Have you ever felt the inside of an L lens hood

Pun totally intended

Why do they line the inside of these lens hoods with felt...there are times i think that canon does stuff just so they can charge us more, i feel like this is one of those things.

Be VERY happy for the flocking.

Look inside. Shine a flashlight inside. See any reflections? Now shine it on the outside of the hood. Bit of a difference, huh?

The flocking is an excellent light-absorbing material, and keeps wandering reflections to an absolute minimum. It's a mark of an excellent hood.

And it pays to keep it clean. A small lint roller is perfect. Patting it down with the sticky side of a piece of tape works well, but is slower.


I have 6 cats. I'm an expert in lint rollers.

Never even thought of that...excelent point!

I know all about that flocking. I was at the Dayton Air Show months ago using my 70-200 L f/4 . There was a bit of wind blowing that day. Some moron next to me was eating a damn funnel cake with powered sugar all over it. Wind took half of that crap and blew on my lens and lens hood.

Luckly I had my Rocket Blower which took care of most of it.

PJ wrote:
There was a bit of wind blowing that day. Some moron next to me was eating a darn funnel cake with powered sugar all over it. Wind took half of that crap and blew on my lens and lens hood.

Very annoying. Smokers are as bad. Not only does their habit stink but I find their cigarette ash blows all over my lenses and camera.

smoking is cool and that flocking isn't just on l-lens hoods

That inside is soooo sexy to the touch - never mind the light absorbing qualities!

Barry