I'd like to share a simple way of making a temporary lens hood.
Summer 2015 offered the opportunity for a vacation trip for that I brought a newly aquired 50-135 f/3.5 AI-s Nikkor zoom lens.
After a few days I found that this usefull and versatile lens earned itself a ranking on my 'like & use' list.
Using it more and more it became obvious that under certain conditions a lens hood was significantly missing.
Sharing other lenses lens hoods wasn't an oppurtunity,- they were either of the bayonet type or of mismatching diameter.
Savoring a delicious greek yoghurt one moring the idea developed to give a second life to it's cup.
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A few minutes worth of knife work allowed a 62mm to 77mm step up ring to tightly fit the plastic cup.
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Duct tape equals a modern outdoor repair facility in a roll - and it is usable as production glue and paint at the same time
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The cup curvature could only be matched by glueing a number of little duct tape snippets.
Resulting of this effort was a nicely blackened lens hood,
which, from a little distance, looks professional as in 'used by professionals as a tool'.
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Actually this was considered a makeshift solution... as is often seen with these it's still in use due to it's convincing functionality.
