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Do you use a lens hood?
I was used to shading my camera lens with my palm, but my new camera
came with a detachable hood. So, I would like to hear how others use it: First, do you actually use a hood? If so, do you leave it on the camera all the time? Or, do you carry it with you separately? My immediate motivation is that I need to buy a case, and it would be different size case if I want to leave the hood on while the camera is in the case. |
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Do you use a lens hood?
I detach the lens from my camera body leaving the hood on lens, to store in
my travel bag, just my way !!!! it just works (fits) in my bag better that way. Moe "Newbie" wrote in message ... I was used to shading my camera lens with my palm, but my new camera came with a detachable hood. So, I would like to hear how others use it: First, do you actually use a hood? If so, do you leave it on the camera all the time? Or, do you carry it with you separately? My immediate motivation is that I need to buy a case, and it would be different size case if I want to leave the hood on while the camera is in the case. |
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Do you use a lens hood?
I detach the lens from my camera body leaving the hood on lens, to store in
my travel bag, just my way !!!! it just works (fits) in my bag better that way. Moe "Newbie" wrote in message ... I was used to shading my camera lens with my palm, but my new camera came with a detachable hood. So, I would like to hear how others use it: First, do you actually use a hood? If so, do you leave it on the camera all the time? Or, do you carry it with you separately? My immediate motivation is that I need to buy a case, and it would be different size case if I want to leave the hood on while the camera is in the case. |
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Do you use a lens hood?
Moe wrote:
I detach the lens from my camera body leaving the hood on lens... Great, and oops, :-) you have an SLR! I forgot to specify that I have one of those "deluxe" point and shoots (Ricoh GR1v). So the lens is not detachable, only the hood is. |
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Do you use a lens hood?
Moe wrote:
I detach the lens from my camera body leaving the hood on lens... Great, and oops, :-) you have an SLR! I forgot to specify that I have one of those "deluxe" point and shoots (Ricoh GR1v). So the lens is not detachable, only the hood is. |
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Moe wrote:
I detach the lens from my camera body leaving the hood on lens... Great, and oops, :-) you have an SLR! I forgot to specify that I have one of those "deluxe" point and shoots (Ricoh GR1v). So the lens is not detachable, only the hood is. |
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Do you use a lens hood?
Newbie wrote:
I was used to shading my camera lens with my palm, but my new camera came with a detachable hood. So, I would like to hear how others use it: First, do you actually use a hood? If so, do you leave it on the camera all the time? Or, do you carry it with you separately? As much as possible, yes. And beyond that when shooting in some conditions I'll use my palm or some blocker if I see light falling on the front element. When using a circ pol, hoods often cannot be attached, so bringing a blocker is a good idea (small umbrellas are a good idea). To fit in my bag (or lens case for the 300 f/2.8) the hood must be removed or retracted. My immediate motivation is that I need to buy a case, and it would be different size case if I want to leave the hood on while the camera is in the case. Not always practical. And with some lenses will make putting on/removing the lens cap difficult to impossible. -- -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- |
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Do you use a lens hood?
Newbie wrote:
I was used to shading my camera lens with my palm, but my new camera came with a detachable hood. So, I would like to hear how others use it: First, do you actually use a hood? If so, do you leave it on the camera all the time? Or, do you carry it with you separately? As much as possible, yes. And beyond that when shooting in some conditions I'll use my palm or some blocker if I see light falling on the front element. When using a circ pol, hoods often cannot be attached, so bringing a blocker is a good idea (small umbrellas are a good idea). To fit in my bag (or lens case for the 300 f/2.8) the hood must be removed or retracted. My immediate motivation is that I need to buy a case, and it would be different size case if I want to leave the hood on while the camera is in the case. Not always practical. And with some lenses will make putting on/removing the lens cap difficult to impossible. -- -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- |
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Newbie wrote:
I was used to shading my camera lens with my palm, but my new camera came with a detachable hood. So, I would like to hear how others use it: First, do you actually use a hood? If so, do you leave it on the camera all the time? Or, do you carry it with you separately? As much as possible, yes. And beyond that when shooting in some conditions I'll use my palm or some blocker if I see light falling on the front element. When using a circ pol, hoods often cannot be attached, so bringing a blocker is a good idea (small umbrellas are a good idea). To fit in my bag (or lens case for the 300 f/2.8) the hood must be removed or retracted. My immediate motivation is that I need to buy a case, and it would be different size case if I want to leave the hood on while the camera is in the case. Not always practical. And with some lenses will make putting on/removing the lens cap difficult to impossible. -- -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- |
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Do you use a lens hood?
Newbie writes:
I was used to shading my camera lens with my palm, but my new camera came with a detachable hood. So, I would like to hear how others use it: First, do you actually use a hood? If so, do you leave it on the camera all the time? Or, do you carry it with you separately? I try to use a lens hood pretty regularly. I'm near-religious about it with the Tamron 28-105 f2.8, whose main fault is flare. On a zoom, of course, a fixed hood doesn't do *that* much good (except perhaps at the widest setting). I've never actually bought and used a "compendium shade", which has bellows and a cutout in the exact format you need and which you adjust to just exactly block everything that isn't part of your image. Used a lot in the movies, where the lighting is often extreme and the lenses are very often exceedingly complex. Not really usable for hand-held 35mm or digital work. In addition to its optical benefits, I like a rubber lens hood as a bumper. I really think it's better than a filter in some ways for protecting the front element. My immediate motivation is that I need to buy a case, and it would be different size case if I want to leave the hood on while the camera is in the case. I can't imagine a case that holds only the camera being of much use. I want at least spare film and batteries (or memory cards and batteries), a few basic filters (at least a polarizer), lens cleaner, notebook, pen, flashlight, pillow-pod. Usually multiple lenses (or auxiliary lenses for the first digital P&S). Sometimes a spare body. -- David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/ Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/ |
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