Bear in mind that if you are using the lens on a digital camera, you can use a smaller hood that would cause vignetting if used on film.

In other words, for digital, the original hood is not ideal anyway.

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I rather doubt that your friends have told you that ponies are generally dangerous to man.

Virtually any animal is capable of being dangerous, but some, like bulls, are much more likely to be dangerous than others. In the scheme of things, ponies are amongst the least likely animals to endanger a photographer, and to call somebody brave for photographing a pony is absurd.

The person who did is clearly suffering from hippophobia, and his condition is not going to be improved by people suggesting that there is any rational basis for it.

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Hmmm. If you own a pre-M series Leica, you'll see where Pentax got its front-mounted slow-speed shutter dial from.

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If you sell it for cash, then yes.

If you sell it for a hamburger, then you make a hamburger.

Next question....

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Hearsay is seldom a reliable guide to life.

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Oh dear. How many times have you seen a headline saying: "Man savaged by pony"?

Never, is the answer. Let's try and get things in perspective.

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What? It's not a bull, in fact it's not even a horse, it's a pony. Are you man or mouse?

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BTW, in your review of the 77mm, you awarded it only 4 stars for facilities. Why was that?

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Anything one posts, image or text, is open to comment. If one doesn't like that, one shouldn't post.

This thread repeats itself from time to time, and often causes discord!

In my view, "Wow!" comments are over-used. Few pictures merit superlatives, and it devalues the best pictures if lesser ones are accorded similarly high praise.

It is also misleads the photographer. Encouragement is one thing - and a very vital one - but it serves nobody to tell them that their picture is fantastic when it is merely good (if that).

Why not just say: "I do like that!" if you can't put your finger on precisely why you do. Encouragement will have been provided, without putting a false value on the image.

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