[Joetitch]

Hello all
Got an HD 55-300 without hood and was wondering if the SMC version hood will fit. They have different part numbers so they have some differences. The question is does it stop the SMC hood working including reversing for storage on the HD lense or is it something more subtle like length?
Reason I ask is that the SMC version is available as aftermarket and the HD I can only find OEM.
Thanks in advance

[Paul the Sunman]

I have both. They're completely interchangeable. The HD is labelled as PH-RBI 58mm, and the SMC as PH-RBG 58mm. The only difference though is that the HD version is more of a matte finish than the SMC, but it's barely noticeable.

By the way, there is no such word in English as "lense". It is "lens", plural "lenses".

[Joetitch]

Thank you Paul the Sunman.
A quick search on the web reveals that Lens and lense are recognised in the English speaking world and like the hoods in question, interchangeable😊

[Paul the Sunman]

"Lense" is not a word recognised by any reputable UK English dictionary. I have found only one US dictionary that notes it as a variant, but even so does not use it. Just because it is a common error does not make it correct. No word-checker I have seen allows it. See Lens or Lense ? Which is Correct? - Writing Explained, or several other similar sites.

Etymologically, it comes from the latin "lens" (for lentil), because of its shape. There is no etymological or historical justification for a trailing "e", or any need for it. This doesn't stop such mistakes working their way into standard English over time, the language is full of them, but I for one don't wish to encourage such pointless verbal bloat.

I also checked the English-Corpora: iWeb 14 Billion Word Web Corpus. It shows a word frequency of 635446 for "lens" and only 5343 (less than 1%) for "lense", consistent with it being a misspelling. We see it quite often on PF used by non-native English speakers, from whom I suspect most instances originate.

The reason for the mistaken "lense" is that it results from deleting the trailing s from the plural "lenses". By the same logic, the singular of "buses" should be "buse". Don't go there.

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Last edited by Paul the Sunman; 07-02-2022 at 12:42 AM.

[Joetitch]

Ok you win😁

[ramseybuckeye]

I could care less how you wish to spell it, but more importantly to know is that knockoffs of the hoods are available for a lot less than genuine Pentax versions on Amazon and eBay and probably other sources. I bought a couple of very cheap ones on eBay a couple of years ago that were shipped directly from china. They sent them in an envelope sideways, of course they were bent and unusable, but I was refunded. I would avoid that frustration.

[TwoUptons]

I have also bought a couple of cheap eBay knockoffs, but I had better luck with the shipping...
Both of mine arrived in fine condition. I only bought the second because I cracked the first.

Whether an OEM hood would have survived whatever impact broke the hood, I'll never know, but I think each one was ~$10 including the shipping, while the real Pentax ones I found were over $30 shipped. I will note the shipping time from China to the US was leisurely (several weeks).

-Eric

[Joetitch]

This hood is local stock in Australia on eBay and is a whopping $20.99 delivered as opposed to $70??? For the genuine. The lens cost me $120 so I didn't really want to spend that much on the hood. On the other hand if it was a $500+ lense then it wouldn't be an issue. Humans are weird creatures.🤪