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You know I am way into this hobby when I watch the olympics and pay more attention to the cameras and lenses in the background than the atheletes! I did notice that most if not all of the photographers were using their lens hoods indoors. I have never even considered doing this. Was it due to the bright lights? Why would you use a hood indoors?

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Do you store the lens with the hood on backwards? I am not sure if I have room in my bag to store it with the hood on forwards....
Daniel Jackson said:
PalmsWestPhoto said:
no matter what lens or situation

There is always light no matter where you are and that light can
bounce into your lens and will cost you quality

Also the lens hood protects your lens as well

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Ditto, I have and use a lens hood on every lens I have everytime I
put it on the camera.
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Doctor65 said:
Daniel Jackson said:
PalmsWestPhoto said:
no matter what lens or situation

There is always light no matter where you are and that light can
bounce into your lens and will cost you quality

Also the lens hood protects your lens as well

--
Michael Salzlechner
http://www.PalmsWestPhoto.com
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Ditto, I have and use a lens hood on every lens I have everytime I
put it on the camera.
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I noticed from your other posts that the lens in question is the 70-200 f/4L. I have that lens, too. It fits differently in each of my bags:

Lowepro Off Road: lens in lens case, hood in main compartment.
Lowepro Micro Trekker 100: hood reversed on lens attached to camera.
Lowepro Mini Trekker: hood forward on lens attached to camera.

The last one came in handy on Sunday, when I was photographing a bicycle race and rode my bike to different spots.

By the way, I observed strange hood usage on Sunday. At the bike race, there was a photographer shooting with a 70-200 f/2.8 IS with the hood reversed. Later in the day, I went to a kiteboarding competition where someone was shooting with a 300/2.8 IS with the hood reversed. In both cases, the photographer was camped out in one spot with nobody else nearby, so the hood reversal was not due to time or space limitations.

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Doctor65 said:
Daniel Jackson said:
PalmsWestPhoto said:
no matter what lens or situation

There is always light no matter where you are and that light can
bounce into your lens and will cost you quality

Also the lens hood protects your lens as well

--
Michael Salzlechner
http://www.PalmsWestPhoto.com
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Ditto, I have and use a lens hood on every lens I have everytime I
put it on the camera.
--
Scotty, I need more power! I'm givin it all she's got Jim!
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In addition to the main purpose of controlling flare - a lens hood also acts as a protective barrier preventing (in many cases) scratches or other lens damage.
 
and drops the photographer out of the frame so you can't study his equipment more closely. I considered writing a letter to the network asking them what they think they're doing, chiding them into getting their priorities right.
Doctor65 said:
You know I am way into this hobby when I watch the olympics and pay
more attention to the cameras and lenses in the background than the
atheletes! I did notice that most if not all of the photographers
were using their lens hoods indoors. I have never even considered
doing this. Was it due to the bright lights? Why would you use a
hood indoors?

--
Freeze! I have a camera, and I'm not afraid to use it!
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I've been desperately trying to see if anyone's using the classic 200/1.8 ;-)
tdhg566 said:
and drops the photographer out of the frame so you can't study his
equipment more closely. I considered writing a letter to the
network asking them what they think they're doing, chiding them
into getting their priorities right.
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My 70-200 F4L is not nearly as long or big around as the lenses I am seeing! I might get a bad case of Lens envy! ;-)
M Irwin said:
tdhg566 said:
and drops the photographer out of the frame so you can't study his
equipment more closely. I considered writing a letter to the
network asking them what they think they're doing, chiding them
into getting their priorities right.
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I've noticed (and I'm sure many of you have, too) that in television coverage of news conferences that there are often short cuts to the photographers on the scene. I always hit the pause button on the TiVo when this happens and take a look at what they're using. I wonder why they do this...

A. to make it clear that the footage is from an independent source
B. to heighten the drama and emphasize the importance of the conference
C. the production folks like photography equipment
D. Canon gives free equipment to news agencies who properly flaunt it

Seriously, it's cool to see.

-- Eric
 
Nope - I store them with the hood mounted correctly - except when I take the 70-200 off the camera, in which case it is stored reversed. Also means that I don't have to worry about finding the lens caps, as the hood does all the protection I need.
Doctor65 said:
Do you store the lens with the hood on backwards? I am not sure if
I have room in my bag to store it with the hood on forwards....
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Since i am into photography i allways want to check photographers on tv and try to see what they use... not only the olympics...

news items, conferences, papparazzi and so on... for news items, speeches and conferences is see most of the time white lenses (guess that would be 70-200's) and black lenses with a red line around it... (are those 17-40's?)

regards

Carlo
 
Dr. Eric A. Durant said:
I've noticed (and I'm sure many of you have, too) that in
television coverage of news conferences that there are often short
cuts to the photographers on the scene. I always hit the pause
button on the TiVo when this happens and take a look at what
they're using. I wonder why they do this...

A. to make it clear that the footage is from an independent source
B. to heighten the drama and emphasize the importance of the
conference
C. the production folks like photography equipment
D. Canon gives free equipment to news agencies who properly flaunt it

Seriously, it's cool to see.

-- Eric
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I'm told it's popular for these types of situations.
c65 said:
Since i am into photography i allways want to check photographers
on tv and try to see what they use... not only the olympics...

news items, conferences, papparazzi and so on... for news items,
speeches and conferences is see most of the time white lenses
(guess that would be 70-200's) and black lenses with a red line
around it... (are those 17-40's?)

regards

Carlo
Click to expand...
--

This space reserved for a clever phrase, as soon as I find one that hasn't already been taken.

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I was into Video before I jumped to Still photography, and my guess would be that staying on the subjct who is speaking gets boring after a few seconds. Cutting to another angle, or this case, a shot of the gallery just keeps it interesting.... Still photography does not have this problem.
Dr. Eric A. Durant said:
I've noticed (and I'm sure many of you have, too) that in
television coverage of news conferences that there are often short
cuts to the photographers on the scene. I always hit the pause
button on the TiVo when this happens and take a look at what
they're using. I wonder why they do this...

A. to make it clear that the footage is from an independent source
B. to heighten the drama and emphasize the importance of the
conference
C. the production folks like photography equipment
D. Canon gives free equipment to news agencies who properly flaunt it

Seriously, it's cool to see.

-- Eric
Click to expand...
--
Freeze! I have a camera, and I'm not afraid to use it!
 
Doctor65 said:
You know I am way into this hobby when I watch the olympics and pay
more attention to the cameras and lenses in the background than the
atheletes! I did notice that most if not all of the photographers
were using their lens hoods indoors. I have never even considered
doing this. Was it due to the bright lights? Why would you use a
hood indoors?
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Always use your hood, especially with large zooms and teles. You can use them when you put your camera down: it can rest on the hood wuth the body upward.

At other times, it decently protect the lens.

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