>The NFL films guys use Arriflex SR2 and SR3 motion picture cameras. The >"lens hoods" for these cameras are usually matte boxes (not "hoods" per >se) which accept filters. Pro video guys actually usually use square hoods >(but as you say sometimes circular), at least those you shoot for TV news >(Betacam SP or DigiBeta pro cameras). I don't know about the lower end DV >cams and others as they vary from maker to maker.
Indeed. Also, it depends on the lens-maker. My Betacam SX camera (well alright, it belongs to my employer...) has a Canon lens, and the hood is rectangular, plastic. As Brendan says, matte boxes are rectangualr and can be adjusted for shade ability. I've seen a few round hoods, never tulip, but wouldn't be surprised if I did - aren't they supposed to be better at avoiding vignetting? Fixed hoods on zooms are basically a bodge. That is, a compromise. I've often thought that a brilliant lens hood design would incorporate moving parts to deepen or shallow-out depending on focal length selected, automatically. When filming news, if there's flare, my hand gets used to flag the lens. If it's, say, an interview for a feature, or something I might spend a bit of time on, then I carry a French flag in the Land Rover that clamps onto the camera and shades the lens. A news cameraman once got so fed up with louts ripping off his lens hood outside courts if law that he fashioned a metal lens hood with a file, making the leading edge razor sharp. The hood stopped getting pulled off. True! Cotty _______________________________________________________ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
