Hi Mark, On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:37:28 -0400, Mark Cassino wrote:
>The only knocks I'd give the lens is the over-sized lens hood. Agree! >The lens hood seems like a great idea but it attaches _behind_ the part >of the lens that extends when you focus close. The result is that the >hood does not move, but at the minimum focusing distance the front >element is only recessed about half an inch behind the hood, which makes >the hood basically ineffective for flare control or for protection of >the front element. I'd rather see a smaller hood that mounts on the >front of the lens. (Since I have a hood that does just that - no problem) I did exactly that, a small hood just 20mm in length or so, rather narrow. Did the same for th DA 50-200 zoom since that has an awkward hood as well. Regards, JvW ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
