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DrSpeed
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Posted - August 10 : 2:47p

Seriously. When did they start making these for EVERY SINGLE LENS IN EXISTANCE? Even the shitty kit lenses that you get with the Nikon D40 or Canon Rebel XTi?

And why is every single person have one, and use it all the time?

I thought it was a problem here only in the USA (larger concentration of idiots per capita).

But no. It's in Asia too. They use it all times of the day too...cloudy-low contrast weather, at night, with a flash...seriously. Kind of like driving with your fog lights on during the day, or on a clear night.

It's ridiculous....is it just me who notices? Or do you guys do as well?

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Posted - August 10 : 2:57p

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Originally posted by DrSpeed

Seriously. When did they start making these for EVERY SINGLE LENS IN EXISTANCE? Even the shitty kit lenses that you get with the Nikon D40 or Canon Rebel XTi?

And why is every single person have one, and use it all the time?

I thought it was a problem here only in the USA (larger concentration of idiots per capita).

But no. It's in Asia too. They use it all times of the day too...cloudy-low contrast weather, at night, with a flash...seriously. Kind of like driving with your fog lights on during the day, or on a clear night.

It's ridiculous....is it just me who notices? Or do you guys do as well?

RANT OFF.

I think it's just you.

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Posted - August 10 : 3:23p

It's always just me huh?

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Posted - August 10 : 3:46p

My Wife says it's always just me. I was just passing on the sentiment.

It's probably always just all of us. or... something

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Posted - August 10 : 8:44p

I'm with ya on this one. I don't own one and have even used Photoshop to add a lens flare or two.

I don't get it either...

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Posted - August 10 : 11:34p

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Posted - August 11 : 10:50a

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Originally posted by Jason

seriously...

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Posted - August 11 : 3:08p

YESH!

That is exactly how I envision Denny at this very moment. ANGRY AZN!

I have one and have only used it a handful of times, stupid thing always seemed to fall off. Apparently it was not till recently that I learned to screw something on correctly. Whatev. Overall... lens hoods are ghey.

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Posted - August 11 : 3:32p

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Originally posted by tinkerbellnpixiehell

Apparently it was not till recently that I learned to screw something correctly.

...huh....

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Posted - August 11 : 3:58p

Quote:

Originally posted by DrSpeed

Quote:
Originally posted by tinkerbellnpixiehell

Apparently it was not till recently that I learned to screw someONE correctly.

...huh....

Nope, pretty sure I've had that down for quite some time.

Edited by - tinkerbellnpixiehell on August 11 4:12p

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Posted - August 11 : 5:14p

My problem is that I always forget which lens hood goes with each lens. They are usually not necessary on cameras with APS-C sensors, any edge effects the lens hood would correct are already accounted for by the smaller sensor.

I rarely ever need or use a lens hood, unless I'm going to be doing a lot of shooting at the very widest focal length on a given lens.

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Posted - August 11 : 6:10p

Yeah.

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Posted - August 18 : 10:15a

Even more lens hoods in hawaii. The way I see it - it's like polishing turd.

Or in car terms, the chrome hub cap spinners you throw on a Chevy Aveo.

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Posted - August 18 : 10:58a

...or stick-on fender vents...

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Posted - August 24 : 2:29p

On an expensive lens, using the rigid hood can be a good way to save the front of the lens if/when you drop the whole thing. $50 hood saves $2000 lens. And, you can run without a haze/sunlight filter, which is usually there to protect the front of the lens, but can, under some circumstances, reduce the optical precision of the lens.

That's the only reason I run the one on my 70-200mm f/2.8L lens.

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Posted - August 24 : 2:31p

yep, i always have my lens hood on for that reason alone. I typically also always have a high quality UV0 filter as well, but you can never bee to careful, right Denny?

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Posted - August 24 : 4:35p

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Originally posted by Mike

yep, i always have my lens hood on for that reason alone. I typically also always have a high quality UV0 filter as well, but you can never bee to careful, right Denny?

Touche....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennyhao/sets/72157612981450736/

That piece was all I could find from the lens hood. The filter saved the lens for sure!

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Posted - August 25 : 12:29a

Looks like you were lucky to be able to unscrew that filter! It certainly did it's job, and the hood probably helped keep it from being even worse.

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