Hi Brendan Congrats on the gear!
I tried to access your photo and received a page asking for my AOL "screen name", and then had to register, get a confirmation e-mail from AOL, respond to that, etc. Never did get to the photo. That said, I prefer screw-in hoods, and have been using the Pentax 67 90/2.8 - 105/2.4 hood with the A*85/1.4, which is also a rectangular hood. Have you tested the 135/4.0 macro hood for vignetting? With the substantially different angle of view of these two lenses, I'd be concerned about that possibility. Here's a shot with the 67 90mm hood: http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/a85-hood.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hey guys! > > Happy holidays all... > > well, this is one very happy Pentaxer here. Today my package arrived from > Peter in sunny Brighton (camera-driect) and wow, what a boxing day I had! > > Two new LX screens (SG-60, Sc-69) and the Pentax-A* 85mm f1.4! All I can say > is wowsers! Also, I'm on vacation until the 3rd so I'm going shooting > tomorrow (and the next day, and the next day, etc....). > > Listen: the reason for my post isn't to brag about my new gear but to pass > along an idea I had. I've never liked the dedicated hood that came with this > lens so I went another route. I saw a website a while back that showed the > hood (PH-SA) for the Pentax 67 135mm f4 macro lens. It's a big squared-off > thing that just happens to fit 67mm filter sized lenses so I decided to pick > one up and give it a try on the 85. > > It's much larger than the original but the nice thing is that it's a clip-on > whereas the OEM hood was a screw on so changing filters with this hood is a > breeze compared to the original. Also, with a screw in hood, if you prang the > end of the hood you can damage the filter threads of your lens. With the > PH-SA, you'll still protect the end of the lens but pranging it that hard > will most likely just snap it off with no damage to the lens. Of course, no > one on this list would ever treat their treasured gear so roughly...we all > baby our stuff...ahem... > > Maybe those of you with this lens may go the same way? > > I can't imagine getting any flare with this thing! > > here's a pic of what this setup looks like: > > http://prv-groups.aol.com/primelenspix/photos_photo1.adp?albumid=1&index=0 -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
