I have the Hasselblad 903. There are advantages to the 903 and 905 such as the level bubble is seen in the view finder therefore I recommend them. No, a cloth hood is not needed not useful. I found that I kept taking photographs with the lens cap on so I put yellow gaffers tape on the lens cap and the top of the lens hood. More @Wikipedia
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