robertrose
10-Apr-2015, 14:49
If this has been discussed before my apologies.
I tried to find a compendium hood for my Toyo-Field camera; new are very expensive and used are hard to find. The usual available model is for the studio Toyo-View camera.
I have found that the Lee universal hood is an excellent alternative. It is light weight, and is suspended from an adapter attached to the lens. The trick is to get an adapter with thread size that matches your lens filter size. The rings are pricey, but I found that less expensive rings from The Filter Dude work just fine and are of high quality.
There are two types of adapter: regular and wide angle. They will both work on any LF lens with filter threads on the forward element. The regular adapter has a second female thread for a polarizer if you want that, while the wide angle moves everything a few millimeters closer to the lens; might be enough to prevent some vignetting.
If you have multiple lenses, then (unless you are worried about vignetting) consider getting an adapter for the largest thread and look for step-up rings for the smaller lenses.
The Lee Universal Hood takes the adapter ring, and allows use of 100mm (4") filters at the front of the hood. If you want to use multiple filters, or have the filters closer to the lens, check out the filter holder, which can attach to the back of the hood. If you are not going to use filters, then the filter holder (and Foundation Kit) is not needed. There are several helpful videos at the Lee website.
I tried to find a compendium hood for my Toyo-Field camera; new are very expensive and used are hard to find. The usual available model is for the studio Toyo-View camera.
I have found that the Lee universal hood is an excellent alternative. It is light weight, and is suspended from an adapter attached to the lens. The trick is to get an adapter with thread size that matches your lens filter size. The rings are pricey, but I found that less expensive rings from The Filter Dude work just fine and are of high quality.
There are two types of adapter: regular and wide angle. They will both work on any LF lens with filter threads on the forward element. The regular adapter has a second female thread for a polarizer if you want that, while the wide angle moves everything a few millimeters closer to the lens; might be enough to prevent some vignetting.
If you have multiple lenses, then (unless you are worried about vignetting) consider getting an adapter for the largest thread and look for step-up rings for the smaller lenses.
The Lee Universal Hood takes the adapter ring, and allows use of 100mm (4") filters at the front of the hood. If you want to use multiple filters, or have the filters closer to the lens, check out the filter holder, which can attach to the back of the hood. If you are not going to use filters, then the filter holder (and Foundation Kit) is not needed. There are several helpful videos at the Lee website.