This bit of the item name "...Pro Digital Lens Hood (Flower Design) (67mm)"... made me think it wasn't the genuine hood.
On 23 July 2015 at 22:31, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > That's rather deceptive. I thought it was the official Pentax made > model, from the description. > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 4:28 PM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks, Bipin. I’ll check it out. I got the hood I ordered from NewEgg. Not >> happy with it. It screws on instead of slipping on the way the original >> Pentax hood does, which means it can’t be mounted on the lens backward, >> which was very convenient when the lens is not in use. I may get a chance to >> try these disposable hoods yet. >> >> Eric >> >>> On Jul 22, 2015, at 1:59 PM, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Eric, I have seen this rubberised foam sheets - about 1 to 2 mm >>> thick and as light as a feather - at Michaels, Wall Mart and other >>> craft stores. Paid 89 cents for a sheet. Here in India it is dirt >>> cheap. Comes in one side black and the other side white, full black or >>> full white. >>> Kids use them for school projects and here in India I see them sold on >>> the road side as shoe insole inserts. >>> >>> You print the lens hood on paper and then use it as a template on your >>> rubberised foam sheet. There is an exact name for this sheet, just >>> that I can't remember. >>> >>> I have also used it for making flash diffuser and bounce card. >>> >>> Regards. >>> Bipin >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Eric Weir >> Decatur, GA USA >> [email protected] >> >> "What does it mean...that the world is so beautiful?" >> >> - Mary Oliver >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Eric -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
