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No more shooting with hood in reverse position?

Started Sep 17, 2018 | Polls thread
voronspb
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NRBlack wrote:

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.

Yes, I owned the old 24-70/2.8L. What's funny, I almost always left the hood at home because of its enormous size. In Iceland this led to a lot of pictures ruined by water drops on filter.

It was impossible to zoom the lens with hood in reverse position, which made me mad. While cycling, every other action required to start and finish shooting means that either your group will ride farther away, or other people will be waiting for you a bit longer under rain. Neither is good for you. Also I worried about the strength of hood bayonet, it was weak enough to be damaged during rough riding with camera on handlebar.

With 24-105/4L it became a lot more convenient, because I wasn't obliged to engage the hood every time before shooting. And also it became possible to carry the lens in bag with hood in shooting position (without the front cap) to save even more time.

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