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Vented Hood
Jun 28, 2016 01:43:43 #
Having used a vented hood on my dslr for years, I find they are pretty good with "closer" popup flash photography. A normal dslr hood would get in the way of the flash and not so much with the vented hood.
Does anyone know of any other other advantages they might have?
From what I picked up on, they were originally build for range finder cameras.
Does anyone know of any other other advantages they might have?
From what I picked up on, they were originally build for range finder cameras.
Jun 28, 2016 03:08:54 #
Jun 28, 2016 09:40:09 #
Leitz
Loc: Solms
Pablo8 wrote:
Leitz made a few for their range of lenses.
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Jun 29, 2016 07:44:59 #
GENorkus wrote:
Having used a vented hood on my dslr for years, I find they are pretty good with "closer" popup flash photography. A normal dslr hood would get in the way of the flash and not so much with the vented hood.
Does anyone know of any other other advantages they might have?
From what I picked up on, they were originally build for range finder cameras.
Does anyone know of any other other advantages they might have?
From what I picked up on, they were originally build for range finder cameras.
For rangefinder cameras? Correct. Here's commentary from DP Review on the subject:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/308AFAIK
you already have your definitive answer: the vents are there to prevent large hoods from blocking the view of the two finders on a rangefinder camera.
You won't find any SLR lenses with vented hoods, save for a very few that have a slot that allows you to rotate a polarizer filter.
larsbc
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Jun 29, 2016 13:28:31 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
Scoutman wrote:
For rangefinder cameras? Correct. Here's commentary from DP Review on the subject:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/308AFAIK
you already have your definitive answer: the vents are there to prevent large hoods from blocking the view of the two finders on a rangefinder camera.
You won't find any SLR lenses with vented hoods, save for a very few that have a slot that allows you to rotate a polarizer filter.
larsbc
6426
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/308AFAIK
you already have your definitive answer: the vents are there to prevent large hoods from blocking the view of the two finders on a rangefinder camera.
You won't find any SLR lenses with vented hoods, save for a very few that have a slot that allows you to rotate a polarizer filter.
larsbc
6426
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Jun 29, 2016 13:42:39 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
Not current but perhaps helpful. http://pentaxforums.con/136-pentax-q/208336-question-about-01-vented-lens-hood.html
Jun 29, 2016 13:43:58 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
mas24 wrote:
Not current but perhaps helpful. http://pentaxforums.con/136-pentax-q/208336-question-about-01-vented-lens-hood.html
Sorry it doesn't work.
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Jun 30, 2016 10:17:23 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
GENorkus wrote:
Having used a vented hood on my dslr for years, I find they are pretty good with "closer" popup flash photography. A normal dslr hood would get in the way of the flash and not so much with the vented hood.
Does anyone know of any other other advantages they might have?
From what I picked up on, they were originally build for range finder cameras.
Does anyone know of any other other advantages they might have?
From what I picked up on, they were originally build for range finder cameras.
You are correct... vented hoods were normally used on rangefinder cameras, due to their viewfinder arrangement.
A solid hood would block the photographer's view through the viewfinder, more or less, with some lens/hood arrangements. So the vented hood was designed to solve that problem, while still provided shade for the lens.
One example, I have my Dad's old Leica (IIIG and IIIC) with a couple 5cm f1.5 Leitz lenses. Those use a rather large "XOONS" lens hood that's vented. Any other hood would block the viewfinder significantly and make it difficult to focus and compose your images. There are other examples, mostly among rangefinder cameras.
A vented hood serves little purpose on a DSLR or any other camera where you're viewing TTL anyway, unless the hood is blocking something else such as the original poster's example with the built-in flash. (If it were me, I'd just get and use a separate flash instead... Since the built-in flashes are wimpy, slow recycling, a heavy drain on the camera's battery, and in the worst possible place for redeye and ugly shadows.)
Jun 30, 2016 11:04:42 #
amfoto1 wrote:
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A vented hood serves little purpose on a DSLR or any other camera where you're viewing TTL anyway, unless the hood is blocking something else such as the original poster's example with the built-in flash. (If it were me, I'd just get and use a separate flash instead... Since the built-in flashes are wimpy, slow recycling, a heavy drain on the camera's battery, and in the worst possible place for redeye and ugly shadows.)
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A vented hood serves little purpose on a DSLR or any other camera where you're viewing TTL anyway, unless the hood is blocking something else such as the original poster's example with the built-in flash. (If it were me, I'd just get and use a separate flash instead... Since the built-in flashes are wimpy, slow recycling, a heavy drain on the camera's battery, and in the worst possible place for redeye and ugly shadows.)
I fully agree with your statement about on-board flashes being "wimpy" but in some of my cases they work as good so why haul around a separate flash?
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