stump4545 Posted July 8, 2013 Share #1 Â Posted July 8, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) i have read I lot about the summarit line not being flare prone so if I bring these gems to the beach do I need to bring a lens hood? Â can I plan to use the 35/50 summarits without their lens hood or will I be sorry? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 8, 2013 Posted July 8, 2013 Hi stump4545, Take a look here 50mm and 35mm summarit flare. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Guest Marc G. Posted July 8, 2013 Share #2 Â Posted July 8, 2013 every lens can basically flare. but the summarits are very resistant to flare and some say that the lens hood is primarily for mechanical protection. Of course, the lens hood provides the optimum so I would take it just to get the personal safety (having done everything possible to prevent flare...). the hoods are very well made and are still fairly small... if you own one already, just take it with you. shouldnt add too much weight & bulk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fgcm Posted July 8, 2013 Share #3 Â Posted July 8, 2013 +1 I use the shade mainly to protect the lens from rain droplets. I must say it works pretty well as an umbrella Franco Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanp Posted July 8, 2013 Share #4  Posted July 8, 2013 Don't believe everything you read, except on the internet of course  I have both 35 and 50 Summarits.  When the sun is in the image I find it hard to make them flare. However, when the sun hits the front element at a slant angle, they tend to flare more than I like. So I always use the shade, and even then.....  Hope this helps, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade Posted July 12, 2013 Share #5 Â Posted July 12, 2013 The summarit hoods are one of the best designed hoods imho. Very compact and serves alot of purposes.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Gunst Lund Posted July 12, 2013 Share #6 Â Posted July 12, 2013 Except for the: screw on - fall of design... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marc G. Posted July 12, 2013 Share #7 Â Posted July 12, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) screw-on seems a far better design than clip on. those clip on hoods often are held via metal "claws" which often scratch the lens barrel when removing and attaching the hood. doesn't happen with the summarit hoods. only thing worth thinking about would be some sort of stronger attachment to the hard stop so the hoods dont screw loose that often Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanp Posted July 12, 2013 Share #8 Â Posted July 12, 2013 Except for the: screw on - fall of design... May I ask how many of those shades you have lost because they spontaneously unscrewed and dropped off? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted July 12, 2013 Share #9 Â Posted July 12, 2013 The Summarit hood design of my 2.5/35 Summarit is the same as that for my 3.4/21 SEM, 1.4/21 Summilux ASPH, and 1.4/35 Summilux ASPH. None have ever unscrewed and fallen off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankap Posted July 12, 2013 Share #10 Â Posted July 12, 2013 spontaneously unscrewed and dropped off? Spontaneously?? You should take notice. Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Gunst Lund Posted July 12, 2013 Share #11 Â Posted July 12, 2013 May I ask how many of those shades you have lost because they spontaneously unscrewed and dropped off? Â Much worse, you risk that the lens hood loosen and vignette the image. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanp Posted July 12, 2013 Share #12 Â Posted July 12, 2013 Much worse, you risk that the lens hood loosen and vignette the image. As the hood is visible in the viewfinder you can see that it rotated when you compose your image. As far as I am concerned this is a total non-issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted July 12, 2013 Share #13 Â Posted July 12, 2013 Blowing sand and salt water are more the beach concern than sun, although I don't know why you wouldn't leave the hood on at all times anyway; it's a small package and works as designed. Â Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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