Lens hood & UV filter order

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Lens hood & UV filter order

Postby daniel81 on Fri May 11, 2007 8:49 pm

Does it matter which order I screw my lens hood & UV filter on to my lens?

Should it be lens > uv filter > hood or lens > hood > uv filter?
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Postby losfp on Fri May 11, 2007 9:01 pm

Really depends on the lens, filter and hood :)

For most of my lenses, it's easier to screw the filter on first, then fit the hood. With the bayonet-style hoods, it doesn't really matter what order you do it in.

If you have a screw-in type hood, then it may matter. In which case, then it depends on whether you think you'll be removing the hood more often than you want to remove the filter.
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Postby Oz_Beachside on Fri May 11, 2007 10:28 pm

the nikkor 85/1.4 is a screw on type. The inside of the hood does not have a thread, so its filter before hood if filter.
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Postby Yi-P on Fri May 11, 2007 10:36 pm

Filter first then the hood. :P
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Postby seeto.centric on Sat May 12, 2007 10:41 pm

annoying to remove a filter thru say... a deep hood like on the 105 or 70-200VR
unless you have small long hands :)

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