Andrew,
A hood, any hood, as long as it doesn't vignette, is preferable to no hood at
all. I have the proper hood for my 80-200/2.8 Tamron, and it's always used,
except when I feel the need for a filter. Then, since I don't have a set of
77mm filters, I use a 77-82mm step-up ring and a two-inch deep, $10, metal,
82mm screw-in hood I got off *Bay a couple of years ago. If you've got this
lens and don't have the "proper" bayonet hood, a screw-in 77mm hood a couple of
inches deep will do just as well. May not look as good, but it'll do the job,
and you could probably find one in the junk bin at most any camera store.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message from Andrew Gullen
<andrew.gullen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: --------------
> on 2004/10/30 11:47 PM, John A. Lind at jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > I'm concluding from the remarks of others that the lens hood for the Tamron
> > 80-200 f/2.8 SP LD can be rather hard to find.
>
> How necessary is the hood (i.e., how flare-prone are they)?
>
> Andrew
>
>
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