Extremely annoying Nikon lenshood

sissysphoto · Jun 14, 2018

Every time I have ever seen lens glare with my 35mm, I've tried holding the SLR up to my eye with my right hand and holding my straightened left hand (as in a salute) outward to try to block it. I've tried all sorts of hair splitting angles. But by the time I actually cut off the glare, I always saw my hand in the finder. And have you looked at the lens hood on a wide angle lens? Absurd. Maybe theyre OK on a telephoto, but on a 50mm they sure seem mostly worthless to me. In a wide ange, they're downright silly.

Poisson Du Jour · Jun 14, 2018

CMoore said:
Maybe the Portrait/Landscape/Fine Art people have a different outlook on hoods.?

A hood can offer worthwhile protection from rain striking the lens. Particularly the long and deep hoods fitted to primes/telephoto lenses. There is nothing worse than having to constantly wipe a lens because of one's decision to forego a hood — for whatever reason, pedantic or practical. I suppose the next thing we'll hear complaints about is how much of a nuisance shoelaces and glasses are: laces come undone and trip us, glasses get knocked off, broken, or left behind... what next??

CMoore · Jun 14, 2018

Poisson Du Jour said:
A hood can offer worthwhile protection from rain striking the lens. Particularly the long and deep hoods fitted to primes/telephoto lenses. There is nothing worse than having to constantly wipe a lens because of one's decision to forego a hood — for whatever reason, pedantic or practical. I suppose the next thing we'll hear complaints about is how much of a nuisance shoelaces and glasses are: laces come undone and trip us, glasses get knocked off, broken, or left behind... what next??

I have to admit, i am a bit baffled at how you could associate those extremes with My Post.
I merely gave my experience with hoods, and quite rightly pointed out that others may have a different need for them.
Watch those laces.

Poisson Du Jour · Jun 14, 2018

CMoore said:
I have to admit, i am a bit baffled at how you could associate those extremes with My Post.
I merely gave my experience with hoods, and quite rightly pointed out that others may have a different need for them.
Watch those laces.

I have elastic and toggle laces - pull tight and I'm off.

benveniste · Jun 15, 2018

While it's not "dedicated" in any meaningful way, the HN-5 hood should work well with that lens. But it's not easy to find, "in the day" it was considered overpriced, so people (including me) tended to buy generics.

sissysphoto · Jun 15, 2018

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Replacemen...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649
I have found this one, but can't tell if it's clip-on or screw-on.

narsuitus · Jun 15, 2018

It looks like a screw-on.

However, I would ask the seller.

Theo Sulphate · Jun 15, 2018

sissysphoto said:
... Maybe theyre OK on a telephoto, but on a 50mm they sure seem mostly worthless to me. In a wide ange, they're downright silly.

On this 28/3.5 and 35/2.8 they work really well - no vignetting and they do block stray light from the side.

On this 28-85 AIS, this hood (which is the recommended hood) vignettes badly at 28mm.

sissysphoto · Jun 15, 2018

Theo Sulphate said:
On this 28/3.5 and 35/2.8 they work really well - no vignetting and they do block stray light from the side.

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On this 28-85 AIS, this hood (which is the recommended hood) vignettes badly at 28mm.

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What's the most gorgeous, useful, and rugged 35mm? The F2 or the Nikkormat?

Theo Sulphate · Jun 15, 2018

sissysphoto said:
What's the most gorgeous, useful, and rugged 35mm? The F2 or the Nikkormat?

The Nikkormat has a lot of charm; the F2 is more capable. They seem equally rugged.

A personal preference, but I don't think I'll ever get used to the Nikkormat's shutter speed ring around the mount (same with my OM2n) and I think the ASA setting is a bit too fiddly. Still, I've used that Nikkormat a lot (it's an FT2) and I enjoy it.

sissysphoto · Jun 16, 2018

Funny. I've gotten so accustomed to reaching for the shutter dial around the lens mount, I get confounded for a long period of time on my F and F2. Yes the ASA setting is fiddly, and with my old eyes have to take the lens off and look through it as a magnifier to see the mark. And on my mint Nikkormat FTN, it's even harder. I generally have to use a toothpick or something to get it just so. It's a hard life isn't it? But I manage to eke through somehow. But that clip-on lenshood; that thng really irks me. Last Saturday I had to walk several hundred yards back at that wedding I shot to fetch my lens hood laying on the counter where I loaded my film. And of course it got knocked off the lens 2 or 3 or 4 times during the ceremony and reception.
Edit: I wasn't the official photographer, just a friend of the groom. The "official photographers" had their digital Nikons. They were of course jealous I had the superior gear and kept cornering me in discussion. They were much younger than me and had never practiced photography.

Theo Sulphate · Jun 16, 2018

I solved the ASA issue by always using the same speed film.

I have to wonder why Nikon devised so many lenshood types (not sizes, but manner of attachment). Why not pick just one good one and be done with it for all lenses.

guangong · Jun 16, 2018

Why carp on Nikon hoods. In the days of the F and F2, Leica and Leicaflex both had similar snap on hoods with same problem. Solution is simple. Screw on lens hood for every conceivable lens filter diameter and focal length are available on eBay for a fraction of Nikon and Leica hoods.
Snap on lens caps...either they Pop off by themselves or they must be pried off with difficulty.

ac12 · Jul 4, 2018

IF you really do not want a snap on hood to pop off, fix the collar so it can't move.
You can use epoxy to fix the snap on collar so that it will not contract.
But this also means you loose the ability to snap it on. The hood turns into a screw on hood.

Caution, you MUST hold the collar to the hood when you epoxy it.
Some of those loose hoods are due to the collar being partially contracted/bent.
I simply used a clothes pin on both ends of the collar, after I put epoxy between the collar and the hood.
Clean up the epoxy that sqeezes out, while it is still soft and easy to remove.

George Mann · Jul 9, 2018

It's so easy to recommend a generic aftermarket lenshood, but some lenses, such as the 50mm f2 require a hood of exacting size and shape in order to achieve its best (crucial for contrast).

I have yet to find an aftermarket hood that performs as well as the HS-2!

sepiareverb · Jul 10, 2018

An HN3 is easy enough to come by for $10 or less, and would help (albeit not with complete perfection, but securely) while you seek out the 5.

Extremely annoying Nikon lenshood

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