HAMA Sun Hood E 46 933/46

HAMA Zonnekap E 46 933/46

The normally unprotected front lens element is highly sensitive to stray light, which is usually invisible to the naked eye but reduces the image's contrast, color saturation and vibrancy. A lens hood, on the other hand, protects not only against side light or backlight, but also against reflections, unwanted rain and other unfavorable conditions.

It's important to make sure the lens hood you use is suited to the focal length of the lens. A lens hood that's too tight, for example, will always cause distracting vignetting in the corners of the image when used with wide-angle and zoom lenses.

Elastic lens hoods can be folded back at the edges, making them suitable for wide-angle lenses too. This is a significant advantage over conventional lens hoods.