diy lens hood

I made a makeshift lens hood for my 400mm telephoto lens this weekend.  The lens has a built in hood, but it isn't very long.  I used corrugated cardboard with the corrugations running parallel to the  line of sight.  Other than being well cardboard, it worked really well.

I want a more permanent solution.  That doesn't look so ugly.  I am thinking about getting a piece of camouflage neoprene(this way I can make matching covers, and maybe reinforcing it a little bit.  I am stuck on what to reinforce it with, other than basically just using cardboard itself.  The card board was nice, because it would roll up

petrochemist wrote:

SmoothOperator wrote:

I made a makeshift lens hood for my 400mm telephoto lens this weekend. The lens has a built in hood, but it isn't very long. I used corrugated cardboard with the corrugations running parallel to the line of sight. Other than being well cardboard, it worked really well.

I want a more permanent solution. That doesn't look so ugly. I am thinking about getting a piece of camouflage neoprene(this way I can make matching covers, and maybe reinforcing it a little bit. I am stuck on what to reinforce it with, other than basically just using cardboard itself. The card board was nice, because it would roll up

I made one using black craft foam which rolled up nicely but was really a bit small for the mirror lens I made it for, and then the velcro came unstuck...

perhaps I'll have another go sometime.

foam is good idea, maybe it needs to be cloth backed for sewing:

https://www.rockywoods.com/Camouflage-printed-foam-backed-headliner-fabric

Here is repository of patterns for most manufacturers

http://www.lenshoods.co.uk/olympus.php

Thanks that is interesting, for long telephotos the shape isn't as important though.  I wasn't anywhere near vignetting with a 16" hood.  I might try it on other lenses.

I ended up making one out of 1/8 in neoprene camouflage, with a lining of a fiber based dining placemat from the dollar store, with some Velcro and a strapped clip.  Works out pretty well, light and flexible.  I also made a neoprene lens cover for my mirror lens.

It cleans up the light very much, but I wonder about the light falloff.  Is that vignetting, or just natural light fall off I didn't notice before.

Hi.I made a hood for my sigma 150 600.

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Works really well.and cost less than £10: .

Re: What I used to make my hood

6" diamiter white plastic  drain pipe.(which I had in workshop)6"1/2 long.

Box of various sized hex fittings.(used to fix new hood to original hood.

Hope this helps .

If you need anymore info please message me.

Regards

Length of neoprene to cover hood.(which I had from another project.

Camo tape £8:00 to cover inside of hood.

See attached photos.