Re: Why did this lens sell for so much???

[Peter J. Alling]

The hood for any 28mm should work fine.  I'm using an Olympus metal 
hood, (because I had it lying around, can't remember
where it came from but it lived on a vivitar 28mm I had before I 
acquired the 30), with a step down ring, and I haven't noticed
any problems.  The hood is well made and is of the same general quality.

Shel Belinkoff wrote:
The hood for the 20/18mm DOES look like an ash tray, but it's beautifully
made ... I love it for the quality of its construction and design.
I use the 49mm Takumar hood on the K35/3.5 with a step down ring.  Most all
49mm hoods will work on the 52mm Kmount lenses in this manner without
vignetting.  Pentax made the  barrel of the K lenses of a larger diameter
than the Taks, but the diameter of the glass is the same for comparable
lenses.
AFAIK, there is no Takumar counterpart the K30/2.8  For that lens I'm using
a Nikon HN-3 hood.  Hmmm, I've not tried the 35mm Tak hood on the K30/2.8. 
Might be time to check it out ;-))

Kostas, I've a wide variety of hoods for my lenses, and am not at all
bashfull about using generic hoods, or hoods from other manufacturers, on
my Pentax (or even Leica) glass.
Shel 

 

[Original Message]
From: Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 9/9/2004 5:24:11 AM
Subject: Re: Why did this lens sell for so much???
On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
   

Those plastic clip on hoods may work, but they lack the beauty and
craftsmanship of the all metal Takumar hoods.  They are like a clip-on
     

bow
 

tie vs a silk cravat or a hand painted Countess Mara tie.  Dave, if
     

you've
 

never seen the dedicated Tak 35mm hood, or the one for the 20mm lens, or
some of the other early, all metal beauties, you don't know what you're
missing. A great lens deserves a great lens hood <vbg>
     

I thought your opinion of the hood for the 18 and 24/3.5 is that it
looks like an ashtray (never forgave you for that :-). Sorry if I am
wrong.
If we are still talking about the K35/3.5, that (and the K30/2.8) are
52mm, while the Screw counterparts are 49mm. What are you using?
Yoshiko seems to recommend the Hama rectangular hood.
Kostas
   


 


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