tulip lens hoods?

[back alley]

i think that's what they are called...
one came with the fuji 14 (same one as used on the 18-55 zoom)...

i think they are fugly...
are they supposed to be 'better' than a simple round hood?

i need to find a replacement for it...

 

[splitimageview]

Me no like those things. I can't recall ever using one...they usually stayed wrapped up on the factory packaging in the original box. 🙂

 

[PaulW128]

Joe

Not a fan either, i loved metal lens hoods, then had to get accustomed to all plastic ones but those tulips??? bleh

Paul

 

[wafflecakee]

You guys are picky as hell. They're often made for wides to avoid vignetting.

 

[back alley]

i admit to picky!

tulip hoods just look stupid on a lens...

 

[Herjulfr]

Ah, i like tulip hoods! But when i had one, i rarely used it, as my lens was flare resistant.

 

[Addy101]

Tulip hoods are better then round ones and as good as square hoods. If you don't like them, replace them!

 

[Sparrow]

... picky is good ... it's how one improves

 

[Roger Hicks]

A hood should be as deep as is either convenient or possible. A 'tulip' hood is basically a deep round hood with cutaways so it doesn't vignette the corners of the image. The alternatives are a very shallow circular hood (far less effective for either flare protection or mechanical protection) or a much bigger, deeper, more expensive, often viewfinder-blocking rectangular hood. On ultra-wides (such as my 18/4) a tulip is the only rational choice. Ugly? Yes. Even so, I'd rather have ugly-but-functional than cool-but-appealing-only-to-the-sort-of-people-who-say-'cool'. As for 'stupid', no, they definitely aren't.

Cheers,

R.

 

[daveleo]

i admit to picky!

tulip hoods just look stupid on a lens...

I agree. I especially agree if you are referring to the picture you posted under "X-beauty" . . . that hood is really ugly on that setup.

EDIT: rectangular hoods look very cool 😀

 

[btgc]

tulip hoods - more effective; as said before, associate with SLR gear. Some compacts came with tulip hoods, I think, Riccoh GR1?
round and square hoods - less effective; compact and RF realm (but some SLR lenses also had square hoods). Look cool and special and all that stuff...