Why use lens hood?

Posted by Rhycel | Saturday, April 11, 2009

Lens hoods that sometimes comes with most good quality lenses is designed to

reduce or eliminate the lens flare that ca creep into your lens when shooting outdoors in daylight. Another reason why Pros keep a lens hood on (even indoors) is to protect the lens. The glass end of your lens ispretty much flushed to the end of the lens barrel, and if it comes in contact with anything that's not really soft it can get scratched, dirty among others. The lens hood serves as a buffer between the lens and the world around it.





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2 comments
  1. esther April 28, 2009 at 10:33 PM  

    Lens with pros on it is widely known as scratch proof lens. I just know that it is protected by pros. Good info.

  2. Rhycel April 29, 2009 at 4:23 PM  

    Thanks and thank you for visiting the site.