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Lens hood falling off — any tips?

Started Jan 15, 2019 | Discussions thread
Chizuka
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Re: Lens hood falling off — any tips?

VancouverKenS wrote:

I, too, am in that category of Oly lens hood for the 40-150 mm f/ 2.8 crumbling in my hands with springs and bearings falling out everywhere...rendering it useless. Not once, but twice! Likewise, I am now using the Fotodiox lens hood for Canon 135mm f/2 ET-78II. Here's my tip for those also using the Fotodiox lens hood. When slowing turning the hood onto the lens end, you will feel a point when it couples to the lens end. Mark that point with a pencil dot. Then rotate hood to the locking point, and mark that spot as well. Then, using fingernail polish, I put a good-sized red glob on the beginning point of connection, and then a green glob of nail polish on the "locked" spot. This tells me visually when the hood is connecting and when "locked". Because we are using a lens shade designed for another manufacturer's lens, it's not a really tight fit, but it does the job. I reverse the hood when putting away the 40-150mm away in my camera bag. I think I am approaching two years with this arrangement, and lens hood is still working. The alignment points really help with knowing where to start and finish attachment and de-attachment.

Great idea with the nail polish. I’ll give it a try.

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