In answer to one of my own earlier rambling questions; I found a good reason why not to use a rubber lens hood all of the time. On the end of a longish zoom or tele, they tend to make the lens more tip-heavy and prone to shaking. My 75-150mm handles far steadier just using its own narrow smallish hood extension. I still think that the rubber style is great on my 50mm however, and I think they would be also perfect for all such shorter barrelled, normal and WA lenses.... Skip - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .