If lens flare has been ruining your shots try using a lens hood. Rather than invest in them I found a web site where you can download PDF files that will allow you to print out a lens hood for a variety of lenses. Lens hoods are intended to exclude glare and reduce hot spots. In addition, lens shades increase contrast, improve sharpness and retain color fidelity.
A lens hood helps prevent glare and lens flare. It’s basically a petal-shaped plastic ring that clips onto the end of your lens. In this case, however, it’s a printed piece of paper, which can accomplish the same goal. The site carries custom hoods for upwards of a hundred different lenses, including models from Canon, Nikon, Olympus and Sigma.
Printable lens hoods offer a number of advantages over their costly counterparts:
- Ultra compact – can be carried unfolded.
- No waiting to order one – simply download, print, cut-out and attach.
- Redundancy – don’t worry if you lose one; just print another!
- 100% recyclable
- Can be modified to cater for different digital SLR sensor crop factors.
- Available in both ’rounded’ and ‘petal’ versions.
- They’re absolutely free!
Find your own printable digital lens hoods at Lenshoods.net.
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