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Old 28-05-10, 14:25
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Different focal length need different hood types, the shorter the focal length the shorter the hood. On zooms with wide focal ranges a petal type is used as it is both short and long. Circular ones are for primes or zooms with a fairly narrow focal range e.g. 17-40.
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