[bigted]

Don’t sweat the SMUs*. Any AMU** will do



* Standard Measuring Unit.
** Alternate Measuring Unit. I’m partial to Oreo’s or Fig Newtons

Awesome, I think I'll use some Jaffa Cakes as an AMU - I think I will still have enough when the time comes .

[Canada_Rockies]

Awesome, I think I'll use some Jaffa Cakes as an AMU - I think I will still have enough when the time comes .

Is that a late New Year's Resolution? In my house, they don't last long enough for FEDEX to finish picking up the acquisition ...

[SSGGeezer]

Got a B+W Clear 62mm MRC 007M filter Tuesday and a 62mm pinch cap as well as an OEM hood for the Sigma 30mm DC that I just shipped off to be returned! Oops! The hood should sell for what I paid for it and My DA 18-250 gets a new filter to replace the Hoya UV that is in place as protection.

[WPRESTO]

Stock up when the Girl Scouts come around. Theirs are barely edible, so just freeze a bunch for the appropriate occasion.

For several years now the girl scouts have stopped making the rounds door-to-door. Instead they set up a table outside the local grocery store and sell direct, no giving an order then waiting weeks for delivery. They have piles of boxes, stacks of cases (= big brown cardboard boxes with a dozen or more of the individual boxes) and nearby cars filled with more cases. Walk home with enough SMU thin mints to gauge the length of a 1200mm f8, with plenty extra to reward yourself while admiring the stack you made.

[pepperberry farm]

now, that's a strategy...

[monochrome]

For several years now the girl scouts have stopped making the rounds door-to-door. Instead they set up a table outside the local grocery store and sell direct, no giving an order then waiting weeks for delivery. They have piles of boxes, stacks of cases (= big brown cardboard boxes with a dozen or more of the individual boxes) and nearby cars filled with more cases. Walk home with enough SMU thin mints to gauge the length of a 1200mm f8, with plenty extra to reward yourself while admiring the stack you made.

mrs monochrome would have a cow (SMU’s are a prohibited commodity in our house).

An A*1200/8 = 75 x DA40/2.8 XS.

.:

[photoptimist]

[/COLOR][/B]mrs monochrome would have a cow (SMU’s are a prohibited commodity in our house).

An A*1200/8 = 75 x DA40/2.8 XS.

.:

Perhaps Pentax can hire the makers of those plastic Japanese sushi food models to manufacture realistic fake SMUs.

Emblazoned with a Pentax logo, these zero-calorie, gluten-free disks would be a spouse-approved addition to every acquisitive Pentaxian's collection.

[pepperberry farm]

oh, where's the fun in that?

[monochrome]

oh, where's the fun in that?

Agreed!

I should counter mrs monochrome’s objection by offering to substitute the above-mentioned DA40/2.8 XS as my personal AMU. 9.2mm / Unit. I would need 75 to cover the entire possible range of Pentax lenses. What do you think?

Also, can I get a Judge’s ruling on inclusion of hoods? Yes/No? Detachable vs. pull-out?

[Canada_Rockies]

For several years now the girl scouts have stopped making the rounds door-to-door. Instead they set up a table outside the local grocery store and sell direct, no giving an order then waiting weeks for delivery. They have piles of boxes, stacks of cases (= big brown cardboard boxes with a dozen or more of the individual boxes) and nearby cars filled with more cases. Walk home with enough SMU thin mints to gauge the length of a 1200mm f8, with plenty extra to reward yourself while admiring the stack you made.

Here in the mountains they still come to the door, but they come bearing boxes of SMU's -- cash on the barrel head (or in the Girl Scout's hands to be more correct), $5/box. SWMBO laughs at me; I'm a sucker for young ladies selling chocolate cookies. Or anyone selling stale chocolate cookies for charity, for that matter.

[pepperberry farm]

Agreed!

I should counter mrs monochrome’s objection by offering to substitute the above-mentioned DA40/2.8 XS as my personal AMU. 9.2mm / Unit. I would need 75 to cover the entire possible range of Pentax lenses. What do you think?

Also, can I get a Judge’s ruling on inclusion of hoods? Yes/No? Detachable vs. pull-out?

I've always measured without hoods, since the user may be using a different style of hood....

[Canada_Rockies]

[/COLOR][/B]mrs monochrome would have a cow (SMU’s are a prohibited commodity in our house).

An A*1200/8 = 75 x DA40/2.8 XS.

.:

SWMBO has no problem with me buying them. She does, however, insist that the 15 pounds (7 Kg) I lost in a recent illness MUST stay off. So purchasing is fine; consumption is not.

[WPRESTO]

[/COLOR][/B]mrs monochrome would have a cow (SMU’s are a prohibited commodity in our house).

An A*1200/8 = 75 x DA40/2.8 XS. .:

Does that include having the 1200mm hood in working position? I want every SMU I can justify.

[RoxnDox]

SWMBO has no problem with me buying them. She does, however, insist that the 15 pounds (7 Kg) I lost in a recent illness MUST stay off. So purchasing is fine; consumption is not.

I can do the consumption - my problem is self-regulation of the consumption *rate*... When it comes to thin mints, I'm pretty much an "Open box, eat box" type. So I have given the Grrl Scouts cash donations instead.

[monochrome]

Does that include having the 1200mm hood in working position? I want every SMU I can justify.

See judge’s ruling in Post #11670