A 31mm Ltd fell into my lap for a few weeks, and the lens hood is a POS,
especially for the Pentax digital. Since it's a built-in, non-adjustable
hood, there's little that can be done with it. Has anyone come up with a
better hood solution for this lens on a Pentax DSLR? I've a few ideas
which I
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
A 31mm Ltd fell into my lap for a few weeks, and the lens hood is a POS.
We agree on that!
I wish it could be removed. It makes the cap wonky to take on and off
and really makes the camera huge. I'd rather have no hood at all- any
way to lose it all together?
-Rya
On 3/14/06, Ryan K. Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wish it could be removed. It makes the cap wonky to take on and off
> and really makes the camera huge. I'd rather have no hood at all- any
> way to lose it all together?
Hacksaw? Dremel?
*watches the purists cringe in the corner*
OK,
On Mar 14, 2006, at 9:41 PM, Ryan K. Brooks wrote:
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
A 31mm Ltd fell into my lap for a few weeks, and the lens hood is a
POS.
We agree on that!
I wish it could be removed. It makes the cap wonky to take on and
off and really makes the camera huge. I'd rather have no
Well, I just bought a Hoya RM 72 IR filter in 67 mm. size. I'd
like to use it on other lenses with step-up rings. I wish there
was a solution to fitting it onto my FA 31, but of course that
shade is in the way. I suppose I could knock the glass out of 5
or 6 58 mm filtes, then screw them one on
That's about it. It also makes a decent lens hood.
The fixed, built in hood was one of the things I really didn't like
about the FA31. While it's likely adequate for film cameras, it is
too little hood for the DSLRs and shows up with flare at the edges
when shooting in low light which have
On 14 Mar 2006 at 21:25, Joseph Tainter wrote:
> Well, I just bought a Hoya RM 72 IR filter in 67 mm. size. I'd
> like to use it on other lenses with step-up rings. I wish there
> was a solution to fitting it onto my FA 31, but of course that
> shade is in the way. I suppose I could knock the g
>Shel Belinkoff wrote:
>> A 31mm Ltd fell into my lap for a few weeks, and the lens hood is a POS.
>
>We agree on that!
>
>I wish it could be removed. It makes the cap wonky to take on and off
>and really makes the camera huge. I'd rather have no hood at all- any
>way to lose it all togethe
I was about to suggest that. However, those hoods have become hard to find
- at least for me - can't find 'em here in the US and the connection I had
in the UK no longer lists them. Do you have a source?
BTW, until I found a better hood than the stock one for my 50/summicron, I
did just what Joe
I must be one of the few who don't have a problem with it.
Dave
On 3/15/06, Ryan K. Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> > A 31mm Ltd fell into my lap for a few weeks, and the lens hood is a POS.
>
> We agree on that!
>
> I wish it could be removed. It makes the cap wonky
Why is it worse on digital than on film?
The flare is in the central part of the frame when using it on a film
camera, as apposed to the edges on digital?
If that is the case it must be total crap when used on a film camera.
Dave
On 3/15/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That's
Never mind. I think I must have fallen asleep while typing that.
Dave
On 3/15/06, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why is it worse on digital than on film?
>
> The flare is in the central part of the frame when using it on a film
> camera, as apposed to the edges on digital?
>
> If that
I was able to find a US supplier of similar hoods on ebay. Try
searching for "metal lens hood."
On Mar 15, 2006, at 4:02 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I was about to suggest that. However, those hoods have become hard to
find
- at least for me - can't find 'em here in the US and the connection I
On 15 Mar 2006 at 17:22, David Savage wrote:
> Why is it worse on digital than on film?
>
> The flare is in the central part of the frame when using it on a film
> camera, as apposed to the edges on digital?
>
> If that is the case it must be total crap when used on a film camera.
It's a case o
On 3/15/06, Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> It's a case of being aware of what's in the frame causing flare. I don't have
> to much difficulty with the 31LTD but I have some real problems in this regard
> when using my A15/3.5 on the *ist D. On the film cameras it was much easy to
> kee
David Savage wrote:
>On 3/15/06, Ryan K. Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Shel Belinkoff wrote:
>> > A 31mm Ltd fell into my lap for a few weeks, and the lens hood is a POS.
>>
>> We agree on that!
>>
>> I wish it could be removed. It makes the cap wonky to take on and off
>> and really make
The fixed hood is not efficiently sized for the 16x24mm format,
that's why. A 31mm lens should have a hood about 1-1.25 inches in
depth at this diameter.
Godfrey
On Mar 15, 2006, at 1:22 AM, David Savage wrote:
Why is it worse on digital than on film?
The flare is in the central part of t
On Mar 15, 2006, at 4:25 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
I've never had a problem (other than wishing it could be removed so I
could use a Cokin holder and split ND filter). Never had flare issues
with this lens.
Here's the flare problem I found:
http://homepage.mac.com/godders/FA31-flare-0759.jpg
flare, and of course a deeper lens hood (or maybe
just totally circular) would have done the same.
Tom C.
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Lens Hood 31mm Ltd
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:21:23 -0800
On M
On Mar 15, 2006, at 9:32 AM, Tom C wrote:
http://homepage.mac.com/godders/FA31-flare-0759.jpg
It's not really a flare issue with the lens though... the flare is
a factor of the way it was used, right? IOW, any lens will exhibit
a degree of flare under the right circumstances.
Of course
Does the Kalt flare at all? What the 31mm needs is a hood like the
Heliopan that doesn't flare.
Shel
> [Original Message]
> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
> The Kalt 1" deep metal lens hoods that I use on other lenses in this
> focal length range won't fit the FA31 due to the fixed hood being in
What I meant is does the shape of the Kalt flare, or is it
straight, like the Heliopan?
Shel
> [Original Message]
> From: Shel Belinkoff <
> Does the Kalt flare at all? What the 31mm needs is a hood like the
> Heliopan that doesn't flare.
>
> Shel
>
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Godf
On Wed, 15 Mar 2006, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Mar 15, 2006, at 9:32 AM, Tom C wrote:
http://homepage.mac.com/godders/FA31-flare-0759.jpg
It's not really a flare issue with the lens though... the flare is a factor
of the way it was used, right? IOW, any lens will exhibit a degree of
fla
On Mar 15, 2006, at 10:38 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
Ah, the joys of Canonware :-P
What does Canon have to do with the design of the FA31? I have
several Canon lenses and have not found any flare problems with the
correct Canon hoods fitted, using them on the 10D.
although it shows
The hood is a straight barrel but is stepped outwards from the filter
attachment threads by about 4-5mm. The FA31 doesn't have the
clearance for that.
Godfrey
On Mar 15, 2006, at 10:27 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Does the Kalt flare at all? What the 31mm needs is a hood like the
Heliopan th
That's what I figgered ... tks!
Shel
> [Original Message]
> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
> The hood is a straight barrel but is stepped outwards from the filter
> attachment threads by about 4-5mm. The FA31 doesn't have the
> clearance for that.
>
> Godfrey
>
> Shel Belinkoff wrote:
>
> > Does
Yes, just buy a short Heliopan hood, they are threaded top and
bottom like a neat stack of filters with the glass punched out :-)
--
Thanks, Rob. Do you have one of these? If so, do you have its
length? And is the thread the same at both ends?
Joe
On Mar 16, 2006, at 1:33 AM, Rob Studdert wrote:
On the film cameras it was much easy to
keep flare sources out of the frame as you saw them encroaching at
the edge of
the frame.
DOF preview helps... even on a film camera you don't always notice
the flare when the lens is wide-open for vi
On Wed, 15 Mar 2006, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Mar 15, 2006, at 10:38 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
Ah, the joys of Canonware :-P
What does Canon have to do with the design of the FA31?
Don't bite, this was to tease Tom :-)
I fit a Nikon HN-7 hood to the FA135/2.8 IF because the built
On Mar 16, 2006, at 4:45 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
I fit a Nikon HN-7 hood to the FA135/2.8 IF because the built in
hood is, to my mind, mostly useless (on the far left):
http://homepage.mac.com/godders/lenshood-lineup-1845.jpg
Thinking on my feet, does the crop mean that one would be
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