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Lens Hoods

Anonymous Thu 01 Sep 2022 14:47:34 No.4075595 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>4075608 >>4075633 >>4075657 >>4075747 >>4075789 >>4075798 >>4075968 >>4076043 >>4076082 >>4076131 >>4076384 >>4078305 >>4078398 >>4082112 >>4082328 >>4082338

Well, /p/? Do you use a lens hood?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Sep 2022 15:25:10 No.4075606 Report

Quoted By: >>4075608 >>4075610 >>4082077

Still don't understand the point with these things like with UV filters

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Sep 2022 15:36:18 No.4075608 Report

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>>4075595
Yes, I do. On all my lenses.
Used not to because some didn't have one but now they all do. Save for the Helios, I sometimes use a 24mm's hood but it doesn't cut all that much flare.
>>4075606
Avoiding flare and adding some physical protection. For UV filters, just the protection.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 01 Sep 2022 15:39:15 No.4075610 Report

Quoted By: >>4075877

I use them like 95% of the time. About the only time I don't is when I'm fucking around with filters.
Outside of the size, and that 1 niche case of using an exotic telephoto from within a car during cold weather, it's all upside.
>>4075606
Protection aside, they also can reduce flaring and can increase contrast.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Sep 2022 17:03:25 No.4075633 Report

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>>4075595
Yes, it protects the lenses from most of the hits, and avoid scratches to my expensive filters.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Sep 2022 18:01:43 No.4075657 Report

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>>4075595
Always.
Hate seeing all the lens marketing and sponsored youtubers shooting without hoods at the demands of marketing teams.
Sometimes it's hard to even find a photo of a lens with it's hood attached because of this.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Sep 2022 18:24:42 No.4075665 Report

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Why wouldn't you?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Sep 2022 22:37:06 No.4075747 Report

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>>4075595
yes, and I buy hoods for my lenses immediately. at the very least the basic cup type. the petal ones are fine, I just don't normally go for them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Sep 2022 22:58:07 No.4075749 Report

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Nah i dont have space in the bag that goes with me

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Sep 2022 02:19:11 No.4075788 Report

Quoted By: >>4075878

Anons, why did built-in slide-out hoods stop being a thing? Like, a bunch of old manual-focus telephotos (and some shorter lenses) had them, and they're real convenient.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Sep 2022 02:21:27 No.4075789 Report

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>>4075595
nope, i like the lens flare and character

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 02 Sep 2022 03:24:02 No.4075798 Report

Quoted By: >>4075854 >>4075919

>>4075595
Don't eve use a lens, much less a lens hood.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Sep 2022 10:17:27 No.4075854 Report

Quoted By: >>4075888

>>4075798
Pinholios are the optic that needs a lens hood the most

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Sep 2022 12:04:30 No.4075877 Report

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>>4075610
>no flares
so it reduces SOUL?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Sep 2022 12:07:34 No.4075878 Report

Quoted By: >>4075964

>>4075788
Most modern lenses are ridiculously cheap on the inside.Adding another piece of plastic would increase the cost of manufacture by like 20% for each lens

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 02 Sep 2022 13:49:30 No.4075888 Report

Quoted By: >>4076045

>>4075854
You are right if pinhole is approached the same way as photography with lenses. Pinholes are usually extremely wide angle. Another problem is pinholes with threading are rare and expensive while pinholers themselves have a DIY attitude. The aesthetic of stray light is not only compatible, but also a part of pinhole itself. So instead of flaring being another tool in the box, it is flipped and blocking stray light is the tool.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Sep 2022 16:38:45 No.4075919 Report

Quoted By: >>4075964 >>4076030

>>4075798
Is it worth making and trying pinhole cameras out?
I know photo students sometimes do it as an exercise.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Sep 2022 20:56:39 No.4075964 Report

Quoted By: >>4076085

>>4075878
Bentax :DD put one in the 15/4 limited, it hardly sounds that difficult.

>>4075919
If you have a spare body cap you can make one by drilling a hole in the center, covering it with aluminum foil, and poking a pinhole in that. No pinhole lens is all that great (thanks, diffraction), but making one and messing around with it is a fun and easy project for when you have a day with nothing to do.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Sep 2022 21:41:51 No.4075968 Report

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>>4075595
Bought a cheap one for my telephoto because I'm a fucking klutz

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 03 Sep 2022 03:28:29 No.4076030 Report

Quoted By: >>4076085

>>4075919
It may sound flippant and I have been called a hack for this talk, but think of your message and think of what pinhole offers. People take their pinhole outside and point it at some random trees or cityscape or their dogs. When they treat it the same as their regular lens, they dismiss it as a toy. If you can change your perspective it may work.

As for a learning tool, why not? It costs nothing to use what you were told - the smallest needle you have and some aluminum foil. Use a pinhole calculator to get close enough. You can skip wasting a lens cap and just wrap the foil around the body to play with it.

https://www.mrpinhole.com/calcpinh.php

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 Sep 2022 05:24:50 No.4076043 Report

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>>4075595
They live on the ends of both lenses I use the most. They can be mounted backwards and are not in the way so there isn't really an excuse not to just have them. It's nice to be able to keep lens flare down compared to without one. Some times I'll use both a hood and a filter for sunrise/sunset shots that are mostly off center of the sun but a bit close.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 Sep 2022 05:33:14 No.4076045 Report

Quoted By: >>4076390

>>4075888
just glue a filter thread onto your pinhole lens cap, then you can choose whether or not you want sovl streaks

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 Sep 2022 11:46:46 No.4076082 Report

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>>4075595
I hate lens hoods, but I hate veiling flare more, so yes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 Sep 2022 12:04:24 No.4076085 Report

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>>4075964
>>4076030
Good shit anon, I'll give it a go. I wonder if actual pinhole lenses are soled anywhere.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 Sep 2022 14:56:31 No.4076131 Report

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>>4075595
Always no reason not to

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2022 09:35:26 No.4076384 Report

Quoted By: >>4078960 >>4079137

>>4075595
working as a photographer in a few nations and as a bartender in tourist locations in just as many I noticed that you can reliably tell whether someone is a professional based on whether they have a hood attached to their lens in the right direction
I obviously use lens hoods all the time, they reduce flares in most condition and they protect the front element should the lens fall or bump into something

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2022 10:22:35 No.4076390 Report

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>>4076045
A little more than just streaks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 14:27:32 No.4078293 Report

Quoted By: >>4078582

When I was first starting out I used them all the time. Literally never left the camera. I thought anyone who didn’t have one on theirs was crazy. As I started developing and looking into the history of the medium and studying the details and work of the most famous photographers out there, I realized it was unnecessary and most don’t really use them in the field (which is what I’m most interested in). I think if I had to do commercial work or anything on video, I imagine I’d almost always 100% use the lens hood but I am mostly into documentary/photojournalism and almost primarily only shoot photos so I don’t use them. Plus I bought a new lense recently and holy shit they’re fucking enormous.

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Lob Bazarini - Italian UFO scientist Sat 10 Sep 2022 14:45:26 No.4078305 Report

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>>4075595

No.
And no retarded UV filters.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Sep 2022 18:39:17 No.4078398 Report

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>>4075595
Large-aperture telephoto with a hood to let the ladies know you're big and uncircumcised. Make innuendo at every opportunity: they love and appreciate it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2022 05:43:14 No.4078582 Report

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>>4078293
>lense

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 05:28:56 No.4078960 Report

Quoted By: >>4079084

>>4076384
>working as a photographer in a few nations and as a bartender in tourist locations in just as many I noticed that you can reliably tell whether someone is a professional based on whether they have a hood attached to their lens in the right direction
lol. shut the fuck up, douche. some of the most famous photographs in the history of the world have been taken without a lens hood. you don't know shit about shit. now pour me another glass.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 05:46:27 No.4078961 Report

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Lens hood and no lens cap. I never have to bother putting the lens cap on or off and the front element is always protected.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 10:54:12 No.4079036 Report

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My camera only fits into my bag if I store the lens hood backwards.
How much wear and tear am I introducing if I take on/off the lens hood twice every time I take out or put away my camera?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 13:05:25 No.4079077 Report

Quoted By: >>4079084 >>4082188

>”I’m sorry, Mr. McCurry. I understand you’re in a war zone and I realize you’ve taken the photo that some people call “the Mona Lisa of the 20th century,” you aren’t using a lens hood, you see? Yes, the bartender at the Holiday Inn Express says you’re not a professional. There’s nothing we can do.”

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 13:15:56 No.4079084 Report

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>>4079077
That was meant for here >>4078960.
Also:
>”I’m sorry Mr. Cartier-Bresson. While you’re obviously talented, the bartender on the Carnival Cruise Line says he knows real professional photographers and they all use lens hoods. Surely you must understand we can’t call YOU a professional very well now, can we?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 17:36:36 No.4079137 Report

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>>4076384
I read this as when you see people with the hoods on backwards, which I agree is cringe af. Either use it properly, or not at all. Seems other people are just interpreting it as using a hood vs not.

fe2fucker

fe2fucker Wed 21 Sep 2022 19:09:18 No.4082029 Report

Quoted By: >>4082041 >>4082064

I put mine on because every dick deserves a foreskin.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Sep 2022 19:39:39 No.4082041 Report

Quoted By: >>4082042

>>4082029
this is a semitic board anon

fe2fucker

fe2fucker Wed 21 Sep 2022 19:48:35 No.4082042 Report

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>>4082041
mmmmmm my point still stands

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Sep 2022 22:20:49 No.4082064 Report

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>>4082029
kek

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Sep 2022 23:52:34 No.4082077 Report

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>>4075606
UV filters save you from scratching front elements each time your lens gets dirty.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 22 Sep 2022 01:26:38 No.4082111 Report

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I use the lens hood as a handle for manual adjustment of focus

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Sep 2022 01:31:45 No.4082112 Report

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>>4075595
Umm, on sunny days yes

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Sep 2022 06:24:33 No.4082187 Report

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fuck lens hoods. seriously. fuck 'em. i fucking hate them so much. god damn it i fucking hate lens hoods. anyone who says they're necessary are fucking retarded and causing camera manufacturers to keep issuing bullshit. lens hoods are the fucking worst. in fact, i challenge anyone to show my a single good shot that could not have been been taken without a lens hood. one good shot that would have been utterly impossible to achieve had it not been for a lens hood. if you "have to use a lens hood" to "get the shot" your shot fucking sucks. i guarantee it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Sep 2022 06:39:52 No.4082188 Report

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>>4079077
>I understand you’re in a war zone and I realize you’ve taken the photo that some people call “the Mona Lisa of the 20th century,”
How far up ones ass can someone be

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Sep 2022 17:18:43 No.4082328 Report

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>>4075595
no, it partially blocks the rangefinder, thus obscuring the focus splitter, on my Olympus 35RC

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Sep 2022 17:37:52 No.4082338 Report

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>>4075595
they're good at keeping rain off your lens which is nice

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Sep 2022 13:37:54 No.4082605 Report

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Flares
Accidental bumps
Rain
And $50 UV filter protects your $1000 lens

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