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What to replace Tokina lens hood with?

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FatWhore
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I recently got a Tokina 11-16 that was used once on ebay. The thing is literally brand new and I got it for $450. I figured it was a must buy. The only problem was the lens hood is missing. What should I replace it with? I know Tokina sells some, but they are $40 and then all the knock off ones are complete shit.
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Mag
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It's quite literally a simple piece of plastic, how could knock offs be complete shit?

Also I doubt it'll make a big difference
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FatWhore
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You can just tell they are complete shit. To start they dont screw on... and they are 5 bucks and look like a piece of shit that I would never put on a lens.
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PacificRimJob
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Why even use a lens hood on something that wide.. It's not even going to fucking matter haha.

I use a vintage 17mm on my film camera and 5Dc every once in a while, and I don't even HAVE a lens hood for taht.
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FatWhore
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It makes you looks cooler. Haha, but seriously I read on the tokina it helps prevent to much light coming in and increases saturation and something else i belive. Also I like how it protected my tamron when I dropped it.
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Mag
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You're not talking about a polarizing filter are you?
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FatWhore
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No im talking about a lens hood, they protect a lens pretty good when they are dropped imo. The guy on Ebay said he found it so its all good, hopefully its the right one.
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gusestomp
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OP only wants a lens hood to make him look like a pro videographer.
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FatWhore
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That's what I said, what's the point of getting a 11-16 if it doesn't look cool?
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PacificRimJob
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How bout not dropping shit.
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Laurent.
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Get a carbon fiber matte box, you will look pro as fuck.

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FatWhore
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no one tries to drop stuff... It happens my accident, why not have the extra precautions...
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FatWhore
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linK?
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PacificRimJob
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A lens hood won't do shit in a legit fall.
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FatWhore
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My glidecam tipped over and the first thing that hit the ground was the lens hood. Meaning the lens hood took the force of the fall...
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Bloc_chain
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used a $3 ebay copy of the 17-40L one the entire time I owned the lens, couldnt tell the difference other then the labeling
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Mag
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You sound like you could maybe do with a metal one, they're dirt cheap, but it'll use the filter thread, and it actually WILL be useful in a drop.

Also I don't see how you're dropping your cam, even with the small 600d grip and no strap, I've never dropped it, although I have fallen on it way too fucking often
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FatWhore
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It was the glidecam on an slightly un level surface fixed with dumbass kids.
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FatWhore
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Thanks! finally some real advice... would this work on a tokina? I know the 77mm is good but what about how it screws on? http://www.ebay.com/itm/77mm-EW-83J-Lens-Hood-For-Canon-EF-S-17-55mm-f-2-8-IS-USM-EF-17-40mm-f-4L-USM-/280791834396?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item41607f5f1c
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eheath
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Nothing.
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erikK
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i've dropped my d7000 and 11-16 once- when i pulled my face mask off, the strap just went up and over my head with it, straight to hard floor. was i being an idiot? yes. was i glad i had my lens hood on? yes. it took almost all of the force from the fall. my d7000 and 50 1.4 also fell out of some stupid fucking top heavy shelf thing in my dorm room, straight to lens. took that one like a champ with no protection on.

i use a lens hood whenever i can now.
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Alias_
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hahaha


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FatWhore
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Its what i read online, no need to be an ass.
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eheath
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You're an idiot if you think it makes it more saturated
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JuliusJ
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I mean he is right on it protecting the glass a bit. But yeah, a knock-off should be fine.
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FatWhore
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hey, I would have never have told anyone that untill I started looking for reasons why to have one online and this article came up. I still dont think it does, just because I said I read online that it does doesnt mean I believe it. http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Canon-Lenses/Lens-Hoods.aspx
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Mag
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I mean in a way you could(although why anyone would is beyond me, and it's not really true) say that because there might be less flaring, there's more contrast, and it'll come across as more saturated.
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Daski
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A Starbucks drink sleeve.
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CrotchKiller
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buy a 10 dollar UV filter and don't drop your camera
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Laurent.
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That's one way to degrade your picture quality.
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CrotchKiller
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yea if you pixel peep photos.

Doesn't make a big enough difference to me when im shooting video. I normally just keep the cheap uv filters on for storage and then take it off and use my ND fader when im actually shooting.
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Laurent.
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This is no pixel peeping:

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CrotchKiller
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neither is this

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like i said cheap UV filters don't bother me, if they bother you then you should buy a lens hood and not a cheap uv filter.
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Laurent.
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Good job, that's a comparison between a picture with and without the uv filter and with the filter being a Hoya MC:

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I showed a comparison between a cheap and expensive filter.

An expensive filter doesn't degrade image quality by much, a cheap 10$ filter that you recommend using will in almost all cases cause problems such as reflections, ghosting, loss of contrast, flaring, and vignetting and will never come close to the performance of a B+W or Hoya.
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CrotchKiller
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fair enough.



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Mag
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why is the first photo more saturated?
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