Lense Hood Shadow

[Belmondo]

Bob...

I'll bet you dollars to donuts he had the camera in full auto mode and didn't even realize the flash was functioning.

Unless there's something wrong with his camera, It's really unlikely that it's anything other than shadow caused by the built-in flash.

Anyway, I'm on my laptop right now, but when I get back to my other computer, I'll post the picture I took of the ceiling---it certainly creates exactly the type of shadow he describes.

Whatever it is, it's not worth arguing about. We're all just trying to help the guy.

As for me, I'd almost rather they didn't put the flash on the camera to begin with. I recall one person who was trying to take a picture, but the flash popped open (or tried) and hit the bill on his baseball cap. I guess it made a very strange noise and took him a while to figure out what was happening.

[robertwgross]

belmondo wrote:
I'll bet you dollars to donuts he had the camera in full auto mode and didn't even realize the flash was functioning.

How in hell can you ignore that the built-in flash has popped up? I know when mine pops up, because it hits my baseball cap.

It is possible to be unaware of whether it fired or not. Quite often, when I am using two or more external flash units, I will ask a bystander... "Did my flashes fire?"

How can you ignore that the flash unit is "out" and ready?

---Bob Gross---

[Belmondo]

Your guess is as good as mine.

Anyway, here is my ceiling, taken in full auto mode with the 17-40 and lens hood on.



Doesn't that look like what he describes?

[Belmondo]

robertwgross wrote:

How in hell can you ignore that the built-in flash has popped up? I know when mine pops up, because it hits my baseball cap.---Bob Gross---

Maybe he wasn't wearing a baseball cap.

He did state that he had just gotten the camera. It's possible he's a newer user and as such didn't realize the flash was working. Who knows?

Let's hope he tells us if this is the answer so we won't lay awake tonight worrying about it.

Good luck.

Tom

[CyberDyneSystems]

The lens hood that comes with the 17-40mm when used on a camera with a 1.6X crop factor is hopelessly insubstantial. There is NO WAY that the 17-40mm lens hood could vignette on a 10D. I use a lens hood similar to the one that comes with the 70-200mm on my 17-40mm!!!!

[Mgoppert]

I want to thank everybody for your ideas. After reading all your posts and having the shadow both with flash and without, I took my Camera to Ritz. They found that I had a defective filter. Now I should have been able to figure this out myself and not bother everybody. Again thanks for your help.

[Belmondo]

Boy, is my face red. Guess I'll get out of the advice-giving business for a while. At least you all got to see my family room ceiling.

Hey, CDS, where do I send the donuts?