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Asahi Pentax 2 piece lens hood and case
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 11:50 am    Post subject: Asahi Pentax 2 piece lens hood and case Reply with quote

Unusual 2 piece lens hood design for the Auto Takumar 2.2/55 lens
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Last edited by mo on Sun Aug 17, 2014 3:22 am; edited 1 time in total


PostPosted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 12:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What's the stepping ring for? I like the brown case, must be fairly old.


PostPosted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 12:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It screws onto the camera and the hood screws into it,A friend said that it possibly is for putting a filter in between the ring and hood.Like the old kodak series system.


PostPosted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 6:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mo wrote:
...A friend said that it possibly is for putting a filter in between the ring and hood.


+1 exactly, to prevent vignette. (ref. Gerjan)