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Post by nigel on May 6, 2005 4:51:39 GMT -5
Making a Lens Hood for your Camcorder For some unknown reason I could NOT buy a simple lens hood for my camcorder and decided that I would be charged a small fortune for it if I eventually found one!! Heres how to make one for almost nothing!!! Find yourself a small plastic bottle with a top that is around the size of your camera's UV filter Now figure out how long you want your hood to be and simply cut off the base of the bottle with a sharp hobby knife and then trim the top section as well to eliminate all but a few millimetres of the original top of the bottle. Mount your UV filter in the cut off top and fix it with a few drops of super glue. Before applying the glue, FIRST screw the UV Filter onto your camcorder and screw it up finger tight so when you glue on the lens hood and screw the whole fitting back on, the hood will be horizontal. Before you rush out and make your new lens hood look pretty, use some sticky tape to fix it to the filter for now, turn on your camcorder and zoom out to the camcorder's full wide position. Take a peek in the viewfinder and ensure that the lens is not "seeing" the edge of the hood. If it is, then just trim it off until it's clear. Finally you can give it a quick coat of matt black paint to make sure that there are no nasty internal reflections and you are done Total Cost ?? Free!!! (if you happen to find a bottle in the kitchen and have some paint) Otherwise pretty minimal and you can make it in under 5 minutes!!!
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Post by lizatrainer on Aug 12, 2005 22:16:29 GMT -5
Oh man thats a great idea, I'm going to post that on my board.
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Post by bryce on Feb 25, 2007 12:53:51 GMT -5
that is an awesome idea
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Post by eggames on Feb 28, 2007 17:06:36 GMT -5
What does a lens hood actually do?
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Post by bryce on Feb 28, 2007 20:21:39 GMT -5
keeps glare and exess light out of the shot
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Post by eggames on Mar 1, 2007 17:45:17 GMT -5
but wont your lens get the side of it???
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Post by bryce on Mar 1, 2007 20:13:38 GMT -5
im not sure a fish eye lens would
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