Lens hood 35RC needed...

[Gusmur]

Hi,
Does anyone know a source for a straight metal lens hood?
I bought a collapsable rubber one, but it blocks the rangefinder window...not good!
Also trying to find an ND filter 43.5mm.
Thanks,
Angus

 

[charjohncarter]

Don't try one of thoses rubber generic screw-ins. The one I got blocked the viewfinder and worse the RF.

 

[btgc]

original straight metal hoods are on ebay time from time, if you are lucky it will cost little less than camera.

I do not get hood as it would make 35rc non-pocketable.

 

[charjohncarter]

original straight metal hoods are on ebay time from time, if you are lucky it will cost little less than camera.

I do not get hood as it would make 35rc non-pocketable.

Right, why buy a small pocket camera and then make it so you can't 'take it anywhere?'

 

[Mablo]

The original hood looks like this:

Seek for the "Olympus Trip" hood as it fits for both Trip and RC. In principle I'm with btgc and charjohncharter and advice against using a hood with RC.

 

[Mablo]

The same hood but on Trip this time:

 

[zuikologist]

Right, why buy a small pocket camera and then make it so you can't 'take it anywhere?'

The original hood reverses onto the lens for storage and adds very little in wieght or size.

 

[Gusmur]

Thanks everyone for your replies and help.
My intention for the hood was to cut down lens flare, of course at the cost of pocketability!
Best,
Angus

 

[underbyte]

I have one that I bought for my RC. The RC cost 19.95 at the local camera shop. The hood cost $29 on the bay. Ouch. What was I thinking when I bought a lens hood that cost more than a camera????

P.S. Pocketability doesn't change because the hood fits back over the lens. What does change is speed. Every time you want to take an exposure, you have to unscrew the hood, take it off, remove the lens cap, attach the hood and shoot. It's nice to have a fitting hood, but it's also a greater hassle factor.

 

[btgc]

Every time you want to take an exposure, you have to unscrew the hood, take it off, remove the lens cap, attach the hood and shoot.

When I bough my first FL RF, I carried it hanging from neck in closed ERC. When opportunity for a shot appeared, I opened case, removed lens cap, adjusted exposure, carefully focused....sometimes I took shot, sometimes realized it's gone or isn't worth efforts. Then I shut down whole system and went for next shot.

Happily I had not lens hood at the time 🙂

What I like in 35RC and 35MC (latter is small Yashica) - I can carry them all day, secured by handstrap and sometimes stick into pocket. If I attach hood (on other, bigger cameras) I remove it when I have finished task or when put camera back in storage. I don't see reason to put hood on and off during day. So for me hood is either permanently on or at home.

Again, one man's meal is another's poison 🙂

 

[ColinW]

I got my hood from Tripman and I've had a few filters too. He has none in stock at the moment but if you mail him he might be able to help you out. I know he posts to the States and a few folk here have used him with good results.

Here's the link:

http://www.tripman.co.uk/

 

[Dave S.]

Hi Angus,

Regarding your search for a lens hood:

Why not cut a small portion out of your collapsible rubber lens hood so it doesn't block the rangefinder window? This would be a cheap, easy, quick solution that would cost you nothing and would preserve some of the "pocketablity" of your Olympus RC (because you can collapse the hood while on the camera and not in use).

Best Regards,

Dave

 

[charjohncarter]

When I bough my first FL RF, I carried it hanging from neck in closed ERC. When opportunity for a shot appeared, I opened case, removed lens cap, adjusted exposure, carefully focused....sometimes I took shot, sometimes realized it's gone or isn't worth efforts. Then I shut down whole system and went for next shot.

Happily I had not lens hood at the time 🙂

What I like in 35RC and 35MC (latter is small Yashica) - I can carry them all day, secured by handstrap and sometimes stick into pocket. If I attach hood (on other, bigger cameras) I remove it when I have finished task or when put camera back in storage. I don't see reason to put hood on and off during day. So for me hood is either permanently on or at home.

Again, one man's meal is another's poison 🙂

btgc, that is a good mini essay on hoods and their use, congrats.

 

[Gusmur]

Hi Angus,

Regarding your search for a lens hood:

Why not cut a small portion out of your collapsible rubber lens hood so it doesn't block the rangefinder window? This would be a cheap, easy, quick solution that would cost you nothing and would preserve some of the "pocketablity" of your Olympus RC (because you can collapse the hood while on the camera and not in use).

Best Regards,

Dave

Thanks, Dave...great idea, I think I'll go with that.

Best,
Angus

 

[zuikologist]

A couple of stacked filter rings might also work.

 

[Tom Harrell]

I have an Olympus 35 ECR that has a 43.5 Tiffen Adapter Ring Series 6 attached to the lens. It has a Vivitar Skylight Series VI filter attached to the adapter ring. Attached to the skylight filter is a metal Vivitar Series VI lens hood. Looking through the view finder I see a small portion of the hood in the lower right hand corner. It is distracting but doesn't block much of the view.
Tom

 

[Gusmur]

Hi,
Does anyone know a source for a straight metal lens hood?
I bought a collapsable rubber one, but it blocks the rangefinder window...not good!
Also trying to find an ND filter 43.5mm.
Thanks,
Angus

What I have found is simply depressing the top edge of the rubber hood will take it out of the way of the rangefinder window and allow one to easily focus.
So...I'm keeping this hood as it actually works just fine.
I did wonder whether it affected the light meter reading and found that the difference is less than 1/3 of a stop with it collapsed from the expanded position. For my purposes...no big deal. Also the 43.5 cap fits perfectly on the hood.
So all in all, a winner... hood and cap from Tripman!
Hope this helps some of you.
P.S...just had my RC CLA'ed by Camtech in Hamilton, Ontario. I recommend them highly for those who might live in the GTA. Roger also adjusted my meter to take 1.5 volt batteries.
Best,
Angus

 

[wallace]

hood

hood

Angus,

if you are still interested in buying a hood, I could help you. I have more than one and they gather dust...
BTW: The hood is not really necessary I would say, since the RC is not prone to flare.

Thomas

 

[Gusmur]

RC hood...

RC hood...

Angus,

if you are still interested in buying a hood, I could help you. I have more than one and they gather dust...
BTW: The hood is not really necessary I would say, since the RC is not prone to flare.

Thomas

Thanks, Thomas, for your interest.
Do you think the RC is less flare prone because its lens sits nestled back in its mount?
I will send your a private message about the hoods you have...thanks.
Best,
Angus

 

[wallace]

Do you think the RC is less flare prone because its lens sits nestled back in its mount?

Yes, the same as with the Canon 35mm/f2.0 LTM for which a hood has not been offered by Canon.

wallace