Lens Hood Showing up in Pictures?

Hello everyone!

I am having trouble with my lens hood showing up in all of my pictures. I bought the lens off ebay which is probably why it does this. Below is an example of what I am talking about. If I zoom out then it eliminates the problem but then lose some field of vision on the object being taken.

Suggestions?

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remove the lens hood??

Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this.
Doctor: Then don't do that.

the sun is behind you.... and your shadow is in the pic too

Remove the hood and reseat it, it may not be seated properly, if it is crossthreaded it may have not gone all the way down and hence the view. Just hope that if it is cross threaded you have not damaged the thread. It should screw in very smoothly.

Removing any filters installed before or after the hood may help, looks like the hood is designed for a lens with less wide angle.

Greg,

welcome to the form

You might tell us what kind of camera and lens you are using, then we might be even better able to help you

Best regards,
Andy

Put down the camera and drive the vette! Is that a 2001? I am looking at getting an '03 now that the '06s are out and the '07's are coming the market is getting better for C5's.

Andythaler wrote:
Greg,

welcome to the form

You might tell us what kind of camera and lens you are using, then we might be even better able to help you

Best regards,
Andy

i believe he's using:

Camera
Make Canon
Model Canon PowerShot A610

Image
Image description
Artist
Whitepoint (0,0)
Copyright
Exposure time 1/250 s
F-number f/4
Exposure program Not defined
Compressed BPP 3
Shutter speed value 1/251 s
Aperture value f/4
Brightness value 0
Exposure bias value 0.00 EV
Max. aperture value f/2.8
Subject distance Unknown
Metering mode Pattern

if it is a petal hood make sure the long sides are on the top and bottom

Was the hood specifically designed for your camera?

I assume you mean you bought the lens hood, not the lens?

Whatever, the answer must be obvious to you: if you are getting vignetting on all your photos then clearly the hood does not suit whatever camera or lens or filters to which it is attached.

So either get the right lens hood or do a bit of trimming of the (presumably cheap) one you got off E-bay.