G'day Twitchy

Missed your OP the other day
Quote Originally Posted by twitchy View Post
G'day, I have had a look around, but haven't found anything relating to shooting into the sun. I took some afternoon shots down in Albany, facing the sun. I tried to shield the camera with my left hand, but my arm not long enough! Is there a setting I can use for taking a photo into the sunlight?
I have this issue regularly when shooting at >300mm & there are no ready-made lens hoods to suit my stuff ~ so I made my own for <$15

here it is...


a plastic drinking glass [$2], the bottom chopped off and sanded smooth, then epoxy-glued to an old UV filter metal thread [glass removed] and painted internally with blackboard matt black paint
Works a treat covering the 300 - 450mm range of the lens

[ps- all lens-maker-supplied lens hoods for a zoom lens are only designed for use at the wide-angle end of the lens - out from this, the lens hood rapidly loses effectiveness]
Regards, Phil