Circular polarizer vs lens hood
Dec 17, 2017 13:02:21 #
Dec 17, 2017 13:10:11 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
As long as you are not using a zoom lens that needs to have the rubber hood adjusted for the zoom setting. It would seem to be a pita to have to keep moving the hood while zooming a super zoom. It would be better to have the fixed hood with a slot cut at the bottom for one of them.
Dec 17, 2017 13:38:16 #
paul j svetlik
Loc: Colorado
Depending how often you might need the polarizing filter with the lenshood, you can make it work like I did:
Take a strip of some stiffer fabric (like ballistic nylon cordura) sew a black velvet fabric on one side and sew some Velcro on ends.
The length of the fabric strip should easily go around your largest diameter lens.
You just created a tube, working like a lenshade.
Then each time you rotate the polarizing filter, you slide that fabric lenshade back, adjust the filter and return the lenshade to the right position.
Advantage of this setup is, that you can use it for all your lenses, it is very light, doesn't break and you can have a better control of the light hitting your front lens element - much better than the 'butterfly' manufactured lenshades.
Good luck with your sewing machine!
Take a strip of some stiffer fabric (like ballistic nylon cordura) sew a black velvet fabric on one side and sew some Velcro on ends.
The length of the fabric strip should easily go around your largest diameter lens.
You just created a tube, working like a lenshade.
Then each time you rotate the polarizing filter, you slide that fabric lenshade back, adjust the filter and return the lenshade to the right position.
Advantage of this setup is, that you can use it for all your lenses, it is very light, doesn't break and you can have a better control of the light hitting your front lens element - much better than the 'butterfly' manufactured lenshades.
Good luck with your sewing machine!
Dec 17, 2017 13:50:26 #
Dec 17, 2017 14:12:11 #
What I did to get around this problem, I cut a 45 degee slot in lens hood. Put a thin wire wrap with a small screw placed. I assembled a small wood handle to screw aaaaaaand am able to turn polarizer with hood intack. I suggested this to Canon years ago, and they finally put it into the 100-400 zoom with no acknowlegement or credit.
Dec 17, 2017 14:37:12 #
bpulv
Loc: Buena Park, CA
fourlocks wrote:
Okay here's a rather sophomoric question I'm hoping there's an easy answer for. I like having a circular polarizer on my Nikon (18 - 200mm lens) but I also want to keep the lens hood on. Trouble is, once the lens hood snaps into place, it's impossible to rotate the polarizer because the hood covers the filter's rotating ring. Am I missing some easy way around this or do I have to choose one or the other?
I take off the lens hood, rotate the polarizer and replace the lens hood.
Dec 18, 2017 07:22:24 #
Thanks folks; good suggestions all...from the simple to the sublime. Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy Holiday, Happy New Year to you all.
Fourlocks
Fourlocks
Dec 18, 2017 11:25:40 #
rook2c4 wrote:
Basically any screw on hood will do. Then rotate the hood to adjust the filter.
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