p.1 #1 · Just sharing my DIY / Homemade Nikon Hoods. 300mm & 600mm
Hi, First I like to thank everyone for being so helpful every time I have a question.
If anyone wants to know or see what can be done to save a few, or I should say, a lot of dollars, here are my two lens hoods I made. They might not look pretty like the oems but I think they don't look terrible either.
The first one is for the Nikon AF-S 300mm 2.8D.
I used a 100 cd-r plastic case and I even used the base so that the hood can be removed easily; the base stays on the lens all the time, I used Chaulkboard spray paint for the inside but I recommend you use felt contact paper: DIY lens hood. by Pablo Gabs, on Flickr DIY lens hood. by Pablo Gabs, on Flickr
The second one is for my AF-S 600mm f4D, I used an acrylic cylinder, carbon fiber one the outside and black felt contact paper on the inside.
The felt contact paper feels like the real thing Nikon uses on their lenses: Nikon 600mm f4d afs homemade hood. by Pablo Gabs, on Flickr Nikon 600mm f4d afs homemade hood. by Pablo Gabs, on Flickr Nikon 600mm f4d afs homemade hood. by Pablo Gabs, on Flickr
p.1 #4 · Just sharing my DIY / Homemade Nikon Hoods. 300mm & 600mm
Thanks for sharing....being a DIY freak myself, understand and appreciate your efforts.
Both looks good and seems both would serve the purpose even better ( compared to the looks).
As for the second one (600mm hood), I personally would have glued the plastic screw contact points (i.e the bottom part, which touches the lens ) with some sort of rubber / rubberized meterial, so that no marks / scratches are made of the lens body and also that would someway contribute to the frictional power of the screws and the lens body.
Great effort.....
p.1 #6 · Just sharing my DIY / Homemade Nikon Hoods. 300mm & 600mm
PIXPHATIC wrote:
Thanks for sharing....being a DIY freak myself, understand and appreciate your efforts.
Both looks good and seems both would serve the purpose even better ( compared to the looks).
As for the second one (600mm hood), I personally would have glued the plastic screw contact points (i.e the bottom part, which touches the lens ) with some sort of rubber / rubberized meterial, so that no marks / scratches are made of the lens body and also that would someway contribute to the frictional power of the screws and the lens body.
Great effort.....
p.1 #8 · Just sharing my DIY / Homemade Nikon Hoods. 300mm & 600mm
Nice. I trust you are familiar with Rob's superb cottage industry of DIY long lens gimbals? http://www.lensmaster.co.uk/about.htm
These hoods look great- very functional and clean.
p.1 #9 · Just sharing my DIY / Homemade Nikon Hoods. 300mm & 600mm
pablo - looking good.
can you provide the source for the felt paper? the felt does not shed any loose particles? i may need some to replace the detached flocking on the rear of a lens.
p.1 #11 · Just sharing my DIY / Homemade Nikon Hoods. 300mm & 600mm
tntcorp wrote:
pablo - looking good.
can you provide the source for the felt paper? the felt does not shed any loose particles? i may need some to replace the detached flocking on the rear of a lens.
I didn't use it long enough, but I see some people actually use it on their cars.
Here is the link:
I keep a roll of Protostar flocking material on hand as a basic studio supply, and use it often. It eliminates flare in my home-built macro setups, in adapted telephoto lenses, and other, varied, applications. Protostar was designed for use in eliminating flare in telescopes (a demanding application), and it seems to work well in other applications.
