On Dec 8, 2009, at 8:45 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > I had one of those "petal" shape bayonet style hoods for a 28-70 zoom. It > snapped across one of the narrow points. Wouldn't grip afterward.
The hood for the FA*24 may be of a different construction. This one is in two parts, a ring at the base then the petal part. There's a ring of metal between them that provides the bayonet function and I think they screw together. Basically the "base" ring has separated. The last time this happened I didn't quite fix it right which caused it to fit a bit loose so I'm not too bothered about having to fix it again. As I mentioned previously the first repair lasted a couple of years but I'm not exactly rough with my equipment. But I don't think this one will be under quite the same kind of stresses as your repair. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
