On Mar 22, 2007, at 11:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When Shel and I got together to go to Napa he was shocked I didn't > have lens > hoods. > > Well, heck, I bought two of my lenses on KEH and they didn't come > with > hoods. And my selection of Pentax hoods to choose from is severely > limited -- I > have one for the DA 16-45 and that's it. > > So what hoods would work with the A 35-105, 3.5? And the A 70-210, > 4? And > where in the heck would I find them? I mean, these are old lenses.
I used a standard "normal" screw-in metal lens hood for the 28-105 lens with no problems. Available from B&H for about $9.50 in the 67mm size for the A35-105: <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home? O=2226&A=details&Q=&sku=357645&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation > or http://tinyurl.com/2z886q I believe the A70-210 has the hood built in. If you wanted, you could use a screw in hood on that as well, it's a 58mm thread and you need a telephoto hood, available from B+W for $39.95: <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home? O=2226&A=details&Q=&sku=11171&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation> or http://tinyurl.com/22byc8 You can also find suitable lens hoods used at swap meets and local camera shops in the "junk drawer", but 67mm and 58mm hoods like these are somewhat rare to find in my experience. I've found standard "normal" hoods work well for most Pentax lenses in the 24 to 50 mm focal length range. For shorter lenses I hunt up "wide" hoods, for longer lenses the B+W tele hoods are effective if a bit pricey. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
