Lens hood use with filters.

I'm waiting for the arrival of a Hoya Circular Polarizer Filter and the Cokin P series GND kit. I've never used either one. My question relates to the use of the lens hood. I assume it can be used with the Hoya filter which screws onto the lens but what about the Cokin? Does the use of a GDN filter eliminate the need for a lens hood or do I need to find an alternative? Thanks in advance for any information.

Some people cut slots in the bottom side of the standard lens hood with a Dremel tool, just big enough to get a finger inside to adjust the polarizer...seems to work pretty well if you're inclined to use hoods and is probably better than sticking your fingers inside the hood, especially if its a deep one, plus no filter smudging). Both Cokin and Lee sell bellows-type hoods that slide into one of the filter slots on the holder, or attach directly to the adapter ring. TBH, they're fairly expensive for what they do...I simply shade the lens, if necessary, with my hat (I have too many contraptions as it is).

With GNDs you just can't use a hood. Unless someone has a totally custom-made hood, it wouldn't work since the filters are rectangular. If the sun or other light was in the wrong spot for the particular image, I suppose you could hold something to shade the lens.

goldboughtrue wrote in post #10592200
With GNDs you just can't use a hood. Unless someone has a totally custom-made hood, it wouldn't work since the filters are rectangular. If the sun or other light was in the wrong spot for the particular image, I suppose you could hold something to shade the lens.

Not true...Lee and Cokin both have hoods that work with rectangular filters.

Thanks for the information. I appreciate the members willingness to share with others. Photography has become a great experiment for me. I never quite know where I'll end up but I'm having fun along the way. Thanks again.

I'm with Argyle -- if I'm using a filter then figuring out how to make the lens hood work gets too complicated, I always have a hat when I'm out shooting and it doubles nicely for a sunshade.

I have found some hoods that thread on like a filter and they make using CPLs very easy, you just rotate the hood to maximize the CPLs effect. I also have bayonet hoods and have found I can stick a finger in and contact the filter ring and rotate it for effect. Notching the hood to move the CPL sounds like a great idea if one has fat fingers that contact the filter glass and the ring.

I use my Canon lens shade with my Hoya Pro1 CPL and it works pretty well most of the time. Unforuntately, I had a problem with several shots I took at the Arches NP a couple of weeks back. As I rotated the CPL I accidentally twisted my lens shade on my 17-55 f2.8 EF-S lens. Unfortunately, my best shot from the Arches has blacked areas at two corners of the image. I clones part of it out but it's just not the same. Here's the bottom line---if you are going to use a filter with your standard lens shade, make darn sure you don't twist it.

Joe Ravenstein wrote in post #10599281
I have found some hoods that thread on like a filter and they make using CPLs very easy, you just rotate the hood to maximize the CPLs effect. I also have bayonet hoods and have found I can stick a finger in and contact the filter ring and rotate it for effect. Notching the hood to move the CPL sounds like a great idea if one has fat fingers that contact the filter glass and the ring.

That's an old trick trick that I used back in my film days...buy a rubber lens hood that threads onto the lens or filter, if you're using one. To adjust the CPL, just grab the edge of the hood with your fingertips and rotate.