Nei1 Posted May 24, 2010 Share #1 Posted May 24, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) doesnt the x1 need a lens hood:confused: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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earleygallery Posted May 24, 2010 Share #2 Posted May 24, 2010 Well the answer is of course that it does - in situations where a hood will prevent flare etc - but Leica chose to design the camera much like any other P&S digicam and how many of those have lens hoods? The advantage is the little ring which unscrews around the base of the lens, and there will no doubt be a 'filter thread' adaptor in due course which will allow the fitment of a lens hood, but that of course defeats the design principal of the motorised collapsing lens! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted May 24, 2010 Share #3 Posted May 24, 2010 A hood would be an advantage but is difficult to execute as part of the camera design. A detachable one, if feasible, would be an irksome extra on a small compact camera. In extrimis I shield the lens with my free hand but it is not ideal. For all of my other cameras I always use a lens hood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsrockit Posted May 24, 2010 Share #4 Posted May 24, 2010 Have you experienced a lot of flair with your X1? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
artyca Posted May 24, 2010 Share #5 Posted May 24, 2010 Haven't had a need for a lens hood so far... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsrockit Posted May 24, 2010 Share #6 Posted May 24, 2010 Haven't had a need for a lens hood so far... I agree... and I've used it in direct sunlight. I'm more likely to need an LCD hood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nei1 Posted May 25, 2010 Author Share #7 Posted May 25, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) The lens does look fairly deep set so I imagine any problems would only occur in pretty severe conditions.A lens I use a lot is a pre-asph 35mm lux and the lens hood is a pain,the lugs that need to be pressed to remove it always seem to be where the tags on the aperture ring are and being a similar height cause some confusion.Recently Ive started to leave it off and up till now have not noticed any difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZDavid Posted May 25, 2010 Share #8 Posted May 25, 2010 Have you experienced a lot of flair with your X1? All Leica pictures have flair, naturally. But flare is problem in bright light, and yes, a lenshood would be nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappde Posted May 26, 2010 Share #9 Posted May 26, 2010 See: X1 Last part of blog. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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