10-18-2021, 06:57 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-18-2021, 07:09 AM by Brightcolours.)
You are right, Kuznite, I lied. I wrote that the Sony is much cheaper (almost 1/3rd of the price), when I should have written that it is cheaper more than 1/3rd of the price. I should have checked that the Sony is even cheaper.. 
I am with Rover, built in hoods are a bit silly, for a very obvious reason. Hoods have a protective role against impact, next to protecting the front element from bright light from outside the FOV. When you ding or break an add on hood, you can just replace it easily. When you ding the built in hood, you have to get the lens repaired. Luckily I have not had my 135mm Nikkor with built in hood get into an accident (it has a built in hood), but my 70-200mm Canon's hood saved my lens when I dropped the lens, and only the hood needed replacing.
And why I make fun of Pentax' misuse of the word "limited"? Because the word actually means something. And the way Pentax now caries it is silly. You could use it as a nickname just fine?
I am with Rover, built in hoods are a bit silly, for a very obvious reason. Hoods have a protective role against impact, next to protecting the front element from bright light from outside the FOV. When you ding or break an add on hood, you can just replace it easily. When you ding the built in hood, you have to get the lens repaired. Luckily I have not had my 135mm Nikkor with built in hood get into an accident (it has a built in hood), but my 70-200mm Canon's hood saved my lens when I dropped the lens, and only the hood needed replacing.
And why I make fun of Pentax' misuse of the word "limited"? Because the word actually means something. And the way Pentax now caries it is silly. You could use it as a nickname just fine?