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Brackish
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Colvin ADTR
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Mar 8, 2007, 5:28 AM

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Re: [Brackish] So ... what's the TRUTH about lens hoods? [In reply to] Can't Post
Use one. It stops stray light, protects the lens and looks pro. If the lens rotates use a round one, otherwise use a petal shaped one. You can make disposable paper ones if the money bothers you. I made one for my Z1 out of model kit plastic sheet and velcro tabs.


Brackish
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Colvin ADTR
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Well if they gave them away they couldn't charge the extra £20 Mad. I see the asian ebay lenses always seem to have hoods included. I notice the difference on my shots between the lenses that have hoods and those that don't.


Scott Brooks
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Mar 8, 2007, 4:20 PM

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Since I don't use a protective filter on my lens I always use a lens hood ... always ... as in never take it off ... ever ... regardless of what I'm shooting ... it's on the camera ... period.


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Mar 8, 2007, 8:29 PM

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I'm a believer.

I noticed a few hazy shots early on with my wide angle lens. I soon realized that stray light was getting in when I forgot to use the hood (even as small & uneeded as it seemed for the wide angle). At this point, I always use them for piece of mind on all my lenses.

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RustyB
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Mar 8, 2007, 9:59 PM

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Just make sure the lens hood plays well with the lens. Laugh I've mixed/matched brands/generic hoods on some of my 35mm lenses, and sometimes you won't see the vignetting until you get the prints back, since the viewfinder doesn't show the whole frame. Not that I don't like that effect, but you probably wouldn't want it with event/wedding work. (Getting vignetting because you have no idea what you're doing is way more fun than PhotoShoppin' a fake one in later.Tongue)

The factory lens hoods I got for all my Olympus OM 35mm lenses were really expensive, but don't vignette, and I like hoods on any cameras to keep me from getting fingerprints/scratches on the lens. I have B+W MRC coated UV filters on just about all my lenses, which seems to keep down lense reflections as well.



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Brackish
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Mar 9, 2007, 2:37 AM

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Yes, I've noticed that too but I can cope with that more than having to buy a new lens. For video my UV never comes off for the same reason.


Brackish
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Yep, I had a friend that had filters on his VX2000's, that he used to shoot weddings for me. When I edited, there were all those crazy "fireflies" and reflections in the video.

The ones I use are the B+W F-Pro MRC 010 UV/Haze Filters. I've had such great luck with them, I put them on most ALL my lenses.



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Colvin ADTR
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Mar 9, 2007, 3:26 AM

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That's bad. You have to balance risk vs reward. If I knew I was getting a killer composition I would use my best lens and take off the filter. However for most work, I can get by and spend a few minutes with the spotting tool. I do too much work near traffic to give up filters. The amount of muck I have to clean off the UV, I would hate to think of that on the lens.


WLR
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Mar 9, 2007, 3:50 PM

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Cheap camera companies ... they don't even give you
a lens hood or lens pouch with the lens purchase!
All my video lenses came with pouches and some
came with hoods.

Oh, like Canon?


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WLR
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Mar 9, 2007, 3:50 PM

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Use 'em.......


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WLR
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Mar 9, 2007, 3:56 PM

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Those are reflections, not really flare. Flare causes a milky haze which reduces the overall contrast of the image. It would be most noticeable in the darker areas. It's caused by bright light that is out of the field of view but shining on the front element from a sharp angle.


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Brackish
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Toogy
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Mar 13, 2007, 8:42 AM

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I use hoods on all my lens, not so much for flare protection, as lens protection.
I can't count how many times I've hit my lens hood off of door frames etc. Without the hood on, the lens would have taken the abuse instead of the hood. Cheap insurance if you ask me.
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Alan R
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Mar 13, 2007, 9:00 AM

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Cheap camera companies ... they don't even give you
a lens hood or lens pouch with the lens purchase!
All my video lenses came with pouches and some
came with hoods.

Oh, like Canon?
YES! I wonder if Nikon includes a lens and pouch.
The last Nikon lens that I bought DID come with a lens, no pouch though. Cool

I don't know if Nikon always includes a lens hood, but I did get one with the cheap 70-300G lens that I bought a few months ago. So Canon makes you pay extra for the "accessories"? It almost sounds like what the Brooklyn camera dealers do.


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