On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 18:45:33 +0000, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > frank theriault wrote: > > > My Zenitar has a sort of filter ring, that's cut away on the sides, so > > there's only threading at the top and bottom of the from element. > > Presumable, the cutaways are to prevent vignetting. How easily one > > could install a filter with such an arrangement is likely another > > story. > > I think that is as much of a _hood_ as you can fit on this lens.
I figured as much > It > happens to be ridged on the inside but it is not for attaching filters. I didn't think it was for that purpose, but I thought maybe it was the remnant of a "standard" filter ring that had been filed down at the side edges. To me, it's not so much a "hood" as something to in some small way protect the front element... > Filters (as you say) fit on the back of the lens. The only way I > think you can fit filters on this lens in front is to stick Cokin types > with Blu-tak or something like that. I'd guess you're right. Thanks, Mike. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
