Anyone use a hat instead of or as well as a lens hood/shade? or is it just me?
Mine's wide brimmed and made of straw.
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Anyone use a hat instead of or as well as a lens hood/shade? or is it just me?
Mine's wide brimmed and made of straw.
I'd say it was just you, but I know that wouldn't be the truth. So let me say... not me.
I use a hat because I have never been willing to shell out enough money to buy a lens shade. A lens shade would be better but then it would also make changing lenses more of an ordeal.
A black felt hat I hope.
Sure, a hat, a film holder slide...
I might use a hat.........as the shutter, not a shade.
I have a Tilley. It works great as both a head-shade as well as a lens-shade.
Mike
I use a brown Pendleton fedora. I find it gives a better bite in the shadows with more smooth highlight gradations that a Tilley.
Hats, dark slides, hands, whatever, are fine for keeping direct sunlight from striking the lens. They're not so fine when the light is diffuse. For that you need a compendium shade.