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Birna Rørslett

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Re: Nikkor Z 40mm f/2
« Reply #75 on: February 16, 2025, 10:50:11 »
Usually one buys a hood for a lens, not a lens to get a hood :)

Apparently no electronics inside.

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Re: Nikkor Z 40mm f/2
« Reply #76 on: February 16, 2025, 11:48:16 »
Nikon should deliver a compact lens with a perfect compact hood, even with additional costs, I do not want to spend time and money to look for hoods.

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Re: Nikkor Z 40mm f/2
« Reply #77 on: February 16, 2025, 13:40:24 »
Most users don't use the hood anyway. Or they keep it in a reversed position on the lens. Thus, the maker has not a big incentive to make a bespoke hood and they tend to deliver generic designs.

Personally, I always find the longest possible hood for a given lens. Just keep a drawer with surplus hoods to have an available selection.

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Re: Nikkor Z 40mm f/2
« Reply #78 on: February 16, 2025, 13:58:25 »
Most users don't use the hood anyway. Or they keep it in a reversed position on the lens.

That doesn´t make any sense.
 An effective hood should be rectangular, not quadratic or round.

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Re: Nikkor Z 40mm f/2
« Reply #79 on: February 16, 2025, 15:13:48 »
Or they keep it in a reversed position on the lens. 

gives the better selfies
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Re: Nikkor Z 40mm f/2
« Reply #80 on: February 16, 2025, 15:17:05 »
An effective hood should be rectangular, not quadratic or round.

I disagree: why are you excluding 6x6 photographers?

in addition an hood for a full frame lens used in APSC mode needs a 4 side curtain to shade the unused angel of view

btw my hoodie is either flat or round /bowl shaped
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Re: Nikkor Z 40mm f/2
« Reply #81 on: February 16, 2025, 15:58:03 »
I disagree: why are you excluding 6x6 photographers?

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ok, they could use quadratic hoods, better than round hoods