I wonder how much it would cost to fill your car's fuel tank with either black or coloured ink and compare that to petrol/gasoline? Well, it's called printer ink (not toner, but that teaspoon of ink in a plastic container).
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I have heard from Sony, I guess the hood is still sold, but it is over $70.įor a piece of plastic that maybe cost 10 cents to make, it puts Dick Turpin and any 18th century pirate to shame as it's daylight robery, and I wouldn't pay that sort of money for it, though can anyone can think of an item that possibly costs more than the most precious of metals on a direct comparison by volume? I am feeling a little better about the situation now. And they're cheap, weigh next to nothing, can be removed when you don't need them and may help the OP with a potential problem.Thank you for linking. Very funny, but wrist/arm bands on hoods can actually be a good idea, to reduce flare issues with petal hoods when shooting concerts for example. That way you can keep your wrist bands where they belong.
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What slot cover? He's planning to cut a slot himself and probably won't be able to fabricate a sliding slot cover easily. Since the slot cover slides you can make the opening as thin as you want - or simply close it once you've adjusted the polariser. That's what I do with my 70-200G and 70-400G hoods.Īnd he doesn't have either of those lenses, which is why I was suggesting a low cost solution that could help with the workaround he's considering.Īs for shooting vertical, I'd recommend mounting the hood so that the slot was not on the sunny side.Īs mentioned above, some hoods only mount in certain directions. You could simply mount the hood so that the slot was on the bottom.īut not all hoods can be mounted any way you want. A fix for that could be a black elastic band (eg, arm or wrist band) of some kind that you could slide over the slot when you need to cover it. Even if you cut it in the bottom of the hood, when rotating to portrait orientation it could be a problem. The slot idea makes sense but of course you'd need to be careful not to allow light to leak in through it. I was talking about reaching in with a finger/nail to rotate the knurled end (I'd forgotten that term, which I see another responder mentioned) but I can see why that won't work with the 70-300. Wow, I just did an image search on the 70-300 with hood and I see what you mean! I didn't realise it was so long. I think the 70-300 hood is too deep to use your method And of course the long primes (300/4, 300/2.8 etc) can use the mini CPL, which fits in towards the lens mount, if you can afford one!Īre you saying you reach in with the hood on and adjust with your finger nail? I think I will find extra hoods and cut a slot in them. Incidentally, from memory the Sony/Minolta 70-200 has a slotted hood too allow filter rotation.
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Not very high tech but in the absence of another option it's workable. I don't have the 70-300 G but imagine it would be similar. It's a bit tricky, particularly with the long hood on my Sigma 70-200 EX, but I have done it. Instead they have a rough rim on the front which allows you to use your finger (or fingernail) on the front to turn them. Therefore they don't have a filter thread on the front of them. My CPL's are both the slim type which can also be used for wide angle lenses.