Hi, I used to use a Heliopan when I had one of these lenses. I never had one of the 'correct' Pentax hoods for it, and when I first bought the lens I was given a Mamiya heavy-duty collapsible rubber one (which I still have somewhere). Somebody else, possibly Shel, used to stack Heliopans to get maximum flare protection. But my main interest was in physical protection - impact resistance - so I never really tested the Heliopan for maximum flare protection.
The Heliopan is not as physically strong or robust as, for example, the Pentax metal hood for the A* 85/1.4, but it's far easier to obtain and at a decent price. --- Bob Wednesday, October 30, 2002, 7:52:16 PM, you wrote: >> Nothing in the text mentions the lens hood. Are you sure what's >> pictured is an RH-A77? > Someone here on the PDML, I think, uses a Heliopan or a Nikon hood instead. > Fred
