Shadowfixer1 wrote: Go outside into the light and put your hand above your eyes shielding your eyes from the light. That's the effect the lens hood has. Years ago, I heard a Nikon photographer at the Nikon School and he said that was the one simple thing you could do to improve your images. I always use one for protection because I never use protective filters.
Shadowfixer1 wrote: Go outside into the light and put your hand above your eyes shielding your eyes from the light. That's the effect the lens hood has. Years ago, I heard a Nikon photographer at the Nikon School and he said that was the one simple thing you could do to improve your images. I always use one for protection because I never use protective filters.
Don Fischer wrote: I realize what they are for but mine are hard to get on well all the time after they have been used a while. Had to go look, my 55-300 Nikon is threaded for filter's. Wonder why the hood's aren't made to screw into it also? I've had a couple that fall off now and then.
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