If you can’t afford a lens hood for a new lens that was supplied without one, a UK website offers an excellent do-it-yourself solution.

 

November 13, 2007: If you can’t afford a lens hood for a new lens that was supplied without one, a UK website offers an excellent do-it-yourself solution.
This site contains PDF documents that can be printed and cut out to make lens hoods for a variety of 35mm and digital SLR camera lenses. Brands covered include Canon Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Sigma, Tamron and Tokina. Printable lens hoods offer a number of advantages over their costly polycarbonate 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 could also make affordable stocking fillers this Christmas. For more information, visit http://www.lenshoods.co.uk/.