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No more shooting with hood in reverse position?

Started Sep 17, 2018 | Polls thread
GreatWhiteWing Senior Member • Posts: 1,675
Re: No more shooting with hood in reverse position?

voronspb wrote:

I've just took note of the fact that the control ring on genuine RF lenses is always located at the foremost part of the lens:

Before this moment, the hood in reverse position usually blocked only manual focusing. I like shooting with reverse hood, and I hated the foremost placement of zoom ring in my Tamron 70-300 mm lens, so I had to employ the push-pull zoom technique with that lens.

But now, with RF lenses you'll simply lose access to a certain camera setting until you remove the hood. Alternatively, you'll need to have two dials assigned to the same setting, or simply set the Lens Control Ring to OFF.

I wonder, if other people value shooting with stored hood as much as me, or it's just a minor inconvenience, doesn't worth mentioning?

Is there a reason to deliberately shoot with hood mounted reversed? I only reverse mine for storage in the bag. Just curious

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