At least the backwards baseball cap protects one's neck. The hood is useless. I've been better about wearing hats those days to keep the sun off my old skin, but the brim interferes with a camera. So when shooting I've been known to resort to the backwards baseball cap. But I prefer the straw stetson tipped back on the head, even though its a bit more awkward.
On Jun 5, 2013, at 11:46 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Someone on this list once said that the backwards tulip lens hood is the > photographic equivalent to the backward facing baseball cap. > > cheers, > frank > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> > Sent: June 5, 2013 6/5/13 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Re: PESO: Nightshot - American Pie III > > On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Charles Robinson <charl...@visi.com> wrote: >> On Jun 5, 2013, at 00:41 , P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I posted this a year or so ago, notice where the photographer keeps her >>> tripod. >>> Not to mention shooting with the reversed lens hood... >>> >>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/duelingcamerasdiptych2.jpg >> >> Argh! You've reminded me of something. I was at a wedding a while ago... >> the photographer was doing the "group shot" of everyone out on the steps >> of the church. Shooting into the sun, with the reversed lens hood. >> My only thought: "why do you have that on there if you're not even going to >> use it at the right time?" > > I think it is a fashion thing. They think of it as a lens cuff. Makes > them look more aerodynamic. > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
