Yeah, shoulda read more carefully. I might still have hoped that it functioned the way the Pentax hood functions, though.
> On Jul 23, 2015, at 5:58 PM, Eric Featherstone <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] “...we are a form of invitation to others and to otherness..." - David Whyte -- 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.
