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Dec 21, 2004 10:36 |  #1

I posted this in the Compact Cameras section but didn't get much of a response so I'll try it here. Has anyone had any experience with screen hoods? Trying to take pics in the snow during bright days it's almost impossible to see anything on my A75's screen. I also like the idea that some of these have 2x magnifiers on them and they claim they can also help keep the camera steady by holding the hood against my eye.

Here are a few places that distribute them:
www.photosolve.com (external link)
www.hoodmanusa.com (external link)
www.screen-shade.com (external link)


A75, a CF card and 4 AA batteries.
Oh, yea. And one of those other guy's DSLR's.

  
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Dec 21, 2004 22:07 |  #2

Why make things hard on yourself? Use the viewfinder & save the screen just for the histogram (if you have one on the A75). Light comng into the back of some viewfinders affect the exposure & your eye will block that if yours is one of them.


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Dec 21, 2004 22:13 as a reply to  @ PhotosGuy's post |  #3

PhotosGuy wrote:
Use the viewfinder

Because the viewfinder only covers about 75% of what the lens sees, and its off center, enough that if your composing something that is within about 5ft of the lens what you see in the viewfinder, and what the lens see's can be quite differnt.
Its actualy impossible to take Macro shots with the viewfinder.
I only use mine in very bad light, when Im drunk, or taking action shots.

I believe there is a thread in the P&S forum that got a very good reply.



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Dec 21, 2004 22:30 |  #4

I understood the problem to be "Trying to take pics in the snow during bright days", so that's what my answer referenced. Based on what Moppie said, I'd upgrade the answer to "Get a 300D".


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Dec 21, 2004 22:51 as a reply to  @ PhotosGuy's post |  #5

PhotosGuy wrote:
I understood the problem to be "Trying to take pics in the snow during bright days",

eh, sorry I missed that bit, to much work and not enough play makes Moppie a bad reader.

And a 300d would solve a lot of problems!

Re: an LCD Hood Don Schaeffer vbmenu_register("postm​enu_357579", true); gave a good reply here:
http://www.photography​-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=50883

I unforunatly have no experiance with "hoods"

But Megaweb has refernce to a home made one for his camera here:
http://www.photography​-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=49527



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