Gee, just get a 49mm or 52mm screw in metal lens hood from somebody's scrap bin. Screw-in is better than clip-on (& fall-off). Metal is more protective in crashes than plastic. Any of the standard hoods 50mm lens hoods are wide enough to not vignette on the 1.5x sensor. Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 3:13 PM, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's not going to work on the M50 f1.7 or the FA 50 f1.4 without a step > ring. The filter he want's is the one that came with the M 85mm f2 and M > 100 f2.8. I use that one regularly with my 43mm limited. Be aware however > the clips on that hood are made of "Mouser Hair"® I ended up destroying an > old scratched up UV filter (HOYA by the way), and gluing it to the hood for > the threads. > > On 2/21/2010 3:06 PM, Cotty wrote: >> >> On 21/2/10, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >> >>> >>> I used a number of the 50mm lenses when I was shooting with Pentax >>> cameras: M50/1.4, A50/1.4, A50/1.7, F50/1.7, FA50/1.4 and A50/2.8 >>> Macro. There's no substantive difference in the tendency to flare for >>> any of the 50/1.4s, and not much different to the 50/1.7s. A deep lens >>> hood is required for the DSLR bodies, much deeper than the original >>> equipment hood (you need a hood for about an 85mm lens). >>> >> >> Indeed. When I used the 50/1.2 on a 1.6x crop sensor camera, I found a >> great Pentax lenshood that fit and worked a treat. Better: it was a clip >> on - can't remember the model but you can see it here, and the eagle- >> eyed will ID it: >> >> <http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/mods/k50ineos.html> >> >> -- >> >> >> Cheers, >> Cotty >> >> >> ___/\__ >> || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche >> ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com >> _____________________________ >> >> >> >> > > > -- > {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 > Courier New;}} > \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to Thunderbird 3.0 and the > interface subtly weird.\par > } > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
