Lens shade: I believe in the importance of lens shades. My question. I use tulip type from manufacturer with a quarter turn to mount. Problem is I am constantly tightening or even...

tnturk Loc: Gallatin Tennessee

I believe in the importance of lens shades. My question. I use tulip type from manufacturer with a quarter turn to mount. Problem is I am constantly tightening or even sometimes losing the shade. Any hints? Thanks. TNT

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

tnturk wrote:

I believe in the importance of lens shades. My question. I use tulip type from manufacturer with a quarter turn to mount. Problem is I am constantly tightening or even sometimes losing the shade. Any hints? Thanks. TNT

It's either a shade problem (hopefully) or a lens problem. There's too much slack in the attachment point. Try a bit of cellophane tape on the hood attaching point to make it a bit thicker. New, brand name hoods can be expensive.

Pablo8 Loc: Nottingham UK.

I have the Tulip Hood for my 24-70mm lens and have stuck small piece of plastic tape where the bayonet ridges are . If there are 3 or 4 ridges, just tape one at a time till the hood grips without too much resistance to turning. Works OK for me.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

tnturk wrote:

I believe in the importance of lens shades. My question. I use tulip type from manufacturer with a quarter turn to mount. Problem is I am constantly tightening or even sometimes losing the shade. Any hints? Thanks. TNT

Glue them on? 😀
More seriously, what brand? Camera, lens, and hood?

I use Canon, have a mixture of Canon and inexpensive third party hoods and have never encountered that problem, except once with a vintage lens and original hood. That took a custom repair.

warrior Loc: Paso Robles CA

The square lens hood for Fujifilm XT-2 works for me

CO

All of the lens hoods I have click into place. To remove them, I squeeze in from the sides a little and then rotate. There could be something damaged that prevents yours from clicking into place. Make sure the hood is oriented the correct way.

cthahn

You have to figure that out yourself. You're the photographer.

Pablo8 Loc: Nottingham UK.

cthahn wrote:

You have to figure that out yourself. You're the photographer.

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Rather than having to " Figure it out for yourself" (original poster) I offered my answer to a similar problem of a loose-fitting Bayonet Tulip Lens-Hood. Hope my reply was more helpful than the reply cthahn gave.

leftj Loc: Texas

tnturk wrote:

I believe in the importance of lens shades. My question. I use tulip type from manufacturer with a quarter turn to mount. Problem is I am constantly tightening or even sometimes losing the shade. Any hints? Thanks. TNT

Stop tightening and loosening it. put it on and leave it alone. BTW it is called a lens hood.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Something might be wrong with the hood. Is it an OEM hood that came with the lens? or aftermarket hood?

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

Get a third party SCREW on hood, leave it on in the taking position 24/7 ( never move or remove it except when cleaning lens) and cap the hood with a Plastic cap ( for round hoods) or an elastic lens "hoodie" for "tulip" shaped hoods.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

It's possible that your lens hood (or "lens shade"... I've heard and seen both terms used completely interchangeably all my life) had a "detent" to keep it better locked in place when new, but that got worn with use and no longer keeps it in place. A new hood might solve the problem... but being Scottish and cheap I've used the tape trick mention in previous responses. I've also tightened hoods by slightly melting the plastic with a soldering iron or added my own "bumps" to act as detents by putting a few small drops of glue in key locations.

aellman Loc: Boston MA

jerryc41 wrote:

It's either a shade problem (hopefully) or a lens problem. There's too much slack in the attachment point. Try a bit of cellophane tape on the hood attaching point to make it a bit thicker. New, brand name hoods can be expensive.

If Scotch tape is left on for more than a short while it will leave goo behind. Not a great solution.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

aellman wrote:

If Scotch tape is left on for more than a short while it will leave goo behind. Not a great solution.

I had that thought also. If tape is desired, I wonder if Teflon plumber's tape would suffice. However, I'm not convinced that we really understand the OP's problem accurately. It could be mechanical wear on the hood, but if so a new hood, even third party should fix it.

aellman Loc: Boston MA

leftj wrote:

Stop tightening and loosening it. put it on and leave it alone. BTW it is called a lens hood.

Although it is widely called a lens hood, it is also sometimes called a lens shade, and has been for many decades.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_hood

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Need I go on? >Alan