Ken Durling wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 14:56:24 -0400, you wrote:
>
> > where "B" represented the bayonet hood mount,
>
> OR breech, I imagine. Since most but not all E hoods are also a
> bayonet mount.
Hi Ken,
I'm fairly certain the "B" designation in the FD line was for "bayonet," to
distinguish from the earlier style used on the "R" series and possibly some "FL"
lenses as well; I don't really know what these used but wasn't it some kind of
set-screw arrangement, or an adapter ring of some sort? In any case, the bayonet
hood attachment is pretty much uniform across the FD line (excepting those with
built-in hoods, of course), including both breech-lock and "new-mount" lenses.
By the time the EF line was introduced, there probably wasn't any percieved need
to indicate whether or not the hood had a bayonet-type mount--it was more
important to differentiate between FD and EF hoods.
> The only one I have that isn't is the ES-65 for the
> 50/1.8, which has two press panels that retract non-co-located tabs
> that fit into a groove on the lens barrel. Are there many other
> hoods of this design in the E series?
The ET-65 for one (85/1.8, 100/2, and one or two others), and personally I think
it sucks. I MUCH prefer the bayonet type.
fcc
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