Hood important for 28/1.8 or 50/1.4?

I'm just wondering how important the hood is for the 28/1.8 and 50/1.4 on a 1.6x crop camera?

drPheta wrote in post #5553009
I'm just wondering how important the hood is for the 28/1.8 and 50/1.4 on a 1.6x crop camera?

When I bought my 50/1.4 I got some silly rubber "collapsible" hood that screws on like a filter. It was a pain to use though, so I almost never put it on the camera. It did have the advantage of being the easiest hood to use with a CPL though...just put the CPL on then the hood and rotate the hood to turn the CPL...

I bought a hood for my 50 f/1.4 and stopped using it after a week...the hood is overly large for the lens, and frankly it's annoying. I do like my hood on the 28 f/1.8, though, and it's more needed since the element isn't recessed like it is on the 50 f/1.4.

When you start seeing reflections you will realise how important hoods are for majority of lenses.... although i'm sure there are one or two exceptions.
Crop factor cam is irrelevant.

I have hoods on all lenses, all the time, except when they interfere with the shot...

I use hoods 100% of the time on all lenses. I quite like the one on the 50 1.4 actually.

As for the 28 1.8, you definitely want a hood on that because that lens flares like there's no tomorrow.

I have had a rigid hood prevent damage to a lens (and to the body except for a minor ding on its exterior) after a four-foot fall to a concrete sidewalk.

I never shoot without a properly designed (for the individual lens) rigid lens hood mounted unless the hood is actually preventing me from making the shot. An example might be doing an ultra-closeup where the hood is hiding the subject from the lighting.

I personally choose to use a rigid hood on all my lenses, including my 50 1.4, rather than protective filters.

My 2p

Pete