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 enlarge | Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $70.00
Buy New: $23.04
You Save: $46.96 (67%)
New (6) from $23.04
Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 4.4 x 4.3 x 1.8
MPN: 0776B001
Model: CANON EW-83H LENS HOOD
UPC: 013803055948
EAN: 0013803055948
ASIN: B000B6A4S6
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days
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 Pros and Cons November 10, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Pros:
- Reduces flare and ghosting when shooting in bright light.
- Helps protect your lens from dirt and scratches.
- Somewhat protects the lens in case of a fall. Better to break the hood than the front element.
- Makes you look more like you know what you are doing and helps to keep others from carelessly walking in front of you.
Cons:
- Will increase lens movement in windy situations, kind of like a sail on a boat.
- Takes up more room in your bag, even when reversed they still add to the diameter of the lens.
- People take more notice of you, will help to blow your cover if you are trying to keep a low profile.
Improves contrast and image quality July 15, 2006
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Hoods offer several benefits to the photographer. Primarily the hood shades the lens from stray light that may result in an unwanted discoloration or hazing of the image, or the appearance of lens flare. Shading your lens helps improve contrast and image quality. A hood is not required to eliminate these problems, as any item used to shade the lens will provide the same protection from stray light. The hood is convenient in that it is built to offer protection while ensuring that it will not inadvertently find its way into your image.
Photographers often state the protective abilities of a hood as a reason to have one. This hood being a solid petal shaped one and three quarters inch long offers limited protection from keeping moisture and wind blown debris off the from lens element. When in place, the hood can protect the lens from impacting solid objects. Being so shallow and petal shaped, even this type of protection is limited. Even if the protection is limited, replacing a damaged hood is usually cheaper than repairing an expensive L lens.
This hood is manufactured for the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L and normally comes included with the lens when sold new. There is no need to buy one as Amazon often suggests.
Since the hood is wider than the lens; it can easily be stored attached in a reverse position. This doesn't add to the length of the lens, but does make it wider by about an inch. An inch may not seem like a lot, but in a tightly packed camera bag, it is huge. This lens isn't unusually wide so the extra inch may not be a problem.
While the protective benefits exist, they are secondary and limited. I find the impact the hood has on my image quality to be the more convincing reason to use a hood. Considering the impact on image quality and the low cost as compared to my other camera equipment (except for a lens case), purchasing a hood is money well spent.
PROS:
Improves contrast and image quality
Reduces lens flare problems
Offers limited protection to the lens
CONS:
Takes up more space in your camera bag to store with the lens
High price for a molded piece of plastic
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