To lens hood or not to lens hood, that is the question?

[Chris 3754]

I use a lens hood when shooting ice hockey mostly because I have found in the excitement of moving quickly I regularly make contact with the 70-200 against the glass. I also use them when shooting outdoor sports or wildlife from a somewhat stationary position. Otherwise when hiking or street photography, if I find glare I just use my hand as a block. They just seem to be more of a pain when handling lenses and packing them into my small backpack. Granted I don’t shoot video, so that may be different. What do you all think, to me they don’t seem to provide that much value? Am I wrong about this?

 

[iamdlewis]

I too basically use the hood as protection and not for blocking light.