Watching Wimbledon and saw this....

[Rowk]

I notice that none of the photographers are using hoods with their big lenses. My use case is that the hood stays on all the time the lenses are out and about. Seems as protective as can be. The only time the lens see the soft lens cap is when packed for travel.

Is this a space or handling issue? Curious as to what others here do, and why these event shooters are not hooded.

Maybe they only use them while actually shooting towards the sun...the whole stadium can already provide a good protection against stray light.
Those white hoods are also mad expensive!
I can't find any weight specifications for those - maybe it's also somewhat weight related, or to quickly change lenses. I can also see that the longer lens is also more bulky, it's easier to quickly move a short lens.

 

[LDS]

I notice that none of the photographers are using hoods with their big lenses. My use case is that the hood stays on all the time the lenses are out and about. Seems as protective as can be. The only time the lens see the soft lens cap is when packed for travel.

Is this a space or handling issue? Curious as to what others here do, and why these event shooters are not hooded.

Usually photographers in the sideline pits have hoods mounted, but AFAIK their in a position where light can more easily hit the lenses.

 

[AlanF]

Those white hoods are also mad expensive!
I can't find any weight specifications for those - maybe it's also somewhat weight related, or to quickly change lenses. I can also see that the longer lens is also more bulky, it's easier to quickly move a short lens.
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The-digital-picture lists all the weights in the "specifications" - one of these things for which the site is very useful. The hoods are quite heavy.

 

[Markus D]

If you click on the pick and look what is on her (his - for those that think otherwise) lap, there is another camera with lens attached. Visible is pink tape obscuring the name of the camera! Hmmmmmmm. Many options are possible. He/She also has a wedding ring on left hand - no pink tape on that so not going incognito.

 

[Dekaner]

Agree with others that tape could just be to tell cameras apart. When I shoot sports with a colleague it can get confusing whose gear is whose, so we usually mark everything at the start with gaffer tape. We usually use grey, but also white or black depending on what we have in our bag.

 

[djack41]

Why the pink tape....? If you are trying to conceal something it seems a very obvious way to do it....

The guy at her left-hand side seems to have exactly the same setup, except for the lack of tape.

Look closely. The cameras are not the same.

 

[privatebydesign]

Why the pink tape....? If you are trying to conceal something it seems a very obvious way to do it....

The guy at her left-hand side seems to have exactly the same setup, except for the lack of tape.

Look closely. The cameras are not the same.

They look the same to me, the guys has a WFT on it but they both have the 1DX MkII GPS hump.

 

[RunAndGun]

It's just for quickly ID'ing her gear from others and/or matching lenses and support gear to specific cameras, etc. On multi camera shoots we do it all the time. Each set will be a different color. Makes life a lot easier, especially when packing up.

 

[3kramd5]

He/She also has a wedding ring on left hand - no pink tape on that so not going incognito.

That was at the same time incredibly confusing and extremely unsettling...