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No more shooting with hood in reverse position?

Started Sep 17, 2018 | Polls thread
NRBlack
NRBlack Contributing Member • Posts: 706
Re: What is the benefit of shooting...

voronspb wrote:

Steve Balcombe wrote:

Ignorance is bliss.

Tell it to Mr. Ken Rockwell, not me. https://kenrockwell.com/nikon/18200/18200-hood.htm

Hoods on most wide zooms are only really functional at the wide end. Still they protect the front from bumps. Also, I like zoom cases. I can leave the lens cap off since the hood protects the lens front when in the case.

There is one exception to the effective hood situation and that is the original 24-70 f/2.8. It was a reverse zoom in that is was longest at the short end and the hood was attached to the body and not the zoom extending part. Therefore the hood was just as functional at 70mm as it was at 24mm. Flippin brilliant design but most people thought is was weird.

Push-pull zooms get a similar reaction. Ideal for lens balance, at all focal lengths, on heavy long extending zooms. Push-pull just rubs people the wrong way.

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