Re: K24/3.5 hood revisited

2003-11-30 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Andre Langevin wrote: You could also make your own tylip hood with the Pentax 58mm round plastic hood (for the K 85-210mm 200/4 135/2.5) and an exakto. This plastic is easy to cut. Thanks for this Andre, but the Takumar hood was there for the taking and I presume from

K24/3.5 hood revisited

2003-11-27 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
Does anyone know if the hood for the 24 Takumar will fit the K24/3.5 properly and provide adequate protection? I have not been able to find a tulip hood yet, as suggested in the previous similar thread I started. Thanks, Kostas

Re: K24/3.5 hood revisited

2003-11-27 Thread george de fockert
yes, the metal rectangular smc takumar 1:3.5/24 hood does fit the K mount version of this lens. george - Original Message - From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 1:49 PM Subject: K24/3.5 hood revisited Does anyone know

Re: K24/3.5 hood revisited

2003-11-27 Thread Andre Langevin
yes, the metal rectangular smc takumar 1:3.5/24 hood does fit the K mount version of this lens. george - Original Message - From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 1:49 PM Subject: K24/3.5 hood revisited Does anyone know

Re: K24/3.5 hood

2003-09-05 Thread Joe Wilensky
I think all the Pentax wide hoods from the K era are large and rectangular. When I recently got a K 24/2.8 (52mm filter thread), I read some PDML comments from a few years back that highly recommended the Sigma wide angle hoods (called Sigma Perfect Hood) that can be found in a number of

Re: K24/3.5 hood

2003-09-05 Thread Joe Wilensky
Oh, and I think the Sigma hood doesn't vignette, at least not on the 24mm with one filter mounted. I haven't tried that yet on mine, but that was the nature of the comments I had read. Joe Hi, Does anyone have the hood for the K24/3.5? Is that similar/the same as a current one? Thanks,

Re: K24/3.5 hood

2003-09-05 Thread Andre Langevin
Does anyone have the hood for the K24/3.5? Is that similar/the same as a current one? Thanks, Kostas Hi Kostas. I have one. It is a square plastic one, made for both 20/4 and 24/3.5. Quite shallow, so probably a close fit for 20/4 + filter but a bit too shallow for the 24/3.5, especially if