Screw or Bayonet: I always use a dedicated reversible bayonet lens hood. I'm wondering why anyone would use a screw type as they interfere with travel, storage and changing filters? Am...

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I always use a dedicated reversible bayonet lens hood. I'm wondering why anyone would use a screw type as they interfere with travel, storage and changing filters? Am I missing something? I can understand the use in a studio where little equipment change may be necessary.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

Les Brown wrote:

I always use a dedicated reversible bayonet lens hood. I'm wondering why anyone would use a screw type as they interfere with travel, storage and changing filters? Am I missing something? I can understand the use in a studio where little equipment change may be necessary.

I rarely use a lens hood. Regardless of outdoors or indoors inside a studio, I don’t like a lens hood. It is more of an incumbrance, I feel. I am inclined to use a hood on a bright sunny day to avoid lens flare. I pretty much like a bayonet mounted hood as it is easier to attach to the lens in either direction.

I do hope I have answered you question.

Happy Shooting!

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I prefer a bayonet hood also. Use them 99.99% of the time.
I do have screw-on hoods, but I got those because the hoods are collapsible,
but a pain if I want to use filters.

User ID

Your wonderment wonders me. Clearly
there is some deeper question here. I
can only offer my simple report on my
own usage. Deeper insight will have to
come from other sources, outside UHH.

Using both types, as I usually do use a
hood, no preference. To me, a hood is
a hood. But sometimes a hood is more
than just a hood. Having many dozens
of hoods, I cannot be playing favorites.

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

Les Brown wrote:

I always use a dedicated reversible bayonet lens hood. I'm wondering why anyone would use a screw type as they interfere with travel, storage and changing filters? Am I missing something? I can understand the use in a studio where little equipment change may be necessary.

I have changed most of my lenses to round metal screw in hoods which I leave on 24/7 and then CAP the hood when not in use. Lenses are ALWAYS protected and READY for use immediately ! It is easier to cap a ROUND hood.
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speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

Les Brown wrote:

I always use a dedicated reversible bayonet lens hood. I'm wondering why anyone would use a screw type as they interfere with travel, storage and changing filters? Am I missing something? I can understand the use in a studio where little equipment change may be necessary.

Unless you actually mean a hood that attaches with an actual screw ( which is just as fast as a bayonet to put on, or take off, I don't really see your point, as I never came across a hood that actually screws on in over 45 years!

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imagemeister wrote:

I have changed most of my lenses to round
metal screw in hoods which I leave on 24/7
and then CAP the hood when not in use.
Lenses are ALWAYS protected and READY
for use immediately ! It is easier to cap a
ROUND hood.
.

Altho I use both types of hoods, I do cap
the round ones ... but not all of them will
fit a cap, despite my giant cap inventory
which includes some pretty odd sizes :-(

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speters wrote:

Unless you actually mean a hood that attaches
with an actual screw ( which is just as fast as a
bayonet to put on, or take off, I don't really see
your point, as I never came across a hood that
actually screws on in over 45 years!

"Unless you actually mean a hood that
attaches with an actual screw ..... "

If that refers to a clamping screw mounted to
the edge of the round end of the hood, I can
understand your never coming across one, as
those are kinda rare. I'd guess only about 5%
of my flock of hoods are of that type. And, as
you state, it's as quick as a bayonet, at least
for the round ones. The square ones require
eyeballing the alignment, so not really quick.

legion3 Loc: Deer Park Long Island

Most lens hoods are sold by the manufacture in a specific shape for the purchased lens there is a reason for that not only for protection but to eliminate lens flare and darkening at the corners

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legion3 wrote:

Most lens hoods are sold by the manufacture
in a specific shape for the purchased lens there
is a reason for that not only for protection but
to eliminate lens flare and darkening at the
corners

traderjohn Loc: New York City

User ID wrote:

Your wonderment wonders me. Clearly
there is some deeper question here. I
can only offer my simple report on my
own usage. Deeper insight will have to
come from other sources, outside UHH.

Using both types, as I usually do use a
hood, no preference. To me, a hood is
a hood. But sometimes a hood is more
than just a hood. Having many dozens
of hoods, I cannot be playing favorites.

"But sometimes a hood is more
than just a hood"
So true the hood on my A8 is very different than my wife's 3 Series.

Larryshuman

I also like the threaded metal lens hoods for my old 105mmF2.5 and my 80-200mmF4.5. They really protected the front lens element. The plastic hood for my 24-120 is taped on. That's the only way it will stay on the lens. The plastic lens hood for the 200-500 is a joke as far as protection goes. I wish Nikon would have metal threaded hoods for all their lenses.

traderjohn Loc: New York City

Scruples wrote:

I rarely use a lens hood. Regardless of outdoors or indoors inside a studio, I don’t like a lens hood. It is more of an incumbrance, I feel. I am inclined to use a hood on a bright sunny day to avoid lens flare. I pretty much like a bayonet mounted hood as it is easier to attach to the lens in either direction.

I do hope I have answered you question.

Happy Shooting!

"I do hope I have answered you question."
Where are the promised pictures?????
Happy Shooting

Leitz Loc: Solms

Les Brown wrote:

I always use a dedicated reversible bayonet lens hood. I'm wondering why anyone would use a screw type as they interfere with travel, storage and changing filters? Am I missing something? I can understand the use in a studio where little equipment change may be necessary.

Why would you be concerned with what others use??

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Les Brown wrote:

I always use a dedicated reversible bayonet lens hood. I'm wondering why anyone would use a screw type as they interfere with travel, storage and changing filters? Am I missing something? I can understand the use in a studio where little equipment change may be necessary.

I use bayonet because that is what the manufacturer makes for all my lenses.
Otherwise screw in are just as good as long as they do not cut off the corners and on the other hand deep enough to suit the lens.
Just a bit more fiddly unless you leave them mounted all the time then they can take up a lot of real estate in your bag.