Anyone use rubber lens hood?

[jluspo]

My L lenses came with hoods but it adds a lot of bulk in my bag. Does anyone here use em? Thanks in advance for your responses.

[Jon]

99% of the time I use the Canon hoods. I only use the rubber ones when there's a real advantage to them (shooting against glass, for instance). It's hard to find a general-purpose lens hood that will do as good a job shading your lens as a custom one will.

[themadman]

I use lens hood but I do not have any rubber ones. They do add some bulk to bags, but it might be a sign you need a bigger bag =)

[argyle]

The rubber hoods are usually "adjustable" in that they will collapse in stages in order to minimize vignetting based on varying focal lengths. IMO, they pretty much have two big advantages; (1) you can thread the hood into a CPL, allowing filter adjustments by turning the edge of the hood (no need to reach your fingers inside a rigid hood) and (2) when collapsed, they take up very little room in your bag. On the downside, if you're in a crowded area where you could get jostled, or in a tight area where you could bang up against something, a rubber hood will offer zero impact protection. Like anything else, plusses and minuses, just depends on what you'll need at the time.

[Palladium]

I use the Hama Screw-In Rubber Zoom Lens Hood

do a search on B&H and you'll see the different sizes

[ben_r_]

I use the Canon brand only hoods for everything BUT shooting against glass. I have a couple B+W rubber hoods that I use for that and only because they allow a wider range of movement.

[sapearl]

How do you store them in the bag that they add so much bulk? If you have the lens "wear" them in reversed fashion when being stored, they hardly take up any room at all. - Stu

My L lenses came with hoods but it adds a lot of bulk in my bag. Does anyone here use em? Thanks in advance for your responses.

[SkipD]

The only time I would even consider using a rubber lens hood is for shooting with the lens up against a glass window in a zoo, aquarium, or possibly a museum. Rigid lens hoods (especially the ones that mount to the outer shell of the lens) offer a tremendous amount of physical protection that rubber lens hoods cannot possibly do.

[Bob F]

Yes, used a rubber hood when photographing at the aquarium>> Great for closing up on the glass to avoid glare...

BobF

[ben_r_]

Yes, used a rubber hood when photographing at the aquarium>> Great for closing up on the glass to avoid glare...

BobF
Exactly!

[sandpiper]

Yeah, as others have said. They have an advantage when shooting through glass but 99% of the time that won't be the case and they will not protect the lens in case of impact.

I've smashed a couple of proper hoods, that did their job well and absorbed the impact that would otherwise have gone into the lens. The lenses lived to shoot another day. A rubber hood would simply have folded out of the way and let the lens take the full force.

They take up very little room, I simply reverse them and they sit around the lens barrels whilst in the bag.

I don't use filters, as I have no faith in them protecting anything, but will ALWAYS use a good hood for protection and the improvement in IQ.

[jluspo]

Hi All,

Thanks again for your input. Like I said, the only reason I'm considering it is to reduce the bulk that the hood adds to the lens. I store the lens with hood reversed in my bag and I think I can carry more if it wasn't for the hoods. I saw some Opteka brand at Amazon for $12 bucks so I might give it a try. If it doesn't work out, its not a big loss and I can still use it to take pictures of aquarium.

Thanks again,
J

[SkipD]

Hi All,

Thanks again for your input. Like I said, the only reason I'm considering it is to reduce the bulk that the hood adds to the lens. I store the lens with hood reversed in my bag and I think I can carry more if it wasn't for the hoods. I saw some Opteka brand at Amazon for $12 bucks so I might give it a try. If it doesn't work out, its not a big loss and I can still use it to take pictures of aquarium.In order for a rubber hood to block the stray light that Canon's hood will do for a particular lens, you will need to have the same size rubber hood. Yes, they collapse, but the diameter will be at least the same size. Remember that the rubber hoods provide very little impact protection for your lens. Unless your equipment is fully insured for damage, I would recommend against the rubber hoods.