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cool lens hood design ... - Klaus - 08-10-2011 http://www.yankodesign.com/2011/08/05/blooming-dslr/ cool lens hood design ... - Brightcolours - 08-10-2011 ... for tele lenses only... cool lens hood design ... - bryan conner - 08-11-2011 It does look cool! But, I wonder how practical it would actually be. My favorite selling point was that it "brings an advantage that you can know intuitively if the lens cap is open or not.". I always thought that looking through the viewfinder and seeing blackness was pretty intuitive. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /> cool lens hood design ... - Klaus - 08-11-2011 [quote name='Bryan Conner' timestamp='1313060601' post='10621'] It does look cool! But, I wonder how practical it would actually be. My favorite selling point was that it "brings an advantage that you can know intuitively if the lens cap is open or not.". I always thought that looking through the viewfinder and seeing blackness was pretty intuitive. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /> [/quote] I think I'd buy one immediately. Lens caps drive me nuts (given today's cap quality) and I'm basically never taking a hood because it just too bulky and cumbersome to use (which is why I'm loving telescope-style lens hoods). cool lens hood design ... - PuxaVida - 08-12-2011 That is a one very usefull accessory... Very practical, but would be annoying if someday the flower decides not to open <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />... Does it say somewhere, for which FLs can it be used? Serkan |