Do you prefer round hoods or rectangular hoods on lens?

[haagen_dazs]

Cosmetically speaking, Do you prefer round hoods or rectangular hoods on lens?
Just wondering :p :p

[Finder]

You forgot the "don't care" option.

[rich815]

Another don't care.

[JasonG]

I prefer dodecagonal ones, these give the best features of rectangles (straight lines) with the curvyness of circles.

Tra

Jason

[2tcreative]

Always shoot with a hood, rarely a filter. Try to use the original hood made for the specific lens but that may not always be possible.

I do use rectangular hoods on all my OM gear except for 100mm and up. These hoods are from Pentax Asahi and are metal for the most part.

Wish someone would make a good rectangular aftermarket hood for 39mm and up. Wish I knew how to mill a billet of aluminum and make one!!

[Benjamin Marks]

You forgot "Round-tangular"

Really, as long as there is no vignetting, who cares?

BTW, I am about to call B&H Photo to buy my second square Leica lenscap that fits over the damn 35mm Summicron Asph lenshood. The thing won't stay on . . I must be peeling it off when I take the camera out of my Domke. . .

Ben Marks

[Stu W]

Mark said Cosmetically-not Functionally. Stu

[laptoprob]

A proper rectangular hood should be most effective sheltering the field of view. Therefore I would prefer a rectangular hood. I don't have any though!
Except a rectangular hood for my Digilux 2 that doesn't allow a step-up filter ring so I don't use the hood.
The Russian rectangular 49mm hood mentioned in my sig is a perfect one, but way too wide for the J9 it came with. Should be great for a 50mm.

But cosmetically, a round one.

[Gabriel M.A.]

I like rounded because it reminds some people of protective collars around their dog's neck, so they look amused when they see a round hood on a camera.

I'm sure the dog wouldn't be as cute (nor as protected!) with a rectangular one.

[cmogi10]

I like rectangular, I wish I could find one for my 35 Biogon.

[rogue_designer]

I like the round vented - has a more vintage feel to me - cosmetically, I like.

But ultimately, I don't care.

[Roger Hicks]

For convenience: round

For efficacy: rectangular

For cosmetics: I don't carry my cameras for cosmetic reasons...

Cheers,

Roger

[haagen_dazs]

Mark said Cosmetically-not Functionally. Stu
exactly, thanks stu
i personally like the rectangular look coz the body is also rectangular too..:angel: :angel:

[haagen_dazs]

I like rectangular, I wish I could find one for my 35 Biogon.

i was thinking the same thing too

[PlantedTao]

rectangoloid.

I love the rectangular hoods for my xpan and wish I would find a similiar one for my 50 'lux.

[bsdunek]

Round, metal, screw-on. A little slower but they don't fall off if they get bumped. The exception is the bayonet on square hood on my Rollei. :cool:

[harry01562]

Another vote.. this one for whatever works best. I do prefer the screw in, as they are more secure, and provide additional protection in the event of a drop.

Harry

[Spider67]

Try a Retina IIc/c with it's 80mm and the round lenshood......then we'll talk about field of View...

[visiondr]

I like the round vented - has a more vintage feel to me - cosmetically, I like.

But ultimately, I don't care.

Seconded.
I would add that I recently used some small, fine modeling files (half round and flat) to open up and deepen the slot on the Zeiss hood for my 35 Biogon. It gives me just a sliver more view than I had before. I then used a black Sharpie marker to colour over the now exposed aluminum. It actually looks fine.

[visiondr]

I might also add that round hoods seem to obscure less area in the bottom right corner of the viewfinder than the rectangular hoods do (even when vented). Yeah, the round hood is probably slightly less effective as a stray light blocker, but with the damned-near-impossible-to-flare new Zeiss lenses, I use the hood mainly for protection.

[peterm1]

Having said I prefer rectangular, most of mine are round as that is what is most readily available. But I have the little 35mm Summicron (V4) which has a beautiful rectangular hood and think it looks tops and works well. Mostly I use the Leica round vented one as it works on many 39mm diameter lenses

[Ronald M]

Rect is best if small. Then straight round ones, Never the funnel shaped ones

[ErnestoJL]

Allways round, preferably metal and thread mounted (less risks). Vented if possible for normal lens.

Most of my lenses rotate when focusing, then a squared hood is unadvisable: they´ll be blocking the VF.

Ernesto.

[cmogi10]

Rectangular ones all the way

[payasam]

Appearances are irrelevant to me. If I could, I would have a rectangular hood for each of my lenses. Unfortunately some of them rotate when focussed. Besides, rectangular hoods are not so easy to come by as round ones. Easily the best hood I have ever had was a SOOPD for a Summitar.

[peter_n]

Rectangular are most efficient, there's a guy who posts on pnet with the mathematics of it all. Personally I mostly use ASPH lenses now so flare isn't an issue and my use of hoods is for protection only. I use 3rd. party round hoods.

[cosmonot]

With my engineer hat on I vote rectangular, because the hood can be smaller, and just as effective. I wish my zuikos had rectangular hoods. But I'll take what I can get (at a reasonable price) and what won't fall off and get lost.

[marke]

i personally like the rectangular look coz the body is also rectangular too..:angel: :angel:

Yup! Cosmetically they fit the lines of the body better. And since they are more effective, why not use the rectangular if available and practical? (obviously not with a rotating lens).

[like2fiddle]

Easily the best hood I have ever had was a SOOPD for a Summitar.

Now that is a rectangular hood. :) I use mine on my Summitar, but I admit I have searched for more compact hoods, especially since the lens itself is so compact.

Except for the barn door for the Summitar, all my hoods are round, but I really like the looks of a black M with a 35 Summicron with black rectangular hood.

[Richard Black]

As mentioned before, round vented! Has a retro sexy look, functionally, the one that came with the lens, VC 28 f3.5

[pfoto]

Rectangular are most efficient, there's a guy who posts on pnet with the mathematics of it all. Personally I mostly use ASPH lenses now so flare isn't an issue and my use of hoods is for protection only. I use 3rd. party round hoods.I also use the hoods for protection so whatever comes with the lens - it's a mix. Some of the Leica hoods are fiddly though, the one on the 35/1.4 ASPH can be tricky to use.

[ChrisPlatt]

RF hoods are problematic because anything large enough to be effective will likely partially block the finder.
On my SLRs I prefer something that "self stores" - either a reversible rigid hood or collapsible rubber one.

Chris

[d_c]

Cosmetically I prefer the rectangular hoods but I've actually had problems using these on my 35mm Summicron v.4 so tend to use an older round vented hood. This lens is constructed such that the lens cluster screws into the focussing mount where it is held in place by a fairly ineffectual grub screw and some thread lock. I've found that the corners of the rectangular hood tend to catch on things and so start unscrewing the lens cluster whereas this doesn't happen with one of the circular hoods.

[jsrockit]

No hood, then square, then round.

[damien.murphy]

I must be the exception, as personally I hate hoods, for the sole reasons of added bulk and impact on portability. With an M, I like the slim streamlined package, and hate to change that, be it by using larger lenses or adding hoods. On dslr's I can just about tolerate them on occasion, but then its a bulky kit in the first place, hood or no hood.

The rectangular hoods look cool though :)

[Frida]

I don't really have a preference on shape, as long as it's small.