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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 215746" data-attributes="member: 4923">The lens hood should not cause a shadow unless its a closer shot using on camera flash. Auto or P should not make a difference. A lens hood shadow would likely make a bottom portion of the picture darker. If your subject is fairly close, the hood sticks out far enough to block the flash and leave a shadow in your image. You might need to post a picture with the problem shadow. Are you possibly having a too slow shutter speed in P and causing your image to look shaky and calling the fuzzy image a shadow? The purpose of the lens hood is to shield the front of the lens from unwanted light, usually outdoors. Bright light can strike the front on the lens at certain angles and cause reflections that show up in your picture.</blockquote>