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Re: Re:lens shaving service
Pat Swovelin 2010-Feb-08 20:05:00
On 2/8/2010 10:51 AM, Keith Martin's hamster got loose on the keyboard
and typed ...:
> Sometime around 5/2/10 (at 06:31 +1100) Richard Chesher said:
>
>> I was also wondering if the camera manufacturers are ever going to
>> get the
>> message and make their wide angle lens hoods removable as on their other
>> lenses. Or leave them off to begin with.
>
> I doubt it. The lenses that get shaved are designed for use with
> APS-class sensors, but the shavers are doing this to use them with
> full-frame sensors instead. This isn't what they're meant for - we're
> just oddball freaks* with a rather unusual need!
>
> (*Ok, yes I am speaking about myself... ;-)
Nice retraction.
> k
Pat Swovelin
Cool Guy @ Large