Help with hoods
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There was a thread for a site where you could make your own hoods, out of paper, card, a used toilet role holder and sticky back plastic.............
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=92827&highlight=paper+hood
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=92827&highlight=paper+hood
avoiding ebay and looking for genuine ones:
http://www.cameraworld.co.uk/html/Canon_ET65B_lens_hood_for_70-300.html
http://www.inkcartridgesdirect.org.uk/product-p/9447a001aa.htm
http://www.memory-express.co.uk/627519__Canon_ET-65B_Lens_Hood.html
amazon are £28.
no idea if the above are scumbags or respectable traders, its just the cheapest 3 links on google.
Note that there are looky-likeys on ebay that start from a few quid upwards, I guess you'll also find gennie ones there for decent money too
http://www.cameraworld.co.uk/html/Canon_ET65B_lens_hood_for_70-300.html
http://www.inkcartridgesdirect.org.uk/product-p/9447a001aa.htm
http://www.memory-express.co.uk/627519__Canon_ET-65B_Lens_Hood.html
amazon are £28.
no idea if the above are scumbags or respectable traders, its just the cheapest 3 links on google.
Note that there are looky-likeys on ebay that start from a few quid upwards, I guess you'll also find gennie ones there for decent money too
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I got mine from here.
http://stores.ebay.com/ROXSEN_W0QQfrsrcZ1QQfsubZ10869817QQtZkm
Not genuine hoods but cheap and fast delivery.
Paul
http://stores.ebay.com/ROXSEN_W0QQfrsrcZ1QQfsubZ10869817QQtZkm
Not genuine hoods but cheap and fast delivery.
Paul
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I have the genuine Canon hoods but never use them as they are not much use for zooms. I am amazed at the number of people I see still using them on expensive lenses.
I use the rubber Hama hoods (buy from 7dayshop) on my zooms. They are cheaper than the Canon, pop out to 4 different positions effectively zooming with your lens and so give much better performance at the long end. If you think about it a fixed hood for a 70-300 has to be fixed to allow 70mm coverage, so you get nothing like the stray light protection you would from a fixed 300mm hood at the 300mm end of the zoom. Clearly, depending where the sun is this might or might not make any difference, but why spend £100's on a lens then risk compromising the performance for the sake of a £15 lens hood and a bit of thought.
The only possible disadvantage is at the wide end the petal shape of the original hood is slightly more efficient, but this is lost as soon as you zoom a little. Also the rubber gives the end of your lens much better protection against everyday knocks than a rigid hood.
I use the rubber Hama hoods (buy from 7dayshop) on my zooms. They are cheaper than the Canon, pop out to 4 different positions effectively zooming with your lens and so give much better performance at the long end. If you think about it a fixed hood for a 70-300 has to be fixed to allow 70mm coverage, so you get nothing like the stray light protection you would from a fixed 300mm hood at the 300mm end of the zoom. Clearly, depending where the sun is this might or might not make any difference, but why spend £100's on a lens then risk compromising the performance for the sake of a £15 lens hood and a bit of thought.
The only possible disadvantage is at the wide end the petal shape of the original hood is slightly more efficient, but this is lost as soon as you zoom a little. Also the rubber gives the end of your lens much better protection against everyday knocks than a rigid hood.