On Dec 25, 2005, at 4:34 PM, David Oswald wrote:
I agree that always using a hood is a good practice. However, I
find it difficult to live by that mantra. They take up so much
space in camera bags. That's probably the biggest problem for me
when I'm using the camera on the go.
I tend to have the same problem but my solution is to make more space :)
Many of my lenses have the hoods built-in or at least reversible.
For the 13 lenses I have, I own three "separate" hoods and all lenses
are covered one way or another. One of those hoods is shared between
the 35mm and 50mm lenses (it's a Pentax square hood for 50mm which
doesn't vignette on the 35).
For my four 6x7 lenses I have two hoods... the other two are built-in.
And they make it hard to remove the lens cap unless you've got
scrawny little children-size fingers.
I either have a hood fitted or a cap, never both. If I change lenses
in a hurry I will quite happily place a hooded lens into the bag
without its cap. Usually face-down or sideways to prevent stuff
falling into the front element. The thing I hate is when I have
several lenses "open" and lose track of which pocket contains the cap
I'm looking for. I try to put all caps into the same pocket but that
rarely happens in practice :)
- Dave
