3rd Party or genuine lens hood

S

Slobbit

Suspended / Banned
Messages
468
Name
Steve
Edit My Images
Yes
Hi All

Looking on ebay for a lens hood for a 15-85 that I bought on here and there appear to be a lot more fake ones than genuine.
Is there a massive difference between the two? Would I lose IQ by getting one of the fake ones?
Thanks for your help :)
 
So it would appear to me then that the fake should be OK for what I need.
Thanks everyone for your help. :thumbs:
 
I wouldn't get one if it's screw thread - the Canon ones are Baynot fit, easy and quick to get on and off, the screw fakes tend to be very awkward and too much vignetting in my experience

I made the mistake and bought cheap ones for all my lens... then had to get originals
 
From what i've read Dont get a 3rd party lens hood for the 15-85mm you can get bad vignetting from these.
 
Hotshots said:
From what i've read Dont get a 3rd party lens hood for the 15-85mm you can get bad vignetting from these.
Click to expand...

Doh

Ordered i off ebay this morning :(

Still it was only £6 so it doesn't matter too much.

Thanks for your input :thumbs:
 
Slobbit said:
Doh

Ordered i off ebay this morning :(

Still it was only £6 so it doesn't matter too much.

Thanks for your input :thumbs:
Click to expand...

As long as the model of lens hood you ordered was the EW-78E, then it should fit as the Genuine Canon one does...
 
I got one for the same lens from Deal extreme, cost about £4 fits great, has a velvet coating to the inside to stop reflections. No vignetting either. Some will be great some wont.
 
It shouldn't be a problem. There are screw-in ones that have to be avoided but that's about it. Original ones have a little bit of velvet lining on the inside to stop reflections, so it would be nice if the replacement is close that.
 
Most third party ones are the same dimensions as the original ones so no problems with vignetting.
If you do get it, a quick attack with a file sorts it.
Provided a lens hood is of the right dimensions and not shiny on the inside they work just fine.. as does a hand held to shade the sun.
 
smurf123 said:
I know this may sound silly but.....
How do you know what shape it should be as I have seen 2people using different shape hoods on the same lens (55-250)
Click to expand...

If the end of the lens rotates in use, you must use round ones. if they do not petal shaped are better.
The canon 55-250 rotates...so round type it is.
 
Thanks at least I know know what to buy lol
I took some pics the other day of a friends daughter running with the Olympic torch and noticed sun flair on the pics (well I think that's what it's called) so was thinking about getting a hood but like I said I've been told I need both by two different people
 
Terrywoodenpic said:
If the end of the lens rotates in use, you must use round ones. if they do not petal shaped are better.
The canon 55-250 rotates...so round type it is.
Click to expand...

Petal shapes are only there to deal with wide angles (i.e. not a fashion thing). Telephotos rarely need them.
 
Lens hoods are supposed to be black inside. Matt black paint or plastic is just not black and in difficult side lighting that can make things worse than without. I've never seen a third party hood with the black flock lining that Canon uses, though I dare say they exist.

The only third party hood I own I've substantially improved with black self-adhesive felt (about 80p from Hobbycraft) but it's still not quite as good as the real thing. I won't be buying any more cheap hoods thanks.

Edit: petal hoods should be more efficient, in theory. They're actually rectangular as seen by the lens, but rectangular hoods are expensive and inconvenient, and don't reverse back over the lens for storage.
 
Last edited:
smurf123 said:
I know this may sound silly but.....
How do you know what shape it should be as I have seen 2people using different shape hoods on the same lens (55-250)
Click to expand...

As has been said, if the front element rotates, it's generally a round one.

Best advice to find out which it should be, is to look on the manufacturer site and see which model they give, then search for that genuine model and you'll see what it's supposed to be.

Yes I gave seen the petal hoods on offer for the 55-250IS, but it's recommended a round one and the genuine one is round.

Your decision then, is wether you choose genuine hood or 3rd party hood ...
 
daugirdas said:
Petal shapes are only there to deal with wide angles (i.e. not a fashion thing). Telephotos rarely need them.
Click to expand...

Of course they are not a fashion thing. Petals can provide the greatest shading in the smallest size. they provide the same retangular view as the picture area.

On a rotating front lens they create massive vignetting as they rotate out of square and obstruct the image.

Some very large telephoto lenses use a square aperture lens hood which is the best shade of all, but most expensive to make.
Leica who are not known to worry about cost, offer aperture hoods even on wide angle lenses.

LF professional cameras such as monorails use adjustable bellows hoods and even flags on attached arms.
 
Is it worth putting a hood on a 50mm 1.8D?

The ones i have seen for it are rubber!
 
i purchased a hood for my 18-200 from amazon and made sure it was the same canon number - it was £7.99 , I also have the correct hood in genuine canon - happened the next day. So when I compared the two , they are identical in both appearance, lettering (except it says for canon...) and feel quality

so you should be OK

I also had a rubber screw on hood for my 50mm 1.8 on a film camera (so full frame) and worked fine

without a hood i also used my hand to reduce any flair you can see the difference in the view finder
 
samems said:
Is it worth putting a hood on a 50mm 1.8D?

The ones i have seen for it are rubber!
Click to expand...

Hoods can prevent direct light reaching the lens surface and creating flare.

In many situations that is not a problem, in other situations even a standard 1.8 will be greatly improved by shading. Focal length has nothing to dowith it.
On some lenses like fisheyes lens hoods are impractical.

On my Fuji X10 I have yet to see any flare at all, even shooting into the light. I will probably just shade with my hand when it seems a likely situation.

Rubber lens hoods were very common on film cameras, the best ones have minute circular ridges on the inside to control reflection. They were often made to fold to suit various focal lengths.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top