Well, it's better than the $95 that the hood and lens cap for my 1960 Leitz Hektor 135mm f/4.5 cost me. The lens itself, in mint condition, only cost me $190 with the original rear cap. :-/
G On Aug 18, 2013, at 10:56 PM, Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com> wrote: > 15 months ago I tapped the lens hood of my 60-250 on my car door as I was > returning from some shooting. The hood came off, rolled away a bit. I > retrieved it. Upon arrival back home inspection revealed several parts of the > hood's locking keyways were broken or bent. Spent an evening repairing those > only to discover the pot-metal lands for the mechanism were broken or bent. A > whole morning was spent finding the missing land in the driveway and epoxying > it perfectly in place. > > The hood lasted about 3 days. No more places to put superglue to make it work > again. > > So I ordered two from B&H @ 44.95 each. Plus shipping. Still the same price. > 2 to 4 weeks to ship - out of stock. > > Have not damaged one since. Well, except the 12-24 hood 3 years ago. Same > obnoxious price. -- 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.
