Lens Hoods

Good point Scott. I have started to carry only one, or two if I have my 300mm f2.8 on board.

 

I don't get it. How is it that most of your lenses are at 77mm. Why would you buy so many lenses at the same focal length?

 

Gregory,

Not the same FL, the same front element diameter.... 8)

Frank

 

Ouch Gregory, not sure if you are kidding or serious. The serious answer would be that the filter size is 77mm to fit many of the Nikon lenses whose diameter (not focal length) is 77mm. If you were kidding I will say GET A LIFE. :shock: :shock: :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

No, I was being serious. Lense hoods are optimized for the focal legth, so just because if physically fits, does not mean that it is optimal - thread size actually has nothing to do with the effectiveness of the hood itself.

With the 1.5x crop, you could actually shade the lense a bit more than a given hood (but not much), but of course that's only with the crop.

 

Good point Gregory; however many of the new lenses have the identical hood on them. Case in point is the 17-55mm and the 70-200mm. That is why I was saying that I am only going to carry one of them in the future.

 

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I dunno, that sounds like a lot of trouble swaping hoods around and stuff. I just leave my hood on the lense permanently attached (and actually leave the lense cap off). But I'm lazy.

Also, a hood is more effective, the more narrow it is, no? If you use a step down ring, then its not at its optimal diameter, and actually further from it.

Seems like to get the optimal shading, you can insert a spacer (black tube or whatever) between the lense and the hood to compensate for the 1.5x crop, though each one would have to be custom for each focal length.

As far as I know DX lense hoods are optimized for DX frames - it really doesn't make sense to optimize it for FF since you can't shoot a DX lense on FF without vignetting.

Nice idea, but, since I use FF, it don't work for me anyways.

 

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Oh, sorry - Scott was mentioning using step down rings.

Regarding your post, I don't have those lenses so I have no idea about hoods on it.

I love film's dynamic range, tonality and color, but yeah I haven't shot with it for a while. I'm looking into getting a scanner so I can shoot more film (but that's also not the only FF camera I have).

 

A lens hood should stay permanently on each lens. A few drops of epoxy glue will ensure this. That way the front of the lens gets additional protection, which my lenses constantly need . Besides, I can put the smaller lenses into a pocket of my photo vest without fear of damaging the front element.

It is true that you can benefit from slightly longer hoods when the lens is used on a DSLR. Thus, I use the hood for the 85/2 on my 50/1.4 lens, and the HK-19 (from the 300/2.8 AFS) on my 200/2VR instead of the ridiculous rain collector which Nikon delivers with it.

 

Also, I don't see how you can use a step-down ring for a hood...none of the hoods I have for Nikon lenses (or others for that matter) are screw-in, but bayonet mounted. How could you possibly use a step-down ring? Am I missing something?

 

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