How important are lens hoods?
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From: Neil Harrington on 13 Mar 2010 19:07 "tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:3gmnp5l0j8g43s7o9ikeflf4al1p75uble(a)4ax.com... > On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:27:23 -0500, "Neil Harrington" <never(a)home.com> > wrote: > >>I'm sure Rockwell doesn't always use a tripod, no. The photo of him at the >>front of his site shows him using a Nikon with some monster lens on a >>monopod, one hand on the camera and the other steadying the lens and >>monopod. So that leaves him all out of hands and nothing to shade the lens >>as he says he does. (The image is flipped you'll notice, which gave rise >>to >>Rockwell's b.s. story about a "special left-handed Nikon." He is not >>always >>absolutely believable, which he admits himself.) >> > Left-handed camera? I'm left-handed, and I've never felt that the > ergonomics of a camera were left- or right-hand favored. The only > left-handed device that I own is a circular saw. I've tried > left-handed scissors, but I don't find them much of an advantage. Rockwell's "special left-handed Nikon" was a gag, a flipped image that he made up a story to go with. But I would say most SLRs and other cameras are right-handed, i.e. shutter release and film advance lever (when we still had film advance levers) were on the right. The obvious exception was the old Exakta, which I would call a left-handed camera. If you're left-handed you have just adapted to a right-handed world, as most lefties do, and I suppose that's why you don't notice the handedness of such things.
From: Neil Harrington on 13 Mar 2010 19:12 "Robert Spanjaard" <spamtrap(a)arumes.com> wrote in message news:15182$4b9beeca$546accd9$30770(a)cache50.multikabel.net... > On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:35:17 -0500, Neil Harrington wrote: > >> Ken Rockwell (www.kenrockwell.com) on the other hand has said he never >> uses a lens hood. But he does use his hand to shade the lens, which to >> me seems more of a bother than using a hood -- and is probably less >> effective besides, unless he paints that hand matte black. > > Why would you need to paint it black? If our hand is between a lightsource > and the lens, light from the source reflecting off your hand never reaches > the lens. But there's other light bouncing around, and the flesh-colored inside of your hand would tend to reflect some of it into your lens. Why do they make the insides of lens hoods non-reflecting black?
From: Neil Harrington on 13 Mar 2010 19:26 "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote in message news:4b9c24a7$0$27757$8f2e0ebb(a)news.shared-secrets.com... > "tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:3gmnp5l0j8g43s7o9ikeflf4al1p75uble(a)4ax.com... > >> Left-handed camera? I'm left-handed, and I've never felt that the >> ergonomics of a camera were left- or right-hand favored. The only >> left-handed device that I own is a circular saw. I've tried >> left-handed scissors, but I don't find them much of an advantage. > > You will find a big advantage using a left handed screwdriver. For REMOVING screws, yes. For screwing them back in I always switch to a right-handed screwdriver. Of course this only applies in the Northern Hemisphere. South of the Equator it's the other way around. But you knew that.
From: tony cooper on 13 Mar 2010 20:17 On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:07:00 -0500, "Neil Harrington" <never(a)home.com> wrote: > >"tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >news:3gmnp5l0j8g43s7o9ikeflf4al1p75uble(a)4ax.com... >> On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:27:23 -0500, "Neil Harrington" <never(a)home.com> >> wrote: >> >>>I'm sure Rockwell doesn't always use a tripod, no. The photo of him at the >>>front of his site shows him using a Nikon with some monster lens on a >>>monopod, one hand on the camera and the other steadying the lens and >>>monopod. So that leaves him all out of hands and nothing to shade the lens >>>as he says he does. (The image is flipped you'll notice, which gave rise >>>to >>>Rockwell's b.s. story about a "special left-handed Nikon." He is not >>>always >>>absolutely believable, which he admits himself.) >>> >> Left-handed camera? I'm left-handed, and I've never felt that the >> ergonomics of a camera were left- or right-hand favored. The only >> left-handed device that I own is a circular saw. I've tried >> left-handed scissors, but I don't find them much of an advantage. > >Rockwell's "special left-handed Nikon" was a gag, a flipped image that he >made up a story to go with. > >But I would say most SLRs and other cameras are right-handed, i.e. shutter >release and film advance lever (when we still had film advance levers) were >on the right. The obvious exception was the old Exakta, which I would call a >left-handed camera. > >If you're left-handed you have just adapted to a right-handed world, as most >lefties do, and I suppose that's why you don't notice the handedness of such >things. There are certain things that I can only do with my left hand (writing, using shop tools, using a spoon or fork), but depressing a shutter release is not a matter of handedness. On a film camera, I never felt it was awkward to advance the film with my right thumb. When on manual focus, focusing is easier with my left hand so holding the camera in right hand is natural. The most difficult thing for a leftie to do? Pour anything out of a punchbowl dipper or a pitcher with the spout on the side. The worst place to be? In a restaurant booth seated next to the wall and next to a fat rightie with flying elbows. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
From: sligoNoSPAMjoe on 13 Mar 2010 21:05
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:55:15 -0600, Tom Hise <nc0o(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >I'm trying to reduce the volume of camera related stuff that I haul around >with me when traveling. I use a Nikon D80 with three different lenses >(30mm f1.4, 18-135mm F3.5, and 70-300mm f4.5). Each lens has a different >hood to go with it. > >My question is, just how important are lens hoods? Would I be likely to >miss any 'great' shots if I stopped carrying the hoods. > >I am not a pro, just an amateur who takes photos for fun, to show friends >and family and occasionally post on the web. > >Thanks in advance, > >Tom Hise It won't stop you from taking a photo, but it may help you get a better photo. It also well help protect the lens while not interfering with the results, other than to prevent problems like flair that may degrade the resulting image. |