I have just managed to get a bayonet mount plastic hood for my 105mm lens. I originally had a 67mm UV on the lens, but I now find that I just cannot do this anymore if I add the hood. Does anyone out there know of filters (size, brands etc..) which screw into the hood itself?...or indeed can filter be use with the hood?

thanks Taki Charalambous

-- taki charalambous (taki.charalambous@nrj.ericsson.se), November 24, 2001

Answers

Taki,

I use the 90mm lens and 45mm. On both of these lenses I use the Pentax metal hoods (which are matched to the lens), they clip onto the filter thread of the lens. When using a UV filter, the hoods clip onto the filter thread of the UV filter and I don't have any problems with vignetting.

I haven't used the plastic bayonet versions but the metal type may offer an alternative.

-- Tony Estcourt (tony.estcourt@talk21.com), November 24, 2001.

Taki, Pentax makes, or has made in the past, filters that bayonet to the lens. On the front of the filter is a bayonet mount to receive your hood. They can be found used, and if your 105mm takes a 67mm size they are fairly common. On the front of bayonet mount filters is a screw thread for screwing in another filter if you need to stack them, but in that case the hood wouldn't fit. The bayonet mount system works very well. Bob

-- Bobby Mahaffey (mahajen@prodigy.net), November 25, 2001.

Thanks guys...problem solved!

-- taki charalambous (taki.charalambous@nrj.ericsson.se), November 28, 2001.