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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:

quiquae wrote:

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.

The hoods I use have black linen inside. This one looks a bit too shiny.

I have compared plastic hoods (no linen) and Canon ones. The difference is very clear.

While linen is a good light absorber, that isn't the whole answer here because EW-52 (the Canon pancake hood I used here) doesn't have linen either.

Canon only uses linen for some of its hoods. It isn't necessarily a case of Canon cheaping out on consumer grade lenses, by the way: EF-S 18-135 STM and EF 35 IS feature linen, while RF 24-105L and RF 50L do not.

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