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A seriously underrated lens

Started Nov 12, 2016 | User reviews thread
Vic Chapman Forum Pro • Posts: 10,694
Re: Vic....

uniball wrote:

Dave Jaseck wrote:

Any chance you could send a pic with the 35 f1.4 hood attached. Been eyeing that lens myself. Thanks

I use the 35/1.4 hood on my 60. Some believe it's not enough hood. Perhaps not, but I live in sunny south Florida for most of the year and never had any issues with the shorter hood. Perhaps if I shot into the sun, but I don't. Perhaps at full macro the hood would get limiting. But then one is typically not dealing with sun anywhere near the frame.

That's an image off Google. My 60 is in the USA while I'm at our Swiss place at a very unusual time for me. The difference is even more obvious in real life than the image would suggest.

I not had flare problems either. The 60's front element is very deep set anyway at non-macro distances. I also use a 3rd party metal hood via a 39nn spacer ring and 55/58mm stepup ring when ultra compact is not necessary. I have 3rd party metal hoods for 90mm and 55-200 too that are a smaller.

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