On Aug 19, 2013, at 1:56 AM, Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com> wrote:
> > On Aug 17, 2013, at 8:05 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > >> Nice camera handling during your fall. Shows what you value most. <G> >> Too bad, Paul, but 60-250 hood can't be that expensive , hopefully! >> >> Jack >> > > 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. > > Pentax -PH-RBK 67mm Lens Hood That the hood breaks away rather easily is undoubtedly a blessing. After the fall, mine was missing part of the land as well, so it won't stay put. But had it been more secure, the lens might have been damaged. Paul > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >> Cc: >> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 6:12 PM >> Subject: On the ground >> >> Stepped in a hole and lost my footing while shooting the dream cruise for >> the Times. Skinned knee and elbow along with a sprained wrist. But held my >> camera aloft. Slight damage to the hood of my 60-250/4, but that's it. >> Finished the shoot. Plenty of good pics and one newsworthy one. I'm happy >> but sore. > > > -- > 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.
