It seems that the hood would make a very good investment piece because the existence of the hood must mean that somewhere in the world there is at least a prototype of the lens. If the lens should fall into the hands of a serious collector, she/he might leap at the chance to get the hood for it, giving you a nice profit. I would buy the hood and put it for sale on eBay, with a reserve set to make it worth my while.
You might have to do that a few times before you found the owner of the lens but it would be fun to try. Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 > -----Original Message----- > From: Arnold Stark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 10:34 AM > To: PDML > Subject: strange dedicated lens hood > > > Today I was at a photo fair ("Fotoflohmarkt") here in Hamburg. I > discovered a very starnge dedicated rectangular lens hood: > The hood for > the SMC Pentax 1:1.4 35mm lens!!!! So even if that lens was > never sold, > the hood was. The seller wanted 35 Euros which I considered to be way > too much for an item that I well never be able to use, as I never can > own that lens.. .However, I did buy a metal round hood for my > 135/f2.5 > or 200/f4.... > > Arnold >
