On 21/2/10, Bob Sullivan, discombobulated, unleashed: >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.
Bob, good advice. But consider plastic - when you ding a metal hood, it often dents where plastic will usually retain its shape. Or shatter dramatically! Personally I have always had clip-ons and never had a problem with them falling off - better still, they are usually reversible and will clip on in the other direction when not in use. Also, if you consider that a 1.5 crop sensor is seeing 'less' of the picture-taking area with a given lens than a 35mm film camera, then a deeper hood would seem a better choice - and of course not too deep otherwise it will vignette. .02c -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- 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.
