> The A*85/f1.4 is an amazing lens and whilst the front element is > large it's not as bad as you might imagine especially if you > couple it with a straight tubular Heliopan hood.
By the way, Rob, which model hood do you find works well with the A* 85/1.4? I personally don't mind using the "stock" hood for this lens - heck, even the cover for this hood is interesting - <g>. (And, the way that the hood, in its soft case, fits over the A* 85/1.4's hard lens case is just too kewl - <g>.) http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/85hood1.jpg http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/85hood2.jpg http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/85hood3.jpg http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/85hood4.jpg (Please overlook these over-compressed images of such a non-esthetic topic - <g>.) Fred
