On Feb 21, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > 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. >
Yep. I use a metal lens hood from a 135/3.5 super takumar on my 50/1.4. It's the perfect hood for a 50 on an APS sensor. Paul > 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. -- 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.
