At 11:33 PM 2/19/99 -0700, Alan Unangst wrote: > >In Digest number 252 there was a post that described placing a filter on >the HN-1 rather than in the lens and then placing the hood onto the lens >directly. Well I received my "new" Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 (AIS), a HN-1 Lens >hood and a Nikon L37 UV filter. I have tried every way imaginable to place >the filter on the hood and have had no success. How do you accomplish this >feet? [...] Alan, Whoever posted that info about the HN-1 front filter threads was full of sh*t. Hey, wait -- that was MY post. CRAP! Actually, I could've SWORN that for YEARS I kept my filters screwed into the front of my HN-1. But I just looked at the thing, and it's not the HN-1 at all that has the front threads!! I'm really sorry. It's actually a Pentax hood that I've kept in my bag (I used Pentax before switching to Nikon in the '80s) that has the front-mount threads. ...they say the minds' the first thing to go... My apologies for the inaccuracy. However, as long as you're using a Nikon L37 or L37c, there's no vignetting with the HN-1 on the 24mm f2.8. I did get vignetting once when I tried a Hoya filter with a *slightly* thicker mounting ring and the HN-1, so there's not much tolerance there! But it's not a problem with the L37/HN-1 combo. Sorry again if my post to the digest was misleading. My apologies to Michael Palmieri, who asked the original question, too. Mark ________________________ Mark Peterson Ames, Iowa, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
