Digital Camera Lens Hood / Rain Hood

Step 6 Filing a channel for the tie

Simply adding a zip tie made the hood fit a little too snugly, so I filed a little channel for it to 'settle' in, effectively lessening the reduction in diameter. As you do this for the Lumix (or any other mount), remember to be be gentle with the filing: you can't put material back, but you can always take more away. Don't overdo it at first. I went through a couple of cycles of testing while deepening the channel so that my zip tie stuck out just enough to brace the hood with enough tension to stay on, while not threatening to deform the ring it was pressed onto.

The file is a square needle file, which worked really well. Before I remembered I had these little files, I considered using the soldering iron to melt a little channel in the plastic.