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10/28/2007 01:01:25 AM · #26 |
| Always except my 50mm f1.8 as I do not have a hood for it. |
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10/28/2007 01:05:20 AM · #27 |
I don't own hoods for any of my current lenses. Ofcourse, they are all primes and I don't have to use a hand to zoom, so I can block the LS with my hand if needed.
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10/28/2007 02:02:05 AM · #28 |
Originally posted by dwterry:
Originally posted by MikeJ:
I have mine on all the time. I don't use filters (other than a GND or Polorizer) so the lens hood is what protects the front of the lens from casual bumps and junk as well as serving it's purpose of keeping out stray light that causes lens flare.
Mike |
Ditto for me, and for the same exact reasons. |
its a good idea to put on a filter on the from even if it is just one for UV light, it will help protect the actual lens from being scratched, rather breaking the glass on the lens, youll just break the filter, if something were to happen to it you can just screw it off and put a new one on, a lens you have to replace:) jsut saves a cupple extra bucks if something were to happen, my covers were like $40 usd each so. its a cheep and good investment to protect your equiptment*
oh, sometimes i use lens hoods, i got them but i use them very seldom,
Message edited by author 2007-10-28 02:04:23. |
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10/28/2007 02:11:03 AM · #29 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
I don't own hoods for any of my current lenses. Ofcourse, they are all primes and I don't have to use a hand to zoom, so I can block the LS with my hand if needed. |
Do you paint the palm of your hand black? :P |
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10/28/2007 02:15:10 AM · #30 |
Originally posted by yanko:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
I don't own hoods for any of my current lenses. Ofcourse, they are all primes and I don't have to use a hand to zoom, so I can block the LS with my hand if needed. |
Do you paint the palm of your hand black? :P |
Hey, I ain't that damn white.
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10/28/2007 02:28:15 AM · #31 |
| how do you focus and push the snapper button thing and cover the lens and um. well i ran out of things, at the same time! MULTI TALENTED ARE WE!!! ;) |
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10/28/2007 03:00:00 AM · #32 |
I hardly ever use a hood. My Canon lenses don't have one, and I use my 28-80 as if it were a macro prime, so don't need a hood there. The very small hood of mij 20/1.8 hardly protects from flare, so seldom use it.
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10/28/2007 04:38:24 AM · #33 |
Using lens hoods is an ingrained habit for old farts like me. Back in the day the coating on lenses wasn't anywhere near as good as it is now, and flare was much more of a problem. Not so much the kind of flare that gives you "shapes" in the image, but the subtler kind that robs an image of contrast and saturation. So I always use a hood, pretty much. I usually don't bother with the 10-22mm ΓΆ€” since the hood is optimized for 10mm so it won't vignette at the widest setting, it's not accomplishing anything at all at 22mm, for one thing, and for another it's too shallow a hood to really offer noticeable front element protection, so...
But on the 60mm macro, the 28-75mm Tammy, the 70-200mm f/4L, I almost always use the hoods, even when shooting macro. I'll remove it for macros if it is affecting the light, but most of my macros are backlit anyway so it usually isn't.
R.
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10/28/2007 09:58:27 AM · #34 |
Yes, all the time. However, since I use a lot of older glass on DX sensored cameras, I usually don't use the "correct" hood for the specific lens. I experiment and use a deeper shade to get maximum protection, but two of my lenses have built-in hoods so I usually just use them instead of adding a deeper shade.
edit: grammer
Message edited by author 2007-10-28 09:59:08. |
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10/28/2007 10:00:53 AM · #35 |
17-40 - if i am outside - but then i find it gets in the way of the polarizer. so even outside it's hit or miss. i don't worry too much about the front element.
50mm - no - don't own a hood ( well the sigma one fits - but i always forget )
105mm macro - sometimes - but it's a deep textured lens barrel - which essentially acts as a lens hood.
Message edited by author 2007-10-28 10:01:25.
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10/28/2007 10:44:08 AM · #36 |
Originally posted by Karalew:
Do you shoot with your lens hood on at all times? |
Always. It suits me better than a hat. |
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10/28/2007 12:36:53 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by Jimbo_for_life:
Originally posted by dwterry:
Originally posted by MikeJ:
I have mine on all the time. I don't use filters (other than a GND or Polorizer) so the lens hood is what protects the front of the lens from casual bumps and junk as well as serving it's purpose of keeping out stray light that causes lens flare.
Mike |
Ditto for me, and for the same exact reasons. |
its a good idea to put on a filter on the from even if it is just one for UV light, it will help protect the actual lens from being scratched, rather breaking the glass on the lens, youll just break the filter, if something were to happen to it you can just screw it off and put a new one on, a lens you have to replace:) jsut saves a cupple extra bucks if something were to happen, my covers were like $40 usd each so. its a cheep and good investment to protect your equiptment*
oh, sometimes i use lens hoods, i got them but i use them very seldom, |
Putting a filter on a "L" lens is like smearing mud on it. Well, maybe not that bad, but it doesn't matter how good the filter glass is, it's still going to degrade the image to some extent. I did my own testing years ago and could see the difference with and without a filter. So other than when I use a GND or polarizer or some other specialty filter (which is very rare) I don't put anything in front of my lens. In all of the years and all of the fields and arenas, barns and stockyards I've shot, I've never regretted it or had a problem.
Yes, some people have posted about having a filter on and hitting it or dropping the lens and the filter crack and not the front element but I suspect more people have saved their front element because of their lens hood than filter. And if the worse happens, that's why I have insurance that covers replacement value.
It really just comes down to our own personal comfort level I guess. But my dicission came from my testing image quality with and without a good quality filter on it.
Mike
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10/28/2007 01:09:30 PM · #38 |
Those camera salesmen have done a great job of marketing "UV" filters. Car salesmen would do great if they could get you to buy a V8 car and then buy an "upgrade" that protects your car by making it perform like a 4-cylinder :-)
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10/28/2007 01:26:05 PM · #39 |
I'll use my UV filters if I am near salt water or when in the desert and the wind is blowing. Otherwise I try not to use them. Contrary to an earlier suggestion I don't consider them inexpensive. All are MC and either heliopan or B&W and near $100 each. Expensive when you consider they do nothing at all with a digital camera.
As noted earlier they do provide some protection and in certain environments it may be a necessity.
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10/28/2007 01:38:57 PM · #40 |
Originally posted by garrywhite2:
I'll use my UV filters if I am near salt water or when in the desert and the wind is blowing. Otherwise I try not to use them. Contrary to an earlier suggestion I don't consider them inexpensive. All are MC and either heliopan or B&W and near $100 each. Expensive when you consider they do nothing at all with a digital camera.
As noted earlier they do provide some protection and in certain environments it may be a necessity. |
They keep the front element from getting sunburn : )
I think that I read that the sensors in digital cameras have a uv glass filter glass over the sensor. Adding another flat glass over the lens gives the light two flat surfaces in the same plane causing the light to bounce around inside the optics when shooting into the light.
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