interesting lens hood solution

[JohnMWright]

I have a Hama lens hood that I've had for many years. It is the 55mm variety.

Most of my lenses used 55mm filters. When I switched to digital, the macro lens

I bought used a 58mm filter. OK, so the lens is telephoto and a step-down to

55mm is fine, but here is what is interesting... the Hama hood front element

is 58mm, and I'd used a step-down so I could continue using the 55mm lens caps

(I didn't use this hood on extreme wide angles to avoid vignetting). Well in

the new system I just had to move the step-down from the front of the hood to

the back (between the lens and hood). Voila, a good rubber lens hood and the

58mm lens cap fits on front. ;-)