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It was indeed! And then a day at Bletchley Park, a day at Bury St. Edmunds Abbey and Cathedral, a day meandering around Lechlade and the Thames... Today I'm off to London. I'm staying with another friend and we'll see the Tate Modern, Greenwich Observatory, etc before I'm off to Boston on Tuesday.You are having too much fun over there Godfrey - the Isle of Man street racing would have been awesome I bet!
I've managed to get the hood to fit onto the bayonet, but not to lock on it. As you suggest, there may be an inherent flaw. Mine looked as if the inner ring or annulus was simply glued to the cowl or hood itself.My 35 CL 1.4's hood (it is the same part number) did the same -- the inner ring came out. I've put it back twice now. Once it worked and once it did not. When it did not line up right I could lock the hood in place reversed but not in the picture taking direction. See if you can get it replaced, but this may prove to be a frequent problem.
That explains the double numbering; both the 35mm and the 60 mm are listed in the UK in black and in silver.My black hood is part number 12429; my silver hood is 12430. Both purchased in the US. Both of them lock on easily with a longish turn and a click when reversed. But in the forward direction one of them only locks without a click after turning very hard, and the other doesn't lock on at all because I can't turn it far enough. I think it is too clever a design.
I had an exchange of emails and a phone call with the London dealer who supplied the 60mm macro lens. They have had customers whose lens hoods have 'come apart' in the same way. I have been offered a replacement under warranty; I'll see how things go.My black hood is part number 12429; my silver hood is 12430. Both purchased in the US. Both of them lock on easily with a longish turn and a click when reversed. But in the forward direction one of them only locks without a click after turning very hard, and the other doesn't lock on at all because I can't turn it far enough. I think it is too clever a design.
What kind of a plant is that?In the hills of the north of Israel(all with CL 35/1.4):
C1090338 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr
C1090344 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr
C1090349 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr
This grows in several places. A particularly good crop is just above the Jordan river.
scott
I had to ask to get the right spelling of the name in Hebrew. We call it חצב or Hatsav, and the English seems to be SeaSquill. It grows from a very large bulb, starting in winter, reaches a meter or so high with most of its growth in late summer, and blooms in the last days of summer, when few other plants are in flower. It's common, but for most of the year you would never notice it. Here's the family tree:What kind of a plant is that?