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RF 35mm samples

Started Jan 23, 2019 | Discussions thread
OP Back2M Regular Member • Posts: 367
Re: Please allow me to show my ignorance.

Ed Rizk wrote:

Back2M wrote:

Some of it is probably due to the lens hood. That 70-300 DO needs the hood in many situations; I mount the lens with the hood in the stored position and then remove or flip the hood into shooting position afterwards but the RF adapter requires more torque than say a traditional EF mount does to mount it making twisting from the hood in-advisable which means I have to lock it from the bottom of the lens; it's more difficult. The 100-400L doesn't need the hood though so it'll be a different experience.

Why does the 100-400 not need a hood? For the record, I use the hood on mine all the time.

Any lens can use a hood, the 70-300 DO NEEDS a hood to avoid flare as it's destructive-destructive to gen-1 DO lenses.

However, I may test that theory and leave that hood behind to improve handling for mounting/demounting that lens and just "eat it" as that hood only helps depending on the angle of the sun really, which often even with the hood the flare is unavoidable.

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