Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-23 Thread Eric Weir

 On Jul 23, 2015, at 7:46 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
 
 $22.95 shipping included.

Make that $26.90.

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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-23 Thread Eric Weir

 On Jul 20, 2015, at 12:20 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
 
 too late for Erik, but the 17-70 hood apparently works well on the 16-45 and 
 is $23 at BH; one can imagine a perfect 17mm hood would cause slight 
 vignetting wide open at 16mm, but i'd be surprised if the hood is perfect, or 
 that it matters
 
 http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/618597-REG/Pentax_38763_PH_RBM67_Lens_Hood_for.html

It’s on it’s way, Steve. $22.95 shipping included. I may still give Bipin’s 
printed hood a try. Would be very convenient for travel.

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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-23 Thread Eric Weir

 On Jul 20, 2015, at 12:20 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
 
 too late for Erik, but the 17-70 hood apparently works well on the 16-45 and 
 is $23 at BH; one can imagine a perfect 17mm hood would cause slight 
 vignetting wide open at 16mm, but i'd be surprised if the hood is perfect, or 
 that it matters
 
 http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/618597-REG/Pentax_38763_PH_RBM67_Lens_Hood_for.html

Damn, Steve. This is even cheaper than the one I got from NewEgg. Thanks again.

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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-20 Thread Darren Addy
NewEgg has it for about $32 shipped.
http://goo.gl/VoSsgz
That's the best price I could find.

Hope that helps.


On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 7:40 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
 Driving along the Little Tennessee River, returning home from a paddling trip 
 to Western North Carolina, I lost the Pentax tulip flower hood that came with 
 my 16-45/5. I won’t go into the details. Too involved and too ridiculous.

 Scouring the web when I got home it appears it will not be easy to replace 
 the hood. Any suggestions about how/where I might be able to obtain a Pentax 
 hood for the 16-45/4?

 Thanks,
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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-20 Thread Darren Addy
As you probably know, the real deal is available from a couple of eBay
sellers, but is $59-60. Ouch.

On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 8:45 AM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hell, I'm still trying to find a suitable replacement for the FA 20-35mm
 hood.

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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-20 Thread P.J. Alling
Hell, I'm still trying to find a suitable replacement for the FA 20-35mm 
hood.


On 7/20/2015 8:40 AM, Eric Weir wrote:

Driving along the Little Tennessee River, returning home from a paddling trip 
to Western North Carolina, I lost the Pentax tulip flower hood that came with 
my 16-45/5. I won’t go into the details. Too involved and too ridiculous.

Scouring the web when I got home it appears it will not be easy to replace the 
hood. Any suggestions about how/where I might be able to obtain a Pentax hood 
for the 16-45/4?

Thanks,
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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-20 Thread Eric Weir

 On Jul 20, 2015, at 9:18 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 NewEgg has it for about $32 shipped.
 http://goo.gl/VoSsgz
 That's the best price I could find.

Thanks, Darren.

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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-20 Thread Eric Weir

 On Jul 20, 2015, at 9:18 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 NewEgg has it for about $32 shipped.
 http://goo.gl/VoSsgz
 That's the best price I could find.
 
 Hope that helps.  

New hood on the way. Thanks again.

WIAI, not sure yet that I have anything worth sharing with the group, but from 
my first outing with the 16-45/4 I can tell it’s going to be on my camera a 
lot. 

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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-20 Thread Eric Weir

 On Jul 20, 2015, at 9:45 AM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Hell, I'm still trying to find a suitable replacement for the FA 20-35mm hood.

Maybe Newegg has it? Or perhaps I was just fortunate that Newegg had one for 
the 16-45/4—and that Darren found that it did and informed me of the fact.

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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-20 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 20 Jul 2015, at 13:40, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
 
 Driving along the Little Tennessee River, returning home from a paddling trip 
 to Western North Carolina, I lost the Pentax tulip flower hood that came with 
 my 16-45/5. I won’t go into the details. Too involved and too ridiculous. 

Nothing is too ridiculous for the PDML.

 
 
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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-20 Thread steve harley

oops Eric (i try to be careful about names)

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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-20 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 9:45 AM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hell, I'm still trying to find a suitable replacement for the FA 20-35mm

I'm still trying to find my hat


 hood.

 On 7/20/2015 8:40 AM, Eric Weir wrote:

 Driving along the Little Tennessee River, returning home from a paddling
 trip to Western North Carolina, I lost the Pentax tulip flower hood that
 came with my 16-45/5. I won’t go into the details. Too involved and too
 ridiculous.

 Scouring the web when I got home it appears it will not be easy to replace
 the hood. Any suggestions about how/where I might be able to obtain a Pentax
 hood for the 16-45/4?

 Thanks,

 --
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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-20 Thread P.J. Alling
Well I did find it at a British site, but that' a bit over 20% of the 
price I paid for the lens NIB. I'd feel ripped off paying that much for 
a piece of extruded plastic, no matter how high the quality.  Being a 
Yankee has it's disadvantages.


On 7/20/2015 10:39 AM, Darren Addy wrote:

As you probably know, the real deal is available from a couple of eBay
sellers, but is $59-60. Ouch.

On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 8:45 AM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:

Hell, I'm still trying to find a suitable replacement for the FA 20-35mm
hood.



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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-20 Thread steve harley

On 2015-07-20 7:18 , Darren Addy wrote:

NewEgg has it for about $32 shipped.
http://goo.gl/VoSsgz
That's the best price I could find.

Hope that helps.


too late for Erik, but the 17-70 hood apparently works well on the 16-45 and 
is $23 at BH; one can imagine a perfect 17mm hood would cause slight 
vignetting wide open at 16mm, but i'd be surprised if the hood is perfect, 
or that it matters


http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/618597-REG/Pentax_38763_PH_RBM67_Lens_Hood_for.html



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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-20 Thread Rick Womer
The 24-90 hood works too, and is what is now on my 16-45.

Rick
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On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 1:00 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 9:45 AM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 Hell, I'm still trying to find a suitable replacement for the FA 20-35mm

 I'm still trying to find my hat


 hood.

 On 7/20/2015 8:40 AM, Eric Weir wrote:

 Driving along the Little Tennessee River, returning home from a paddling
 trip to Western North Carolina, I lost the Pentax tulip flower hood that
 came with my 16-45/5. I won’t go into the details. Too involved and too
 ridiculous.

 Scouring the web when I got home it appears it will not be easy to replace
 the hood. Any suggestions about how/where I might be able to obtain a Pentax
 hood for the 16-45/4?

 Thanks,

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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-20 Thread John

BH has it for $60.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/618598-REG/Pentax_34779_PH_RBA58_Lens_Hood_for.html

On 7/20/2015 9:45 AM, P.J. Alling wrote:

Hell, I'm still trying to find a suitable replacement for the FA 20-35mm
hood.

On 7/20/2015 8:40 AM, Eric Weir wrote:

Driving along the Little Tennessee River, returning home from a
paddling trip to Western North Carolina, I lost the Pentax tulip
flower hood that came with my 16-45/5. I won’t go into the details.
Too involved and too ridiculous.

Scouring the web when I got home it appears it will not be easy to
replace the hood. Any suggestions about how/where I might be able to
obtain a Pentax hood for the 16-45/4?

Thanks,
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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-20 Thread P.J. Alling
I know someone who did that with $1000 dollar Porsche design sun 
glasses...  We found them they were a bit worse for wear.


On 7/20/2015 4:06 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:

On 20 Jul 2015, at 20:39, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:



On Jul 20, 2015, at 1:52 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote:

On 20 Jul 2015, at 13:40, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:

Driving along the Little Tennessee River, returning home from a paddling trip 
to Western North Carolina, I lost the Pentax tulip flower hood that came with 
my 16-45/5. I won’t go into the details. Too involved and too ridiculous.

Nothing is too ridiculous for the PDML.

I put it on the hood of my car while I cleaned the filter and lens. Then drove 
away with it still on the hood. When I realized it was missing back to the 
site. Checked thoroughly there and along both sides of the road for a couple 
hundred yards down the road. No sign of it. I hoped I might find it sitting 
there, in the middle of the road, waiting for me. No such luck. Also checked 
the site where I first got out of the car after that.


Some of us have done that with lenses...

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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-20 Thread Eric Weir

 On Jul 20, 2015, at 12:21 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
 
 oops Eric (i try to be careful about names)

I’ve committed worse errors than that here. No problema.

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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-20 Thread Eric Weir

 On Jul 20, 2015, at 1:52 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote:
 
 On 20 Jul 2015, at 13:40, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
 
 Driving along the Little Tennessee River, returning home from a paddling 
 trip to Western North Carolina, I lost the Pentax tulip flower hood that 
 came with my 16-45/5. I won’t go into the details. Too involved and too 
 ridiculous. 
 
 Nothing is too ridiculous for the PDML.

I put it on the hood of my car while I cleaned the filter and lens. Then drove 
away with it still on the hood. When I realized it was missing back to the 
site. Checked thoroughly there and along both sides of the road for a couple 
hundred yards down the road. No sign of it. I hoped I might find it sitting 
there, in the middle of the road, waiting for me. No such luck. Also checked 
the site where I first got out of the car after that. 

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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-20 Thread Eric Weir

 On Jul 20, 2015, at 4:06 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote:
 
 Some of us have done that with lenses...

I almost did it with a camera and lens once. Fortunately one of the hike 
leaders noticed it and alerted me before I'd gone very far.

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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-20 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 20 Jul 2015, at 20:39, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
 
 
 On Jul 20, 2015, at 1:52 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote:
 
 On 20 Jul 2015, at 13:40, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
 
 Driving along the Little Tennessee River, returning home from a paddling 
 trip to Western North Carolina, I lost the Pentax tulip flower hood that 
 came with my 16-45/5. I won’t go into the details. Too involved and too 
 ridiculous.
 
 Nothing is too ridiculous for the PDML.
 
 I put it on the hood of my car while I cleaned the filter and lens. Then 
 drove away with it still on the hood. When I realized it was missing back to 
 the site. Checked thoroughly there and along both sides of the road for a 
 couple hundred yards down the road. No sign of it. I hoped I might find it 
 sitting there, in the middle of the road, waiting for me. No such luck. Also 
 checked the site where I first got out of the car after that. 
 

Some of us have done that with lenses...

B
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Re: Hood for 16-45/4

2015-07-20 Thread Eric Weir

 On Jul 20, 2015, at 1:11 PM, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 The 24-90 hood works too, and is what is now on my 16-45.

Is that because the filter diameter is the same? (On the 16-45 its 67 mm.)

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