympus 35 SP
I am left in something of a quandary as regards using a lens hood. With SLR's Ive always used a hood. I have a couple of 49mm screw fit hoods lying around and so tried them on the 35 SP. The first is a Hoya rubber collapsible one:
Way too big! It intrudes significantly into the viewfinder so is no good.
Next I tried a more compact metal screw in one. I bought this some time ago for an SLR and it was the most compact one I could find:
Better, but still intrudes into the viewfinder overlapping the framing lines.
I guess that the answer is to try and find an even more compact one or to live without a hood?
The latter might be OK as there is some depth between the front of the glass and the edge of the lens.
Comments anyone?
I am left in something of a quandary as regards using a lens hood. With SLR's Ive always used a hood. I have a couple of 49mm screw fit hoods lying around and so tried them on the 35 SP. The first is a Hoya rubber collapsible one:
Way too big! It intrudes significantly into the viewfinder so is no good.
Next I tried a more compact metal screw in one. I bought this some time ago for an SLR and it was the most compact one I could find:
Better, but still intrudes into the viewfinder overlapping the framing lines.
I guess that the answer is to try and find an even more compact one or to live without a hood?
The latter might be OK as there is some depth between the front of the glass and the edge of the lens.
Comments anyone?