DA 18-250 lens hood options

rpriedhorsky · 03-22-2009, 01:45 PM

All,

I have the Pentax DA 18-250 superzoom. One drawback of this lens is that the hood has no cutout for rotating a polarizing filter.

Can I get a hood that does? I'd heard that the Tamron version of the lens did have such a cut-out, but I looked at photos of the replacement Tamron hood on B&H and they don't seem to have a cutout either.

I could also easily dremel out an appropriate cutout, but I wonder if that would hurt the resale value.

Many thanks,

Reid

kristoffon · 03-22-2009, 06:39 PM

I find this lens to be completely immune to flare, performing very well even when shooting straight into the sun. A hood is not necessary. I leave mine on just so it looks good

If you use a high quality filter it also won't have problems without a hood. Mine are hoya pro-1 and I don't see any flare induced by them. Have you tried using the lens without hood yet?

03-22-2009, 01:45 PM	#1
rpriedhorsky Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 210	DA 18-250 lens hood options All, I have the Pentax DA 18-250 superzoom. One drawback of this lens is that the hood has no cutout for rotating a polarizing filter. Can I get a hood that does? I'd heard that the Tamron version of the lens did have such a cut-out, but I looked at photos of the replacement Tamron hood on B&H and they don't seem to have a cutout either. I could also easily dremel out an appropriate cutout, but I wonder if that would hurt the resale value. Many thanks, Reid

03-22-2009, 06:39 PM	#2
kristoffon Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Brazil Posts: 532	I find this lens to be completely immune to flare, performing very well even when shooting straight into the sun. A hood is not necessary. I leave mine on just so it looks good If you use a high quality filter it also won't have problems without a hood. Mine are hoya pro-1 and I don't see any flare induced by them. Have you tried using the lens without hood yet? Last edited by kristoffon; 03-22-2009 at 06:45 PM.

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