> Not much help was I? No! :)
I guess I should have been clearer. I meant to go over the straight metal hoods of lenses with 49mm threads. Like the 21/3.2, and the 43/1.9. Which, by the way, is back in stock at B&H. Black is available, the silver is still back-ordered. Which made the choice easier... Michael On 23/10/06, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do not have that hood (I assume you mean for the 50mm lenses) with my > much reduced lens kit. And the size sometimes does not make much sense > either. > > For instance look at the hoods on the M35/2 and the Vivitar 24/2 that a > 62mm inside clip-on cap fits nicely, they measure 64mm outside, but a > 64mm slip-on is too small. I would guess the B&H is correct and a 65 or > 66mm would work nicely. > > On my M100mm, it and the previously mention m35 do have 49mm filter > rings, the hood takes a 64mm slip on --the one knarf borrowed for a > year<g>. > > My M50/1.7 has a crap rubber-ducky hood that takes the standard cap when > collapsed. > > The Tokina 80-200 will not go into the bag with the hood on so I use the > stock cap with it. > > Maybe someone who has a current Pentax hood can tell you better what > size fits a hood for a 50, but I suspect it would be that in the 64-66 > range. Unfortunately one too tight does not fit, and one too loose falls > off (of course I guess a bit of black tape around the hood as Shel > suggested would fix that). > > Not much help was I? > > --graywolf > > > Michael Abbott wrote: > > Re Schneider lens caps: > > > > "For any camera or enlarger lens, binocular, tele-, micro-, or > > spotting scope lens. Measure the outside diameter of the lens > > barrel. Order the size that is 1 or 2 millimeters larger than the > > size measured." B&H# SCLC52 > > > > Do you know what size fits best over Pentax's 49mm hoods? They make > > 50, 51, 52, 54, 56mm. > > > > Michael > > > > > > > > On 23/10/06, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Schneider makes slip-on lens caps in a lot of sizes. You can order them > >> off their website. Also a google search for slip-on and push-on lens > >> caps will find some others. I have seen Tupperware lids used. > >> > >> --graywolf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
