 Charley Andrisano |
using a lens shade Dear Mr. Miotke: I have a 28-300mm tamron lens which I use frequently. If I'm shooting at long range, say 200 or 300mm, can I leave the lens hood attached,or will I get a barrel effect on the edges? Thank you, Charley Andrisano.
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
A lens hood acts like a visor on a hat. It's there to cut down on glare and lens flare when shooting into light. Also works secondary to keep from hitting the front glass on anything. But the only thing to watch for with a wide to tele zoom is when you shoot at the wide angle ranges, that the hood dosen't show on the edges of the frame.
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doug Nelson |
At least you're using a hood. So many photogs I see on the street here in Washington, DC don't know what a hood is. The problem with a lens of that zoom range is that it is very difficult to design a truly effective hood that covers all your focal lengths. By all means, leave the one you have attached. It's designed not to vignette at the wide end, so it surely won't vignette at the tele end. However, if you use the 100-300 range a lot, consider going on an auction site and finding a screw-in telephoto hood of the size of your filter threads. Look for one about 1 3/4 inches long, with fuzzy flocking inside. Tamron made some good ones. Use that shade in the tele range, and switch to the one that came with the lens for the wide end.
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