Nikon's Tip of the Day - Lens Hood (Page 2): I have saved big bucks dealing with EBay. And have found items, you could never find in any large discount retail store.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

tomc601 wrote:

I lost the lens hood from my 28-300 Nikon somewhere near Notre Dame in Paris. Checked B&H when I got home and a replacement was $34.34. Checked eBay and found a replacement for $3.74. Including shipping. Showed up in a week. Fits better than the original. How do they do that?

I have saved big bucks dealing with EBay. And have found items, you could never find in any large discount retail store.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

Have you seen the cost of replacing a lens hood for a Canon 500mm?

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

Although modern multicoating of lenses are excellent to suppress or eliminate internal lens reflections the use of a lens hood is still valid today. It is well known that a lens hood preserves contrast.
A filter in front of the lens for "protection" is a filter that many persons use in their general photography. If the filter gets dirty and you forget to clean it your images will not look at their best. It is well known that a low quality filter will affect the final output from the lens.
I have NEVER used a filter for "protection." I dropped a lens once with the lens hood on and damage was minimal. That is the only incident I remember in many years of photographing subjects.
Take good care of your lenses and a lens hood will be all the protection you will ever need.

saxman71 Loc: Wenatchee

While it probably isn't an accurate assessment and perhaps a bit discriminatory, when I see a person using a DSLR and lens without a lens hood I immediately think that person doesn't know much about his/her equipment. All this talk about flare and protection is valid. But in reality I always use mine primarily to make me look more professional.

adm

In New Mexico, lens hoods are a necessity.

ronf78155 Loc: Seguin Texas

How can a $50 filter or even a $300 one have better glass then the glass on a $1500 lens.
Aren't all filters a downgrade in lens quality

leftj Loc: Texas

jerryc41 wrote:

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I'm not so sure about the losing contrast issue. A lot of very good professional and landscape photographers do not have their lens hoods on and I'm sure if it was causing them to lose contrast they would be using them.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

jerryc41 wrote:

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I think they mean the Antifa snowflakes and their kind.

Silverrails

yes, I have read before in articles that a Lens Hood is better protection for your lens than a UV filter, but I realize there are those with the opinion that a UV filter or other Filter keeps sand, dirt or moisture away from the Lens glass face. so, in stating my opinions, I will say, it is realistically up to each individual Photographer to determine what they perfer as far as Lens protection. I personally have NO UV filters at the present time, I have One 67mm Polarizing filter for my 18-140 lens. I do have 4 appropriate sized Lens hoods for the use on my 4 Nikon Lens.

Dan Ausec

jerryc41 wrote:

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SusanFromVermont Loc: Southwest corner of Vermont

vg wrote:

I dropped my d750 with a Tamron 70-200 f2.8 lens on a volleyball court. The lens hood was scratched and nicked. The expensive lens was unharmed. Another good use for a lens hood. I use a lens hood from the lens manufacturer at all times. Oh, before I get slammed for dropping my camera, I am 82 and got my foot caught in a jacket some lady left along the edge of the court.

Thanks to Jerry for this Tip of the Day!

The lens hood saved my lens, too. I tripped and fell, slid down an icy muddy bank to the edge of a stream. I could feel the camera bouncing around as I went down, but could not do anything about it as it all happened so fast! After getting up, I cleaned the mud splatter off the camera, no damage to the lens hood, but there was a ding in the L-bracket. The combination saved both lens and camera! [I used the towel I carry to clean up the lens and camera first. Then I did the same for me!!!]

yorkiebyte Loc: Scottsdale, AZ/Bandon by the Sea, OR

jerryc41 wrote:

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I use mine always 'cause it JUST LOOKS COOL!! Makes me a Pro like a BOSS!!

(...JUST KIDDING!! I do use a lens hood for flare/contrast/protection...Thanks Jerry for the tip reminder though!!).

yorkiebyte Loc: Scottsdale, AZ/Bandon by the Sea, OR

saxman71 wrote:

While it probably isn't an accurate assessment and perhaps a bit discriminatory, when I see a person using a DSLR and lens without a lens hood I immediately think that person doesn't know much about his/her equipment. All this talk about flare and protection is valid. But in reality I always use mine primarily to make me look more professional.

!!Whooohoo!!

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

tomc601 wrote:

I lost the lens hood from my 28-300 Nikon somewhere near Notre Dame in Paris. Checked B&H when I got home and a replacement was $34.34. Checked eBay and found a replacement for $3.74. Including shipping. Showed up in a week. Fits better than the original. How do they do that?

Easy. The one from B&H says "Nikon, China" on it and the other one just says "China". Best of luck.

awis01