Free Paper lens hood diagrams

[speedster00]

This may have been posted before, but I think this is pretty cool...A bunch of templates to print, cut out and use as lens hoods for your specific lens.

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

[SnlpeR]

lol
you gotta be kidding right?

this is awesome

what material would be best to use

oh i can see it now...
college ruled paper as a lens hood that flaps over with a gust of wind

[speedster00]

my idea was to use Kydex. Not paper. And why would I be kidding...this could definately work in a pinch.

[gjl711]

Very cool. I'm gonna be trying a few. :)

[gjl711]

my idea was to use Kydex. Not paper. And why would I be kidding...this could definately work in a pinch.
I was thinking of black styrene. About a buck a sheet and cuts with a razor easily.

[Seanzky]

THANKS! This is cool!!!

Black construction paper FTW!

[tvphotog]

I generally use a hood as a protection for the camera lens. I don't think this idea would work. I guess I could always trace these patterns on sheet steel.

[speedster00]

I generally use a hood as a protection for the camera lens. I don't think this idea would work. I guess I could always trace these patterns on sheet steel.


thats why were talking about kydex and styreen. For those of you that dont know what Kydex is, its the black plastic that is very commonly used for gun hosters and knife sheeths. Its extremely plyable when heated. I have used multiple times making my own belt pouches for various items. Its about a $1 per square foot. If you have a heat gun, its very easy to work with. But when it cools (fast) its as hard as regular plastic. So it can be cut, sanded, molded and shaped to anything. I usualy get mine from Texas knife makers supply. You can get it various colors, thickness.

[speedster00]

Since the place I get Kydex is not to far from me, I'll go get some and see if I can get this to work.

[tvphotog]

Though this is a cute idea, for eight bucks, you can have one sent from HK.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.10916

There are other cool camera things on this site, including hotshoe bubble levels for a couple of dollars, compared to the $38 B&H sells them for.

I realize this thread is directed at DIY'ers, but time is valuable too.

[[Hyuni]]

speedster, if you put a thin layer of felt on the inside,
you may be able make some money off your idea!

The official canon hoods are not worth the price and are severly (IMO) overrated.

[Jdumas]

And it's free!

[gjl711]

;7595329']speedster, if you put a thin layer of felt on the inside,
you may be able make some money off your idea!

The official canon hoods are not worth the price and are severly (IMO) overrated. Flat black paint.

[JasonBr]

Bookmarked, speedster, keep us posted on the kydex experiments. Anyone know how these would attach/lock onto the lens?

[speedster00]

;7595329']speedster, if you put a thin layer of felt on the inside,
you may be able make some money off your idea!

The official canon hoods are not worth the price and are severly (IMO) overrated.

good idea. What about a piece of bound leather on the outside for looks/feel? That might increase the price too much though. thanks for the help.

[[Hyuni]]

Flat black paint.
I suggested felt because it would more closely match the official canon hoods.

[gjl711]

;7595487']I suggested felt because it would more closely match the official canon hoods.
Felt would work great, but harder to put on. Maybe there is some form of spray flock?

[JWright]

Look closely... Those hood patterns are optimized for printing on European A3 and A4 sized paper and do not work well on US sized papers.

[Seanzky]

Look closely... Those hood patterns are optimized for printing on European A3 and A4 sized paper and do not work well on US sized papers.


You're right! It says A4! No wonder the one I printed out looked small. Thanks!

[speedster00]

Look closely... Those hood patterns are optimized for printing on European A3 and A4 sized paper and do not work well on US sized papers.


when you go to print, change your paper to A4 and uncheck reduce to margins if its auto checked. Then it will print the correct size.

I picked up some kydex. It was a little more pricey than I remember. it was $6 per square foot. But judging by these patterns I can probably get 3 hoods out of one sheet. One side of the kydex is mildly textured and completely flat in reflection. The other side is shiney. So I bet there is no need to put anything inside the hood. But only testing will prove that. I have some ideas. I'll come up with a prototype.

[ghostman]

Use black foam. The same stuff they use for a-better-bounce-card. They cost $0.75 or less at an arts and crafts store for a 8.5x11 sheet, I believe. They have a non-glossy matte texture, which is perfect for this application. They are also thick enough to hold their shape and don't crease easily when you stuff it into your bag.

[zeva]

This is very interesting!

[_aravena]

But I buy sigma which comes with hoods! :p

This is pretty cool though.

[speedster00]

here is a picture of the kydex. Its from my camera phone so the quality is crap. however, you can see the shiney side and the flat side. I took this on the hood of my car in daylight just to show how non-reflective the dull side is.

[SnlpeR]

i think im gonna use sheet metal with felt inside
for those times you need to cut the plastic wrappers out of packages...
you can slice it with your lens hood!

[ben_r_]

Oh I have seen it all now! I lost it when I saw this quote toward the bottom of the page!

"All you need for completion is an L-Series rubber band or a piece of PVC tape - red, of course - to secure the tabs around the lens. ;-) "

An L series red rubber band!!! Awesome!

[speedster00]

well...here it is. Took me about an hour to make this. it could be refined for sure. I could easily buff the plastic out with a polishing wheel to make it look/fit better. but it atttaches the same way a cannon hood does using the tabs on the end of the lens.

[JasonBr]

Is that the template for the 18-55 hood? It looks good but it looks a little longer than the regular canon hood for this lens. If it works, I might be interested in your plastic version more than canons' (Doesn't seem to be large enough to do any "hooding".

[speedster00]

Yes, its the 18-55 one. Its the same deminsions as the paper one. I took the paper template and modified it to fit plastic. I snapped a few pics in my kitchen last night to make sure it worked and I wanst getting any hood in the corners. I havent tested it outside yet. but it seems like it would be big enough to do the trick. I could always make it longer and see if it works and then file it down to the maximum length.

[[Hyuni]]

That's quite impressive, speedster!
I bit rough around that edges, but a lot better than I expected.

I'm interested to see how you attached it to the lens though.
It looks like you actually used the tabs like the paper copies,
but I don't see how you had space to do it.

Do you have any other lenses that use the petal shape hoods?

[speedster00]

;7602648']That's quite impressive, speedster!
I bit rough around that edges, but a lot better than I expected.

I'm interested to see how you attached it to the lens though.
It looks like you actually used the tabs like the paper copies,
but I don't see how you had space to do it.

Do you have any other lenses that use the petal shape hoods?


I have a 50 prime I can make another one on. What I did was nearly cut off the whole tab of the paper template and left very small ones. Then I bent them in with a heat gun so they fit on the ridges of the lens just like the canon oem ones. There are 4 tabs on mine, which the next version I will reduce to 3. But it does actually attached the same way the canon ones do I think. in the 2nd picture, you can see the light where the tabs are on the hood that attach to the lens. This first hood is rough I admit. I could easy take it to the grinder with a polish wheel and clean up the edges to make everything nice and smooth.