Originally posted by Nick Siebers That's the hood! The smaller center peice is the cap, and should come off before shooting. :-) The outer piece can stay on at all times, even on a film camera. It is fairly unique, but works well.
Enjoy the new lens!
Thanks Nick (and others who replied). So that's the hood, eh?? Does it actually DO anything?
As for reminding me to take off the cap before shooting, although I've been taking photographs for (oy, aging myself here) over 40 years, I still forget this basic rule from time to time. Last night, I was doing some flash experiments, thinking about flash exposure - not about the lens. Took half a dozen shots, increasing the flash power with each shot, trying to get something, anything to show up in the shot. Finally figured out that I hadn't removed the lens cap on the 40mm ltd.
Taking a shot of my #3 daughter (and favorite model) the other day just after the 40mm ltd arrived in the mail. She posed and then un-posed to point out that I didn't have a lens on the camera. She'd never seen a pancake lens before.
Thanks for the quick response.
Will