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19 Feb, 2016
Great Quality And Value!
Having recently purchased a Nikon D5300 with the 18-140mm kit lens, I was in need of 67mm lens accessories. I'm happy to report that even though this particular 67mm filter and lens hood bundle is advertised as fitting a Nikon 18-135mm lens, everything fits the Nikon 18-140mm kit lens perfectly, too.
Vivitar photography accessories have never let me down and this lens kit is very nice. The optics are perfectly clear and the case is very well-padded with mesh pockets inside for storing the lenses.
The tulip lens hood and spare lens cap are plastic and seem to be fairly sturdy. They fit well and serve their purpose. I haven't used the lens tether yet, but only because I didn't want to mount the adhesive pad over the "Nikon" on the cap that came with my kit lens. (Just a personal preference.) The cap that comes with this bundle already has a tether on it. The spare tether seems sturdier, with an elastic loop that fits snugly around the camera lens.
Gotta love the MagicFiber cloth! They are super, super soft and are great for gently cleaning a variety of delicate glass surfaces (including cell phone & tablet screens, eye glasses, etc.) and they can be used either dry or with a cleaning solution.
All-in-all, this is a nice little group of accessories that help protect your camera lens and enhance your photos. I highly recommend it!
20 Mar, 2017
Outstanding Quality Headphones
Having a relatively small & narrow head made finding headphones that fit well without squashing my ears very difficult, but these Sun Ray Pro Golds are the most comfortable, high-quality, metal detecting phones I've ever owned. The leather earmuffs and padding are butter soft - much better than vinyl. I detect under the hot, desert sun, where wearing any type of headphones will feel pretty hot and sweaty. Personally, I think non-porous, vinyl-covered earmuffs cause one to sweat more. Leather is a natural, porous material and hopefully, by regularly cleaning and using leather protectant on them, the Sun Ray's will last me a long, long time. The sound quality is super crisp and clear; the noise suppression is very, very good. I love the heavy-duty coiled cord with the angled connector plug, which provides a lower profile than a straight connector. The cord is just the right length to stay out of my way while detecting and digging targets. I only needed to take off my headphones if I needed to stand up while leaving my detector lying on the ground if I needed to step away for a minute. This brings me to the subject of the new Limiter Switch, located on the outside of the left earmuff towards the front (when worn). It's purpose is to reduce or eliminate sudden, loud bursts of sound when sweeping over a large/shallow metal target, like a scream. I'm not convinced that the limiter switch is necessary or such a great idea. Before I decided to buy my new Sun Rays, I read a review that mentioned the limiter switch being located in a place where it can easily be bumped and switched accidentally when removing or putting the headphones on, but to be aware that if it suddenly seems like you can't hear anything (no threshold tone either), check the position of that switch. I had that happen the first time I used them and sure enough, I must have bumped the switch upward (Limiter "on" position) when I removed or put on my HPs again. That two-position switch moves way, WAY TOO easily, compared to the 3-way "mode" switch on the same (left) earmuff. You just barely bump it and it moves. Because I don't need or use the limiter switch at all because it turns off too much sound that I need to be able to hear in order to maintain proper ground balancing at all times and be able to hear even the faintest sound of a tiny nugget, it mostly just gets in my way. The hooded toggle switches are great - I just wish that limiter switch didn't move too easily and/or was situated in a better spot. I have tinnitus as well as a partial hearing loss of certain frequencies in my right ear, so single volume control headphones don't work well for me at all. The dual volume control on the Sun Ray Pro Gold headphones allows me to balance output sound to each ear individually, so I'm able to hear all frequencies at a volume level that is comfortable in both ears. Overall, the Sun Ray Gold Pro headphones are awesome. The one and only negative thing I can say about them is about the Limiter Switch. Maybe it's just a personal preference, but it seems to me that it's a bad idea to add a feature that shuts off my threshold tone when I can control that on my detector, without the possibility of missing out on the important sound ques my Gold Bug Pro VLF detector gives me when I'm hunting gold nuggets. The Limiter doesn't work at all with the Minelab CTX-3030, yet they included a CTX-3030 compatibility setting so the headphones will work with them - but the limiter won't. I'm not exactly sure what type of detector or detecting the limiting function is good for but I think it's an unnecessary addition to an already great product.