Jack, I have the hood from the 24-90; but the little bumps on the 16-45 that lock the hood on are too worn to hold. I'm thinking about using a couple of drops of epoxy to build them up a little.
Actually, I'm not even sure how much of a difference the hood makes, except as protection. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 5/4/09, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > I understood from your initial post that the hood 'gave > its all.' > Do you have a usable hood? Just curious. > > Jack > > > --- On Mon, 5/4/09, Rick Womer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Rick Womer <[email protected]> > > Subject: Fixed! (was Moan! Groan!) > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Monday, May 4, 2009, 3:05 AM > > Late last night, I took my jammed inoperable 16-45 in > hand, > > and reasoned: If landing on its front end broke it, > what > > would happen if I tightly gripped the front and > pulled? > > Nothing to lose. > > > > So I did. There was a "clunk" on the second > firm > > pull, and everything works. It focuses. It zooms. > The > > images are sharp. > > > > Whew. > > > > Rick > > > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
