 Heather M. Wareham |
Lens Hood - Why and When? Ok In easy terms, what kind of pictures do you use the lens hood for?
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Willie L |
It can be used for any kind of picture. It blocks unwanted light from reflecting into your lens from the sides or top.
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Alan N. Marcus |
Hi Heather, The camera lens acts like a slide projector only in reverse. The job of the lens is to project an image of the outside world into the camera. The image is formed on the surface of the digital chip or film. We have never made a perfect lens. A perfect lens would never allow stray and therefore misdirected light to mingle with the lovely projected image as it degrades. When stray light is allowed to enter it causes glare spots and flare. These are devastating. There are several countermeasures but a lens hood helps a lot. A lens hood is especially useful when the camera is pointed near bright lights like the sun or bright signs. Sometimes when you are facing into the sun, you shade your eyes with your hands or your hat brim does that for you. That’s the way a lens hood woks, it’s an even a better blocker than a hat because it blocks stray light from all sides. Serious landscape photographers almost always mount a lens hood.
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W. |
"Ok In easy terms what kinda pictures do you use the lens hood for." ALL pictures, Heather.
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Samuel Smith |
Hey Heather, Unless you're messing with filters, keep the lens hood on for protection. If i'm trying to rotate my circular polarizer to a precise degree, I'll have it off, but otherwise it may save the front element of the lens if it happens to crash to the ground for any reason. sam
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Raymond Johnston |
Heather, I agree with Sam, but when I'm using my circular polarizer, instead of the hard lens hood that came with the lens, I use a rubber collaspable lens hood as this will offer protection and still make it possilbe to adjust the filter as needed just by turning the lens hood. Raymond
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Mike Rubin |
Good idea Raymond.
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good bye |
I like to wear it as a braclet
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