If you use lens hoods with plastic fixings, eventually, the bayonet fixings will start to wear down, loosening the lens hood. Obviously, this is bad, as it increases the chance of your hood falling off, and leaving the lens unprotected from all those nasty pitfalls that can befall lenses (like that time I closed a sliding van door on a friend's 70-300).
Rather than replacing the hood, take a bog-standard elastic band (I used a red one here), and wrap it where the hood meets the lens barrel. The extra friction will hold the hood securely, and stop it from rolling off. Job done. Just watch out for van doors.
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Hi David
ReplyDeleteIt was a 10-22 canon lens that was less than a month old and thank goodness I had a good old Jessops uv filter on it which took the brunt of the assault.....LOL
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