Hi Paul ... The MH-RA 67 is a scosh less than 2.5 inches deep. The Nikon HN-23 is but 1.5 inches deep, and it does not have a 72mm thread - it's 62mm.
This might be the perfect hood for your needs: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1346667112 "Paul F. Stregevsky" wrote: > > How deep is the MH-RA67 metal screw-in lens hood? > > I'm looking around for a screw-in metal hood for my Rikenon 300/4.5 lens > (67mm filter). My three leading candidates are the Contax No. 5 (67mm), the > Pentax RA-67, and a Nikon HN-23 (72mm, with a 67-to-72 step-up ring). A > seller has told me that the HN-23 is 3 inches deep, which would make it > really great for a 300mm...if I could live with the permanent extra 3-inch > length. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/darkroom-rentals/index.html - 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 .
