Banquet and Canon 24-70mm f/2.8

[thomas_mulder]

I am fixing to shoot a banquet tomorrow night and some of the evening will be low light. Would it be ok to leave

the lens hood on my Canon 24-70mm f2.8,... or would be best to keep it off? I will be using a Canon Speedlite.

[fuccisphotos]

<p>Unless you are doing REALLY close ups of the food, it should be fine to keep it on. It acts as a nice protector of the lens especially if you don't have on a UV filter. If you are shooting really close up, you may get a funky shadow pattern from the speedlite's proximity to the hood. So if you are taking shots of the food up close, take off the hood. =)</p>

[picturesque]

<p>Agree with Vail--don't see why you need to take it off. It can help keep stray light off the lens (to prevent flare) even in low light.</p>

[francie_baltazar]

<p>I never take my off because I don't use fiters on my lens and the hood protects the lens from getting banged up..</p>

[mpolfer]

<p>Also, the 24-70 gives the illusion of zooming "in" when you are actually zooming out. The hood helps

conceal this sometimes imposing aspect of this lens.</p><p><br></p>

[Marcus Ian]

<p>That particular lens (IME) is especially sensitive to IQ degrading flare when used WO... Often it doesn't even need to be a particularly bright light source, but it depends on ambient, and reflected light and stuff... I'd keep it on unless, as vail said, you're getting REALLY close up. I've found that the hood often makes a significant difference in IQ.</p>

[frolickingbits]

<p>I leave the lens hood on my 24-70 all the time, it has saved the front element from scratches on more than one occasion. As others have said, the only time it might cause a problem is if it was casting a shadow on something you were photographing. That lens doesn't focus close enough that you would be hitting your photo subject with the hood.</p>

[mcconnellphotos]

<p>No-one mentioned that the hood makes it look so much more badass? :)</p>

<p>Steven</p>