WHY DO SOME LENS HOODS HAVE THIS SHAPE?

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Thypoch Voyager AF 24-50mm F2.8

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The video explains why some lens hoods have cutouts. It demonstrates how taping over these cutouts causes them to block the frame at the wide end of a lens, indicating the cutouts are designed to prevent this vignetting.

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Why do some lens hoods have this shape? These cutouts are designed to prevent the lens hood from blocking the frame on wide-angle lenses. Lens: Thypoch Voyager AF 24-50mm F2.8 Camera: Sony A7Cii #photography #digitalcamera #sonya7cii #thypoch2450mmf28