Hi Shel, Looks like i did get a good buy :)
I emailed the guy with that ebay auction for the hood and will see if he will ship to Australia, if so i'll grab it. I'm looking forward it testing the lense on the weekend. This completes what i was aiming for with my primes to carry around. 24/2, 50/1.4 and now 85/1.8. Althought a 35/2 would fit in there nicely :) Regards, Paul Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 3:27 PM Subject: Re: Got a Bargain, I think, an 85/1.8 > Hi Paul ... > > Good find, great price. I've seen these lenses in excellent condition > go for as much as $600.00 on eBay, although I think they are worth a > bit less than that. Last year I bought and sold a damaged lens for > $350.00. IAC, you did well - it's not a cheap lens. > > Finding an original hood for this lens is, IMO, a waste of time. It > takes a clip-on plastic hood which is easily knocked off. I use an > old Nikon HN-7 for this puppy. It's a perfect fit, it's metal, it > screws on, and it can be found more easily and for less money than an > original Pentax hood. > > An added advantage is that it's a better hood for Pentax 50mm lenses > than the standard Pentax hoods for that focal length. It'll require a > step-up ring, but that's cheap and easy to come by. This scheme also > allows the use of one size filter for the 85mm and the 50mm lenses. > > You can see one here: > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1281938348 > > Paul Jones wrote: > > > I was in a camera shop today and > > they had a K 85/1.8 for sale for $270au > > ($135us). So i bought it :) > > > How much do these usualy sell for? > > > > Also is it worth while getting an > > original pentax hood for it? if i can > > actualy find one. > > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > 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 . - 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 .
