Re: Delkin pop-up shade for *ist D
http://www.neovenator.com/special/hood1.jpg XATNEP? Never heard of it... It's the Russian knock-off brand of k-mount digital cameras. The salesman told me it was just as good as a Pentax... ;) John Celio -- http://www.neovenator.com AIM: Neopifex Hey, I'm an artist. I can do whatever I want and pretend I'm making a statement.
Re: Delkin pop-up shade for *ist D
On Feb 16, 2006, at 6:17 PM, John Celio wrote: http://www.neovenator.com/special/hood1.jpg XATNEP? Never heard of it... - Dave http://www.bluemoon.net.nz/ http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
Re: Delkin pop-up shade for *ist D
John Celio explained: The screens on the D and the DS are the same size, I believe. You're probably thinking of the DL's screen, which is much bigger. Had the DS's screen been bigger than the D's, I probably wouldn't have had to cut and move the hood to properly fit the D. I used my Dremel tool with a thin cut-off wheel for the cutting, and 5-minute-setting epoxy to put the pieces back together. Anyway, here are some pics I took just now: http://www.neovenator.com/special/hood2.jpg The parts that look wet on the black plastic are where I tried to wipe off excess epoxy. The eyepiece used to be centered over the hood, so you can see here how far off it was when put on the D instead of its intended camera model, the DS. http://www.neovenator.com/special/hood1.jpg Since I don't own another digital camera but wanted to show the hood on my D, here is a mirror-in-mirror shot of the hood in action. It fits like a glove now, and I love having it there. The hood fits right under my glasses if I look through the viewfinder while the hood is open By the way, to the right of the viewfinder on the D, the body rises towards the user a little bit. In order to get the hood to fit squarely, I had to cut away a little bit from the back of the hood's eyepiece (if your heart just skipped a beat or two thinking I was going to cut into my camera, sorry about that). It was a minor modification, but it makes it fit perfectly square now. Good luck with the surgery if you get the hood to try on your D. :) Given your enthusiasm, I located the subject DS shade, checked it out on the store's D (yes, there are still stores that have at least 1 in stock), and bought it. Actually, the DS has a slightly larger screen (2.0 vs 1.8). This means that it sort of works as it comes out of the plastic. In fact it is currently residing on my D. Now, I'm trying to convince myself to follow your quite explicit instructions. Especially since it provides me with a reason to have a Dremel. Thanks, Larry in Dallas
Delkin pop-up shade for *ist D
An enabled John Celio wrote: -- Delkin pop-up LCD shade http://www.delkin.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=270cat=63page=1 I had to do a little surgery to get this to fit properly on my *ist D, but it was worth the effort (had to cut the eyepiece off and epoxy it back on a little to the right). The shade makes a huge difference in bright sunlight, and I like having it there to protect my screen anyway. John - What does the end result look like? I'm looking for something to protect the still unscratched D LCD and, since Delkin doesn't have one specific to the D, I've been looking at their 1.8 generic. Hadn't thought of hanging the DS on - there's that difference in screen size. Larry in Dallas
Re: Delkin pop-up shade for *ist D
An enabled John Celio wrote: -- Delkin pop-up LCD shade http://www.delkin.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=270cat=63page=1 I had to do a little surgery to get this to fit properly on my *ist D, but it was worth the effort (had to cut the eyepiece off and epoxy it back on a little to the right). The shade makes a huge difference in bright sunlight, and I like having it there to protect my screen anyway. John - What does the end result look like? I'm looking for something to protect the still unscratched D LCD and, since Delkin doesn't have one specific to the D, I've been looking at their 1.8 generic. Hadn't thought of hanging the DS on - there's that difference in screen size.
Re: Delkin pop-up shade for *ist D
An enabled John Celio wrote: -- Delkin pop-up LCD shade http://www.delkin.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=270cat=63page=1 I had to do a little surgery to get this to fit properly on my *ist D, but it was worth the effort (had to cut the eyepiece off and epoxy it back on a little to the right). The shade makes a huge difference in bright sunlight, and I like having it there to protect my screen anyway. John - What does the end result look like? I'm looking for something to protect the still unscratched D LCD and, since Delkin doesn't have one specific to the D, I've been looking at their 1.8 generic. Hadn't thought of hanging the DS on - there's that difference in screen size. The screens on the D and the DS are the same size, I believe. You're probably thinking of the DL's screen, which is much bigger. Had the DS's screen been bigger than the D's, I probably wouldn't have had to cut and move the hood to properly fit the D. I used my Dremel tool with a thin cut-off wheel for the cutting, and 5-minute-setting epoxy to put the pieces back together. Anyway, here are some pics I took just now: http://www.neovenator.com/special/hood2.jpg The parts that look wet on the black plastic are where I tried to wipe off excess epoxy. The eyepiece used to be centered over the hood, so you can see here how far off it was when put on the D instead of its intended camera model, the DS. http://www.neovenator.com/special/hood1.jpg Since I don't own another digital camera but wanted to show the hood on my D, here is a mirror-in-mirror shot of the hood in action. It fits like a glove now, and I love having it there. The hood fits right under my glasses if I look through the viewfinder while the hood is open By the way, to the right of the viewfinder on the D, the body rises towards the user a little bit. In order to get the hood to fit squarely, I had to cut away a little bit from the back of the hood's eyepiece (if your heart just skipped a beat or two thinking I was going to cut into my camera, sorry about that). It was a minor modification, but it makes it fit perfectly square now. Good luck with the surgery if you get the hood to try on your D. :) John Celio -- http://www.neovenator.com AIM: Neopifex Hey, I'm an artist. I can do whatever I want and pretend I'm making a statement.
Re: Delkin pop-up shade for *ist D
On Feb 15, 2006, at 9:17 PM, John Celio wrote: The screens on the D and the DS are the same size, I believe. ... John, the D has a 1.8 diagonal LCD where the DS has a 2 diagonal LCD. It's not a huge difference, but it is different. The DL and DS2 have a 2.5 diagonal LCD. Godfrey
