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Re: purpose of a hood?
A hood is helpful (mandatory) for almost any shooting... The hood serves a dual purpose: 1. It shields your lens from reflections and flare caused by light striking it. Any photography will benefit from using a hood. 2. It protects your lens from dust, dirt, fingerprints and foreign object damage. As an example, I recently… -
Re: purpose of a hood?
I think that everyone agrees that hoods are good ideas.. However, I still state that I personally prefer the round metal screw-in hood to the canon type hoods except in the case of very wide lenses. I use a Canon OEM hood on my 17-55mm f/2.8 IS lens and a Tokina OEM Hood on my 12-24mm Tokina because at the wider focal…
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