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Why are Canon lens hoods so expensive?
Why isn't a lens hood like the EW-73D included with the Canon EF-S 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS USM lens?
£40 for a poxy bit of plastic?


Most other manufacturers include a hood with their lenses. Canon only seem to include one on L series glass.


I really feel like Canon are taking the mickey....

They are, aren't they?
 
They are not the only one, Olympus 60mm macro hood £29.99 , i know it will ruin my pictures but i bought one of eBay slightly cheaper ;)
 
Probably much more of a pain in the backside to make than you think. But they should be included in the price of the lens, they cost enough.
 
It's 25 quid on Amazon.
 
Even tried getting the little metal hood for the Fuji 23/2.0? Lol

FYI, Canon do include a hood with their non L, like the 45mm TSE, it even comes in a pouch, just no red ring....:p
 
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I picked up a third party hood for my 17-55 kit lens for around £5 on Amazon whereas the Canon version is £15 and up depending on where you buy from. Might as well just get the third party version as it's only a bit of plastic.
 
Csaba said:
I picked up a third party hood for my 17-55 kit lens for around £5 on Amazon whereas the Canon version is £15 and up depending on where you buy from. Might as well just get the third party version as it's only a bit of plastic.
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its a bit more than plastic - good lens hood needs to have felt lining inside to minimise reflections. It is hardly an expensive thing make still.

There are probably plenty of used ones very cheap on ebay. This is what I would do.

Just bare in mind if you ever need a replacement one for a big white lens - now that is what you can really call expensive.
 
LongLensPhotography said:
its a bit more than plastic - good lens hood needs to have felt lining inside to minimise reflections. It is hardly an expensive thing make still.

There are probably plenty of used ones very cheap on ebay. This is what I would do.

Just bare in mind if you ever need a replacement one for a big white lens - now that is what you can really call expensive.
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Unless you buy a generic filter thread screw-in one without the fancy petals from Hong Kong. I bought a felt lined metal one for my big white lens (80-200mm f2.8) for about £12. Excellent quality, as good as the best OEM hood I've ever seen. Took about a fortnight to arrive.
 
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chris malcolm said:
Unless you buy a generic filter thread screw-in one without the fancy petals from Hong Kong. I bought a felt lined metal one for my big white lens (80-200mm f2.8) for about £12. Excellent quality, as good as the best OEM hood I've ever seen. Took about a fortnight to arrive.
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80-200 is not white and is not that big. We are talking about the ones weighing in at 4+ KG
 
Twigman said:
Why are Canon lens hoods so expensive?
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Because they can, and people will buy them. :rolleyes:
Twigman said:
Why isn't a lens hood like the EW-73D included with the Canon EF-S 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS USM lens?
£40 for a poxy bit of plastic?
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Because they want more of your money. It is an element of becoming the number 1, make as much as you can. It works for them. If small companies can make compatible hoods for a few £'s, a large company could make them significantly cheaper imho.

Twigman said:
Most other manufacturers include a hood with their lenses. Canon only seem to include one on L series glass.

I really feel like Canon are taking the mickey....

They are, aren't they?
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Yep, they are. :rolleyes: :LOL: The extra benefit of buying L lenses, you also get the lens hood most other manufacturers give you as standard. (y)

Every lens I have ever bought has had a lens hood, so non Canon DSLR user here, ;) but when a lens hood has been damaged, I have just gone and found some compatible lens hoods on eBay or Amazon for about £5 or less. Just make sure you get the hood designed for the specific lens.
 
Yup! They are cripplingly expensive - but you don't have to buy the Canon ones!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EW-73D-D...665441?hash=item1ca4c82921:g:PzYAAOSwOyJaq0Eb

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EW-73D-E...114614?hash=item4d683a04f6:g:07cAAOSwMl9aVfqm

I have used a number of similar cheapies in the past and currently use one on my 100-400 L Mk2 and they have worked very well. In fact the one for my 100-400 Mk2 actually fits better than the Canon hood that came with it + the hood I bought for my 100 F2.8 Macro is excellent too.
 
Twigman said:
Why are Canon lens hoods so expensive?
Why isn't a lens hood like the EW-73D included with the Canon EF-S 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS USM lens?
£40 for a poxy bit of plastic?


Most other manufacturers include a hood with their lenses. Canon only seem to include one on L series glass.


I really feel like Canon are taking the mickey....

They are, aren't they?
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Yes, but that doesn't seem to stop us buying their lenses and retailers like it because there's a fat profit margin on accessories.

Canon hoods are very good quality though, and lined with black flocking for best flare resistance but it's easy to replicate that with an Amazon/ebay cheapy by using black self-adhesive felt from HobbyCraft for about 80p.
 
LongLensPhotography said:
80-200 is not white and is not that big. We are talking about the ones weighing in at 4+ KG
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My Minolta 80-200mm f2.8 is most definitely white! But it's certainly not 4Kg. I just weighed it and it's only 1Kg. And compared to a lens of 4Kg its filter thread size of 72mm would obviously be far too small. What size of filter thread are you talking about? For example, I just googled a similar felt lined metal hood to my 72mm in 95mm for £30.

When I'm using my white 80-200mm most people assume it's a Canon because it's "well known" that all long white lenses are Canon. But Minolta made a lot of big white lenses. The biggest AF refractor was a 5.5Kg 600mm f4. In manual focus MD/MC mount catadioptric lenses there was a 1600mm f11 which weighed around 7Kg.
 
chris malcolm said:
My Minolta 80-200mm f2.8 is most definitely white! But it's certainly not 4Kg. I just weighed it and it's only 1Kg. And compared to a lens of 4Kg its filter thread size of 72mm would obviously be far too small. What size of filter thread are you talking about? For example, I just googled a similar felt lined metal hood to my 72mm in 95mm for £30.

When I'm using my white 80-200mm most people assume it's a Canon because it's "well known" that all long white lenses are Canon. But Minolta made a lot of big white lenses. The biggest AF refractor was a 5.5Kg 600mm f4. In manual focus MD/MC mount catadioptric lenses there was a 1600mm f11 which weighed around 7Kg.
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-Lens...pID=31Vspts6QyL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

carbon fibre and all that. I could have one made in china from less exotic materials probably for $10 or less.
 
I bought a non OEM lens hood off of eBay for my 24-70mm L lens and it was so awkward to fit onto the lens I gave up (now got rid of the lens).
 
Twigman said:
Why are Canon lens hoods so expensive?
Why isn't a lens hood like the EW-73D included with the Canon EF-S 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS USM lens?
£40 for a poxy bit of plastic?


Most other manufacturers include a hood with their lenses. Canon only seem to include one on L series glass.


I really feel like Canon are taking the mickey....

They are, aren't they?
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I agree. Thinking about it, £2000 for a bit of metal and glass is also taking it lol.

In the case of the EW-73D i have a 3rd party one on my 10-18, 18-135 and 70-300L. All 3rd party and no more than £15 each.
 
redhed17 said:
Wow, that's a bit extreme! :eek: I would have tried another hood. ;) :LOL:
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Ha Ha, I did not get rid of it because of the problem with the lens hood, it was because I wanted IS.
 
I'm guessing you haven't seen the cost of the ET-138 for the 500mm F4?......

I might even get two at that price.... :-)
 
Just seen this price on another forum for the Panasonic 8-18 replacement hood in NZ

The cost of a Panasonic lens hood would be $214.79 which includes GST. The delivery time is 3-4 weeks ex Japan.
 
I bought a cheap "knock off" hood for my 15-85 EF-S lens from an Amazon merchant.
It was advertised as having a "non-reflective matt internal finish" but when it arrived the inside was the same shiny plastic as the outside.
When I pointed this out to the vendor ("Item not as advertised") I was given an immediate refund and told not to bother sending the item back.
I eventually finished up with a more expensive alternative which seems to do the job, but is very fiddly to mount in the "reversed" position for storage.

You get what you pay for, and all my genuine Canon hoods are beautifully made and fit perfectly (in either direction).
 
Mr Pid said:
I'm guessing you haven't seen the cost of the ET-138 for the 500mm F4?......

I might even get two at that price.... :)
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But the EF 500mm f4L comes with a hood?
 
It does indeed, but if you need to replace it you'll either be talking to your insurance company or taking a big hit :-(
 
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