Am I understanding this correctly. You have this short hood on attached to your lens. Then, you have the VND attached to front of the lens hood. Is this correct?
Yes, I leave the 1.5" short metal hood on the lens almost all the time. The metal hood has thread on both ends. It's screwed onto the lens. If I need to use the VND, I just screw the VND onto the hood. If I shoot on a beach, I would put a UV filter on the lens, then the metal hood on the filter. I guess I could just put the UV filter on the hood too.
I use those short metal hoods on my 70-200 F4 GII, 100-400 GM, 200-600, 400-800. It's so much easier than the Sony hoods. If I put a CPL on the lens, then the hood on the CPL, I can just rotate the hood to get the desired CPL effect. So much easier then messing around with removing/attaching the Sony hood. Since I leave the hood on the lens, it does add 1.5" to the total length of lens as the metal hood can't be put in a reverse position.
Am I understanding this correctly. You have this short hood on attached to your lens. Then, you have the VND attached to front of the lens hood. Is this correct?
Yes, I attach a 1.5" short metal hood on the lens all the time, if I need to use the VND, I just attach the VND on the hood. The metal hood has thread on both ends, you screw the hood on the lens, then you screw the VND on the hood. If I shoot on a beach, I would put a UV filter on the lens, then the metal hood on the filter. I guess I could put the UV filter on the hood too.
I use those short metal hoods on my 70-200 F4 GII, 100-400 GM, 200-600, 400-800. It's so much easier than the Sony hoods. If I put a CLP on the lens, then the hood on the CPL, I can just rotate the hood to get the desired CPL effect. So much easier then messing around with the Sony hood. It does add 1.5" length to the lens though as the metal hood can't be put in a reverse position.
