Then take another one in the exact same spot with the same settings and the lens hood on. Try to position yourself with a light source coming in from the side so you can see the most drastic result. The lens hood will always help, but the difference is more noticeable depending on the angle of the light in relation to your camera lens. Protecting the front of your lens is not the primary purpose of your lens hood. Please don't try to sue the lens hood manufacturer when your lens breaks and say we told you to do it.
However, by virtue of it physically being there in the way, it does protect the front of your lens from bumps and scrapes as you move your camera around. It can even protect the glass to some extent if you drop the camera or bang the lens against something hard. Again, there's no guarantee that your lens will be fine, but it's more likely with a lens hood in the way. On the bright side, if you break your lens hood, you can be relieved that you only have to buy a lens hood and not a new lens.
A lens hood can also be useful if you are shooting outdoors when it's raining. Of course, don't haul your expensive gear around in a thunderstorm, but a drizzle is usually fine. The lens hood works great to keep water droplets from getting on the front of your lens. These days there are even universal lens hoods so that you can replace your broken or lost factory hood with something readily available. On wide-angle lenses, it's possible for the lens hood to show up in the corners of the image.
Thus the cut-out design of the tulip lens hoods. Lens hoods are typically designed for specific lenses and the cut-outs will be perfectly placed to avoid showing up in the photo. Cylindrical lens hoods are used on longer primes and telephoto lenses where there is no danger of the lens hood showing up in the image. Now that you understand what a lens hood does, do you need one? Basically, it depends on the type of shooting you primarily do. You won't need a lens hood in all situations and all shooting environments.
However, when you do need one, it is invaluable to have. This is why you'll see many professional photographers always shooting with the lens hood firmly in place. Let's break down when it is useful to use a lens hood and when you might want to steer clear. In general, any time you're shooting outdoors, you can benefit from using a lens hood. Light is coming from all directions and limiting it to what is directly in front of your camera will result in better images.
However, there are some specific situations you should be aware of. Always have your lens hood on in the following situations:. Also, any time you are spending a lot of time behind the camera, it doesn't hurt to have the lens hood on. This will help protect your lens from bumps and dings as you work. Of course, there are also specific instances in which you'd rather avoid using a lens hood. This is why it is so important to understand what a lens hood does. I refer you to Einstein.
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Is the market trying to force out DSLRs? Cataract discussion--no glasses! Olympus to sell Scientific Division? Magnification Explanation? Location of dust in lens element. I totally understand not wanting to use one though, with how bulky they can be sometimes. Also, a lot depends on the quality of the lens coatings — lower-quality lenses are often much more susceptible to flare. Well, that would be because I do mostly nighttime photography and sometimes bright lights are unavoidable since people seem to like to leave them anywhere and everywhere.
I bet that makes for some real steady shots. Indoor sports photography is an exception, however. You need to hit up Google Image search more. If your shooting into the sun to get a back-lit subject, a lens hood will do you NO good. Where did I say those backlit photos had the sun in the shot? There are PLENTY of places the sun can be in front of the camera, creating a silhouette effect on your subject without the sun actually appearing in the shot but still casting light on your front lens element.
I beg to differ with your whole idea of lens hoods are bad. Also, if it comes to that, a damaged lens hood is way better than a damaged front element. Oh, and come off your high horse of judging a person on the looks of their gear.
Really that is being a little egotistical on your part. I do video and unfortunately on my camera it is impossible to use a lens hood and a variable ND filter….
I did, but stopped. And some are as big as the lens itself. Of course, if your lens is not weather sealed, you should not let it get wet in the first place. A clean and dry front element will allow the camera to deliver the better image quality you expect. But lens hoods are expensive - and inconvenient. But your lens was probably much more expensive - and you are shooting with a D-SLR because you want the best possible image quality not because it was convenient and inexpensive.
Lens hoods usually attach in reversed position for convenient, but compact, storage. Note that this reversed position is not for shooting and active use of the lens.
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