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p.2 #1 · Lens hood necessary on 24-105?

I always use the hood on all my lenses to protect the lens element

Feb 14, 2012 at 08:48 AM

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p.2 #2 · Lens hood necessary on 24-105?

dystorsion wrote:
There's no downside to using the 24-105's small lens hood, and the advantages are covered in the posts above.

However, I never really used it on mine since I primarily shoot in situations with no significant sources of flare (e.g. low lighting). It really depends on where and when you shoot. The protection is nice and all, but the risk of bumping your front element is not that great unless you're a careless person.

You can never know that you will not get any flare or ghosting in your next 5 or 25 shots when not using the hood. It's impossible to know that the nest shooting is in low lighting and because of that there will be no flare or ghosting. Even in really low lighting you can have flare.
And what do you gain when not using it? A few grams less weight or?

Feb 14, 2012 at 08:51 AM

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p.2 #3 · Lens hood necessary on 24-105?

canon pants wrote:
I promise I wont find out on my own

. But if you reverse the hood and need to take the lens out of a bag other than a lens cap what do you pull from?

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uagxdrBTYC8/TWZB8RjtRFI/AAAAAAAAABI/ZFt28aMmAvM/s1600/camera_bag.

not my bag but this is basically how I keep my lenses facing up. Still I will never keeps hoods on my glass but curious.

The reversed hood is always shorter then the full lens. So it's no problem to lift the lens without grabbing it by the hood

Feb 14, 2012 at 08:55 AM

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p.2 #4 · Lens hood necessary on 24-105?

Thanks to all for your insightful comments. Much appreciated. Consensus seems to use the hood. I bought the lens used and it wasn't part of the deal. I'll go out and get one.

Feb 14, 2012 at 09:13 AM

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p.2 #5 · Lens hood necessary on 24-105?

canon pants wrote:
I promise I wont find out on my own

. But if you reverse the hood and need to take the lens out of a bag other than a lens cap what do you pull from?

...not my bag but this is basically how I keep my lenses facing up. Still I will never keeps hoods on my glass but curious.

I sometimes have my bags heavily loaded too and I have various solutions for the hoods. Most of the time, I will lay the hood loose around the lens flange instead of reverse mounted. Other times, I am carrying a long lens that has to lay flat and I'll use the space above/or around for additional lens hoods. I've always managed to fit my hoods in one way or another.

Omar

Feb 14, 2012 at 09:23 AM

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p.2 #6 · Lens hood necessary on 24-105?

it's not just about you being careful, it's about the general public being careful as someone else can cause an impact on your lens. the lenses I have hoods for I use them all the time

Feb 14, 2012 at 09:31 AM

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