silverlight99 Posted November 7, 2009 Share #1 Posted November 7, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi - new user to Leica. was wondering if anyone has experimented hood on and off with the 35 Cron? the hood adds size and for shooting outdoors backlit or bright indoors seems like i could easily get away without it. searched for threads on this but didnt find any, so would appreciate any tips. thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaapv Posted November 7, 2009 Share #2 Posted November 7, 2009 It depends on your subject I would say, specifically the light direction. I would never use the lens without the hood. It does not only protect from light, but from impact as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noah_addis Posted November 7, 2009 Share #3 Posted November 7, 2009 I find the 35 'Cron hood to be one of the smallest and best-designed hoods on all leica lenses. I can see why you'd want to leave the large hood off of a 35 'Lux or 28 'Cron, and I sometimes do. But I always leave it on my 35 'Cron. As jaapv said, along with protection from flare it also physically protects the lens from impact or other damage. Sorry I can't answer your question directly since it's the one lens I've never tried without a hood of some sort. It doesn't seem like a lens that's particularly prone to flare, so I mostly use it for the physical protection. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted November 7, 2009 Share #4 Posted November 7, 2009 The lens shade is not a useless hood ornament. It is there for a purpose -- to protect your pictures from flare, and your lens from impacts, rain and flying icecream. The lens shade is the mark that distinguishes a photographer from a camera owner. The old man from the Age of the ITDOO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverlight99 Posted November 7, 2009 Author Share #5 Posted November 7, 2009 thx everyone. hood it is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo_Lorentzen Posted November 7, 2009 Share #6 Posted November 7, 2009 Thank you Lars, I will make sure to keep my lens-hoods on the lens. Actually I have been working on several crop-factor bayonet mount lens hoods for the M8. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom0511 Posted November 10, 2009 Share #7 Posted November 10, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have allways kept all my hoods on the lenses-but lately tryed out the Summarit 35 without hood and wonder what: so far I cant see any problem with flare. I dont know how the Summicron handles strong light/flare though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsnyc Posted November 10, 2009 Share #8 Posted November 10, 2009 I once dropped my MP with 35 cron attached when walking on hardened lava on the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. The lens hood took the impact. Looks like my dog chewed the corner, but the lens itself remained pristine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrice Posted November 10, 2009 Share #9 Posted November 10, 2009 Tom, my 35mm summarit could be made to flare if the light was right, late afternoon shooting just off from the sun. Worst case scenario of course and only happened once or twice. Nate (TWoK on FM) also showed a nice shot with 35mm cron doing some quite spectacular flaring. My example (check me out in his glasses ): http://gallery.photo.net/photo/8660525-lg.jpg A link to Nate's post on FM is here. He used a cron asph btw. FWIW I always keep the hood on my 35 Summilux ASPH, leave the hood off my 50 Nokton (usually only use it in the dark), don't have a hood for my 25mm biogon (in the process of getting the round one) and use the sliding hood on my 90mm elmarit-M. I do really like sliding hoods, they are a great benefit of my R lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom0511 Posted November 10, 2009 Share #10 Posted November 10, 2009 Tom, my 35mm summarit could be made to flare if the light was right, late afternoon shooting just off from the sun. Worst case scenario of course and only happened once or twice. Nate (TWoK on FM) also showed a nice shot with 35mm cron doing some quite spectacular flaring. My example (check me out in his glasses ): http://gallery.photo.net/photo/8660525-lg.jpg A link to Nate's post on FM is here. He used a cron asph btw. FWIW I always keep the hood on my 35 Summilux ASPH, leave the hood off my 50 Nokton (usually only use it in the dark), don't have a hood for my 25mm biogon (in the process of getting the round one) and use the sliding hood on my 90mm elmarit-M. I do really like sliding hoods, they are a great benefit of my R lenses. Hi Daniel, thanks for those infos. The question is-would the hood have avoided this flare? In case of the 35 Summarit I just shoot without the hood because I like the little size. I had expected much more flare problems. Now I got used to the small size-its like my pocket-camera.combo. It made me think about the need to allways use a hood. In general I (have) allways use(d) hoods-also for protective reasons if a lens drops or also to keep rain drops away. The Summarit does pretty ok regarding flare IMO-this was very strong light and contrast: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrice Posted November 10, 2009 Share #11 Posted November 10, 2009 The question is-would the hood have avoided this flare? In my case, it should have if the hood is properly designed as the light source was outside the field of view But it's pretty much the only noticeable incidence of flare I ever had with that lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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