It's permanently attached. He could try talking some photos highlighting portions of the good with a laser pointer.
On February 26, 2017 10:04:21 AM PST, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: >STOP! Do not cut the Lens Hood out first. Note, it has a flower petal >type hood with the longer petal on the top & bottom. >It's these longer ones that causes the vignetting. >Try twisting it to the LH / RH position from the top. Take shots and >see the results. > >If it won't budge (after you have tried both the CCW & CW twist), mark >the top & bottom petals to follow the petal shape. Now use the smaller >1/4 inch hack saw blade without the handle. >Check the photo. Go on cutting by trial and error. >Make sure you don't graze the lens. Stick a 3M Post It on the Lens as >protection. >Then use emery paper to smoothen the rough cut surface. > >If the LH / RH vertical petals are the culprit too, mark and cut with >the hack saw. > >Good Luck. >Bipin > >There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept - Ansel >Adams -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse any swypos. http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
