I have a Canon EOS 400D and am currently always using my 55-250 IS lens. I am going to an outdoor equestrian event on Monday and was wondering if it is worth investing in a lens hood? I remember shooting a similar event on a sunny day in August and it made my photos very bright and washed out.
If a lens hood is recommended which one is best a I know there are a few such as petal.
Thank you
There are two issues with generic lens hoods.
First, the depth of the hood must be coordinated with the focal length of your lens. A 55-250mm zoom is going to be harder to match - a hood that either has a large enough diameter, or else is shallow enough to not vignette at the wide end of the zoom range will be less effective at the longer end of the range.
One of the traditional solutions to that problem is the petal (or segmented) hood. I'm not familiar with your particular lens, but zoom lenses for modern digital camera often are designed such that the front of the lens rotates as the lens is focused on the subject. If that is the case with your lens, a petal hood is not going to work - petal lenses are effective only when the leaves of the petal can be aligned to the edges of the image frame and remain stationary.
The best advice is to purchase the hood that is recommended by the manufacturer for your specific lens.
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