grandpaw

I watch a ton of photography videos and a lot of them shoot with the sun shade in the storage or reverse position. For the life of me I can't understand any scenario where this would be the way to go. Besides not blocking the sun or help protecting the front lens it just gets in the way. What am I missing here.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

It's just a convenient place to keep the lens shade while not needing it but keeping it from getting lost. Or could be a new fad like the "new" slashed jeans thing. Any way, I don't do it. Lens shade is on all the time in the correct orientation.

grandpaw

The first time they hit the front element on something I believe they might just rethink not having it on correctly. I find that on some of my lenses that it is just in the way of the zoom ring. I could see maybe forgetting it and not turning it around but I am seeing too many of them doing this and cannot see the logic in it.

Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV

It is an unfortunate problem for uninformed people. One person can walk through some public place with the shield backward and a number of people will see it and think, darn, that looks like a way to shorten the lens making it easier to tote. However, if the person hits the lens and regrets it, they can't un-do the harm they have caused. That is one great thing about a platform like the HOG, information good and bad gets public quickly and we all profit. Thanks for the post!

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

I can't think of a single reason why this would be a good thing. I reverse it for storage but thats all

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

As long as you use the lens hood correctly, why do you care what others do?!
I for one always use lens hoods correctly.

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

I will catch hell for this but here goes.

I never use lens shades, I find them quite useless. For the Hasselblad years ago I sued the compendium, mostly to hold gel filters and frankly because it looked kool!

The other armature camera accessory was a camera strap. I used detachable ones and only when I actually needed one.

I have done a lot of natural light images and like the old saw I do back lighted subjects. To do this is that 3 foot collapsible black and silver disk. The only thing it reflects is the sun, it is held or mounted on a stand, silver side up with the black facing down. This keeps the sun light off the whole camera and by the way me. I have a clamp that holds the camera and an umbrella togeather as well. I even carry a black cloth to pitch down on the ground to keep bounce back off the ground.

Now I know this seems silly. I'm interested in capturing really great images, I take it quite seriously what I'm doing. I have never had anyone, even police do anything other than ask me questions about how I am working and how it improves an image. To be 'professional' act like a pro, and by taking it all seriously like a heart attack you will come across as serious and people will treat you seriously. Having a lens shade on the camera is not going to mark you as a serious guy, nor a 'professional'.

Natural lighted portrait by window, Leica IIIc, 8.5CM f1.7 Sumilux, Tri-X film hand held (no lens hood).

grandpaw

I always am trying to learn everything about photography that I can. If there is a reason so many are doing this I would like to know why and if there is some benefit. I always use mine and they are on where they protect the lens from the sun and from bumps on the front element but I would like to know if there is something that I am missing or not aware of. I am always interested in learning something new.

LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

I use them reversed for storage, but if I need to grab a lens from the bag and get shooting ... with the Sun at my back, I'll start shooting until the chance to reverse it arises.

FTn

Real photographers don't do this.

Drew

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

Sorry, I don't understand this, "don't do what?" Watch U-tube videos? I know a huge amount of the subject and yes a lot of it is idiocy. I received a remote release for my Sony 7A and as usual the instruction sheet was useless. I went to U Tube, and found the correct instructions and was pleased to get the silly thing working.

Yes there is a lot of stupid crap on U-tube on all subjects. One should always look into books to find quality information. But U-Tube is an opinion based system, the more you know the more you can make decisions about the idiocy on U-Tube.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

I dunno man, but I see it all the time on photo walks, etc.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Ditto.

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I do all that same stuff you do ... but in addition I also keep a lens hood mounted backwards on my
lens ... just to bug the schidt outa peeps ! Therefore, nobody ever treats me seriously.

Sunset lighted view looking east. Sony a7II, 5.0CM f2.8 Travnar, ISO320 hand held (reversed hood).

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Bill_de Loc: US

Most videos I see have the option to leave a comment or ask a question. If you want to know why they do it that way, ask the ones doing it.

Be sure to let us know what they say.

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