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 12/06/2005 11:08:45 PM · #1
What does a lense hood do for you?
Do you use it? Why?
 12/06/2005 11:09:52 PM · #2
I do, mostly because I think it looks cool, but also because it helps to reduce lens flare.
 12/06/2005 11:10:40 PM · #3
Yes, to block potential flare. Not sure about the other companies hoods but I like that the Pentax ones have a little slot that you can use to move a circular polarizer into the correct position.
 12/06/2005 11:12:07 PM · #4
Originally posted by ursula:
I do, mostly because I think it looks cool, but also because it helps to reduce lens flare.


I guess it does make a camera more intimidating .

12/06/2005 11:12:49 PM · #5
Originally posted by ursula:
I do, mostly because I think it looks cool


LOL. I like honesty.
 12/06/2005 11:15:47 PM · #6
Anyone knows if there are any I could get for my camera?
I wanna look as cool as Ursula
 12/06/2005 11:15:51 PM · #7
I use it for lens flare but not all the time. I have been better about using it more often lately and it has come in most handy as a shock absorber and once recently REALLY saved what could have been a bad, bad bonk to the front end of a 1500.00 lens. (hard enough bonk to break filter& maybe glass)
 12/06/2005 11:17:28 PM · #8
yes.
 12/06/2005 11:18:56 PM · #9
Originally posted by crayon:
Anyone knows if there are any I could get for my camera?
I wanna look as cool as Ursula


All right!!!! You have to wear a Cubs hat then.
 12/06/2005 11:19:40 PM · #10
I lost mine, if I have extreme side lighting, I just use my hand.
 12/06/2005 11:23:11 PM · #11
Yes, I have one for my Kodak. Definitely makes it look a LOT cooler :-P
I'm sure you can get one for your cam. You probably need a lens adapter ring for that camera, then just a hood for that size thread. The adapter ring for mine was under $20, (it also allows you to get filters, w/a lens, telephoto, etc.) and the hood was under $10 at my local camera store. They ordered the ring for me. The other thing I like about the hood is it provides some protection for the lens. The big zoom p&s, that lens extends out a bit, it's nice to have that extra safe zone around it, as well as flares and glare. Also works to help keep the occasional snow flake or raindrop out! I'm pretty sure I've seen the rings and accessories for the fuji's when I was looking around for stuff for mine. A quick look on e-bay will tell you for sure, then you can look around for where to get one, or just check with your local camera shop. :-)
 12/06/2005 11:23:29 PM · #12
Originally posted by ursula:
Originally posted by crayon:
Anyone knows if there are any I could get for my camera?
I wanna look as cool as Ursula


All right!!!! You have to wear a Cubs hat then.


what's a Cubs hat?
a baseball team?

Message edited by author 2005-12-06 23:25:24.
 12/06/2005 11:26:10 PM · #13
Originally posted by crayon:
Originally posted by ursula:
Originally posted by crayon:
Anyone knows if there are any I could get for my camera?
I wanna look as cool as Ursula


All right!!!! You have to wear a Cubs hat then.


what's a Cubs hat?
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Yep, a baseball cap, blue, with a red "C". To show your undying support for the Chicago Cubbies.

Crayon, where are you from?

Message edited by author 2005-12-06 23:26:40.
 12/06/2005 11:30:49 PM · #14
Darn it!, he took the photo off the site, but if you want your cam to look really, REALLY cool, get some hot rod flames airbrushed on your lens hood like jmsetzler did. Talk about bada**!!!
...it did look pretty cool :-P
anyone remember that?

Message edited by author 2005-12-06 23:31:49.
 12/06/2005 11:32:45 PM · #15
Yes, because the only way to use filters on the Coolpix 8700 is to use a lens hood. So I keep one on it with a UV filter.

Edit: Plus it makes my lens look bigger to the girls :-)

Message edited by author 2005-12-06 23:34:33.
 12/06/2005 11:33:01 PM · #16
Originally posted by crayon:
Anyone knows if there are any I could get for my camera?
I wanna look as cool as Ursula


Styrofoam cup :P
 12/06/2005 11:48:55 PM · #17
Originally posted by faidoi:


Styrofoam cup :P


With flames painted on! :-P
 12/07/2005 01:14:16 AM · #18
I use my lens hoods without fail. It's a religion. They never do any harm, and they sometimes do good. They protect my front glass from accidental knocks, a big plus. They look good, you look more serious with 'em on. What's not to like? Unless you're trying to be unobtrusice as possible, but that's not very with a 20D anyway.

Robt.
 12/07/2005 01:17:44 AM · #19
Yeah. They look cool and protect from stray light and dings.

//koti.mbnet.fi/uuslehto/img/test/jupiter9/jupiterhood.jpg <- Kinda pointless, but hey. I paid 1e for it and it looks cool.
 12/07/2005 01:19:15 AM · #20
I use mine, but half the time I forget to take it off when I use my flash and it blocks the light... and it does look cool, kinda like a gigantic aluminum spoiler on a Ford Focus.

edited because I realized half my post was in jibberish.

Message edited by author 2005-12-07 01:20:52.
 12/07/2005 01:19:49 AM · #21
I have one for every lens I own. Put them on and never took them off.
 12/07/2005 01:22:54 AM · #22
I don't leave home without them. They go on the lens like second nature. I don't even give it a thought (unless someone starts a thread about it)
 12/07/2005 02:48:13 AM · #23
Originally posted by bear_music:
They never do any harm, and they sometimes do good.
Robt.


That's a great point, but not strictly true... You need to remember to take the hood off when you are shooting with a flash.
 12/07/2005 02:49:40 AM · #24
Originally posted by dpdave:
Originally posted by bear_music:
They never do any harm, and they sometimes do good.
Robt.


That's a great point, but not strictly true... You need to remember to take the hood off when you are shooting with a flash.


Some of us don't own a flash.
 12/07/2005 03:10:04 AM · #25
For those of us that do own a flash (lol) and have a tulip-style hood, the hood can be (or should be) able to be rotated 90 degrees. In the case of the Tamron 28-75mm, it has detents for either position. With pop-up flash in use and in landscape orientation, rotate so extended tulip sections are aligned to horizon, or you will get a shadow in the shot.
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