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Pancake hood any good? A casual experiment

Started Nov 9, 2019 | Discussions thread
OP quiquae Senior Member • Posts: 2,265
Re: Pancake hood any good? A casual experiment

J A C S wrote:

That Nikon filter does not look very good, it is probably too reflective.

Well, it must be, based on this experiment. But you wouldn't be able to say that just by looking at the hood, which is painted black and serrated on the inside. Note that the Nikon hood photo is overexposed compared to the other two, making the hood look greyer than it actually is.

Incidentally, the build quality of the Nikon hood blew me away. I'm not being sarcastic. Literally a solid hunk of thick iron, it feels like it's built to do double duty as an army trench shovel. All for $6! Canon certainly doesn't build hoods like this, at any price. Which makes this result all the more disappointing.

The results could depend on the direction and on the character of the stray light.

True, which is why I called it a "casual" experiment rather than a carefully controlled one. This is the result from a single situation where the flare is highly aggravated. I'd love to read about similar comparisons in other situations, and with other hoods that are supposed to be better.

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