Re: Canon 100mm Macro lens

"Dudley Simons" <drs1005@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Capture Boy wrote:
>> Can anyone tell me if the Canon 100mm MACRO lens comes with a lens hood

>> as
>> standard, or does it cost extra.
>>
>> Many Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Doesn't the Canon 100mm macro have a recessed front element like the
Sigma 
> macros?  That being the case you don't actually need a lens hood as the 
> lens barrel does the job quite nicely.  The other thing is that if you
are 
> using the lens at closest focus you may have issues with a lens hood 
> shading the object being photographed - depending on how its being lit 
> obviously
>
> Hop ethis helps

Good points. Also I tend to use my 100/2.8 with a MacroLite3 (at least I
did 
before upgrading to a 350D rendered it useless) so a hood was never an 
issue.

Garry