No, the opening won't help the on-board flash work with this lens. The opening is for adjusting a polarizer. I use it all the time when shooting cars. Paul
On Nov 4, 2010, at 2:11 PM, John Graves wrote: > Betcha it's so the prism mounted flash is not blocked > > John / WA1JG > > On 11/4/2010 12:27 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: >> >> By the way, why does the hood of the 35-150 zoom have a square tab that is >> removable? > > -- > 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.