On Jan 4, 2011, at 10:05 AM, Darren Addy wrote: > IMHO a lens hood that doesn't screw on is dangerous. There is a > tendency to forget that the hood isn't a screw on and to unconsciously > rely on the hood to "catch" when holding your camera by the lens > (letting it slip through your hand). When the hood comes off in your > hand and you are picking up your camera from the concrete below, > you'll know what I mean. >
In fifty years of photography I never held a camera by the lens and let it slip through my hand. Don't think I ever held a camera by the lens. Not a good idea. Frankly, I'm surprised at how casual some photographers are in regard to the way they hold their equipment. I never hold a camera without at least the security of a hand-grip strap, and I frequently have it hanging from my neck. Haven't dropped one in at least forty years. (Knock on wood:-). Paul > If you can't use a screw-in hood, then one way to prevent that from > happening is to use something that doesn't LOOK like a "real" screw-on > hood: > http://www.lenshoods.co.uk/ > Frankly, if your goal is simply to keep light off the lens elements, > printing your own lens hood is a darn good option. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
