Lens shade

[Tomwlkr]

This comes under things you think about in the shower.......When I was in photography school 40+ years ago we were taught to always use a lens hood on wide angle lenses, but only telephoto lenses come with built in hoods. Is there a reason?

 

[Saganich]

Hmmmm, easier to build-in a hood on a long lens because it need not flair to the sides to avoid vignetting?

 

[Tomwlkr]

Hmmmm, easier to build-in a hood on a long lens because it need not flair to the sides to avoid vignetting?

Makes sense, probably cheaper too

 

[BrianShaw]

The built-in hoods on telephotos were often quite minimal. I don't use them but, rather, always use a separate and deeper hood,

 

[Sirius Glass]

I use lens hoods with very wide angle lenses, including Fisheye lenses, though the telephoto lenses. The lens hoods for zoom telephoto lenses such as the 28mm to 300mm AF zoom lnd smart enough not to aim any lens directly at the sun.

 

[xkaes]

.... only telephoto lenses come with built in hoods. Is there a reason?

Physically, long lenses have long barrels and it's easy to add a hood. Not so with wider lenses; they have short barrels. But lots of wide-angle lenses come with shades, they are just screw-in or push-on, etc. for example, all of Minolta's wide-angle Rokkor lenses were sold with hoods and cases -- and five year warranties.

If you have a wide-angle lens without a shade, they are easy to get -- and for zoom lenses, there are lots of adjustable hoods that you can change as needed.

 

[Tomwlkr]

Physically, long lenses have long barrels and it's easy to add a hood. Not so with wider lenses; they have short barrels. But lots of wide-angle lenses come with shades, they are just screw-in or push-on, etc. for example, all of Minolta's wide-angle Rokkor lenses were sold with hoods and cases -- and five year warranties.

If you have a wide-angle lens without a shade, they are easy to get -- and for zoom lenses, there are lots of adjustable hoods that you can change as needed.

I realize that, it just seems odd that my photo class said one but the other is provided

 

[Paul Howell]

My Minolta 28mm 2.8 AF comes with a built in lens hood, it is so shallow I only use when the sun is behind me, otherwise I use a screw in hood. The built in lens hood on the 50mm 1.7 AF is a bit deeper, still too shallow when I really need a hood.

 

[pentaxuser]

I realize that, it just seems odd that my photo class said one but the other is provided

Yes it's more common for the reasons mentioned but isn't a given e.g. I have a 100-300 Tamron lens for my Pentax SLR and it hasn't got a built-in hood

pentaxuser

 

[xkaes]

All of the long lenses that I have -- that have built-in shades -- are way too short, so I end up using screw-in shades anyway -- just like I do with all of my shorter lenses.

So the fact that most wider lenses lack BUILT-IN shades is a non-issue for me.