Adam Grace
10-25-2006, 09:55 PM
I have made some NEW but similar changes to my camera. I changed the size of my step up ring, to allow for a larger polarization filter. I changed from a 27mm filter to a 30.5 mm filter.
Last time I bought a 25-27mm UV Filter from Best Buy, made by Sunpak for about $15. There is a 27mm filter with a ring thats "steps-up" from 25mm to 27mm. This step-up ring has threads to screw in a filter or wide angle adapter. Below is a picture of the package of my new 30mm-30.5mm step up ring and UV filter. The UV filter is vitrually useless for me, the step-up ring is the important part.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/IMGP0352.jpg
This is what my camera looked like with the smaller 27mm filter.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/IMGP0004.jpg
The smaller 27mm polarizing filter was a little too small. I had to zoom out the camera's lens so that I couldn't see the filter in the corners of the picture. The new 30.5mm filter is just right. I'm very excited and I wanted to share this with other Pentax owners or anyone else looking to slightly modify their cameras. This type of modification doesn't work with most cameras only cameras that have lenses that stay within the body when in operation.
This is what my camera looks like now.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/IMG_2778.jpg
I used about 4 drops of zap-a-gap to tack the ring temporarily in place before I used 5minute epoxy to permanently bond the ring to the outside of the body, around the entire edge of the ring, which looks like this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/IMG_2781.jpg
I bought a wide angle lens ($30 or so) last time. I recently purchesd a lens cap for a 30.5 mm ($5) from Best Buy. Both products are made by Sunpak. I bought a Hoya circular polarizer filter from Adorama.com for about $30. I also attached a lanyard from a flash drive/thumb drive to the camera so that I can detached the camera from the lanyard when needed, like when I need to hand my camera off to a buddy to take a picture of me and my fish :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/IMG_2775.jpg
This is a picture of the wide angle lens attached.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/IMG_2787.jpg
I took these pictures today which show you guys the effectivness of the polarizing filter when shooting into water.
Before the filter:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/IMGP0327.jpg
Using the filter:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/IMGP0328.jpg
That is not the best demonstration of this filter but wait until I shoot into deeper water, and hold the camera still :roll:
I will be using my new filter during another trip to the Trinity this weekend. I'll post those picture on Monday or Tuesday, hopefully there will be a few with steelhead in them :twisted:
Last time I bought a 25-27mm UV Filter from Best Buy, made by Sunpak for about $15. There is a 27mm filter with a ring thats "steps-up" from 25mm to 27mm. This step-up ring has threads to screw in a filter or wide angle adapter. Below is a picture of the package of my new 30mm-30.5mm step up ring and UV filter. The UV filter is vitrually useless for me, the step-up ring is the important part.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/IMGP0352.jpg
This is what my camera looked like with the smaller 27mm filter.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/IMGP0004.jpg
The smaller 27mm polarizing filter was a little too small. I had to zoom out the camera's lens so that I couldn't see the filter in the corners of the picture. The new 30.5mm filter is just right. I'm very excited and I wanted to share this with other Pentax owners or anyone else looking to slightly modify their cameras. This type of modification doesn't work with most cameras only cameras that have lenses that stay within the body when in operation.
This is what my camera looks like now.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/IMG_2778.jpg
I used about 4 drops of zap-a-gap to tack the ring temporarily in place before I used 5minute epoxy to permanently bond the ring to the outside of the body, around the entire edge of the ring, which looks like this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/IMG_2781.jpg
I bought a wide angle lens ($30 or so) last time. I recently purchesd a lens cap for a 30.5 mm ($5) from Best Buy. Both products are made by Sunpak. I bought a Hoya circular polarizer filter from Adorama.com for about $30. I also attached a lanyard from a flash drive/thumb drive to the camera so that I can detached the camera from the lanyard when needed, like when I need to hand my camera off to a buddy to take a picture of me and my fish :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/IMG_2775.jpg
This is a picture of the wide angle lens attached.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/IMG_2787.jpg
I took these pictures today which show you guys the effectivness of the polarizing filter when shooting into water.
Before the filter:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/IMGP0327.jpg
Using the filter:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/IMGP0328.jpg
That is not the best demonstration of this filter but wait until I shoot into deeper water, and hold the camera still :roll:
I will be using my new filter during another trip to the Trinity this weekend. I'll post those picture on Monday or Tuesday, hopefully there will be a few with steelhead in them :twisted: