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- #1,963 in Camera Lens Hoods
Lens hoods extend and shade the end of lens preventing unwanted light straying into the lens. Since the end of the lens is extended, you get the benefit of some extra protection from accidental impact. Each dedicated lens hood was specifically created to match the specific focal length of the lens it was designed for. Photographers can easily attach the lens hood on the dedicated bayonet mount, and after usage mount the lens hood on the lens in reverse for a compact storage solution.
Sidney
Reviewed in Canada on March 5, 2025
Great news, the 46 mm snap on lens cap will fit on the inside of the lens hood.
Roberto
Reviewed in Italy on July 28, 2019
Paraluce di ottima qualità ad un prezzo molto conveniente. Utilizzato con successo su obiettivi da 50mm su full frame. La struttura ventilata lo rende particolarmente adatto per macchine a telemetro. Tra l'altro è compreso nel prezzo anche un tappo copriobiettivo. Molto soddisfatto
Magnus Åström
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2018
Sits perfectly on a Ziess Biogon ZM 35mm/f2.
gene simmons
Reviewed in Canada on July 21, 2017
fits perfect on my panasonic 20mm f1.7, had to use a 49mm lens cap with this though but i had one so no problem, nice build as its metal
vroger
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2015
Product is perfectly fine -looks good, well made, etc. Unfortunately, it vignettes for any focal length wider than 35mm, and since the lens on my Leica TYP 109 (fixed zoom 24-75mm ) is wider than that, the vignettig renders the product unusable for that camera. Equivalent Lumix is the LX100. No one answered an inquiry I made before ordering. Two star rating is due to MY own use. If your zoom or w/a is no wider than 35mm then you should be fine. VRR
Cliente Kindle
Reviewed in Italy on June 20, 2013
PARALUCE CHE VOGLIO UTILIZZARE PER OLYMPUS PEN EP1 OB. 14-42 I SERIESi è trattato di un tentativo per avere un paraluce visto che è quasi impossibile da trovare per il mio obiettivo.Alla lunghezza focale 14 dello zoom purtroppo però produce una consistente vignettatura che scompare da 18 mm in poi. Il prodotto è di buona qualità, ma il produttore non fornisce le specifiche di lunghezza focale degli obiettivi adatti per questo paraluce.Visto il costo contenuto, lo utilizzerò quando necessario limitando l'escursione dello zoom o ritagliando eventualmente le foto.Per un obiettivo a focale fissa (minimo 18 mm) andrebbe benissimo.
JT
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2013
This hood is made from metal fits well on my 14mm Panasonic lens, and it accepts the 52mm cap, thats it.I got this hood mainly to minimize lens flare, but i could see any difference with this hood.
DaMacGuy
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2013
I bought this hood on the strength of a review that it would fit the new Oly 17mm MFT lens. I just got the 17 today and it fits fine. I put it on top of a 46mm UV filter and I can't see any vignetting. Took a quick test shot and didn't see any infringement. It screwed on easily, and a 52mm lens cap like the one from the Oly 12-50 fit perfectly on the front of the hood, in case you want to cover the front.The inside of the hood is finished in flat black and the inside of the outer hood has tiny micro-ridges to further absorb stray light. The outside is finished in matte black. I'm impressed with the quality of this hood, especially for paying much, much less than the Oly hood.Highly recommended.
Igelfeld
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2011
I bought Lumix 20 mm F1.7 lens to use on my Olympus E-P1 camera for an overseas trip this summer. I am a fan of lens hoods as they both shade the lens from the sun (for some lens it is less of an issue) and offer protection for the front element of the lens. Lumix lens does not come with a hood so I needed a 3rd party alternative. I searched Amazon and came up with this item and decided to take a chance on it. It appears to be well made out of metal. It is a screw-on hood, not a snap-on, but I am a bit partial to screw-on hoods having used them on some of my Pentax lens in the past. It is not very big but does make your camera a little bit less streamlined. At the same time it gives the camera a cool look especially on a stainless steel shiny E-P1. Looks aside, it proved itself admirably in field conditions saving my lens numerous times. Tourists could be quite pushy and I lost count of the number of times someone would bump into me and my camera. I hate to think what could have happened to the lens if it were not for these few millimeters of metal between it and the world. I highly recommend this hood. It is well-made and very useful.The only two drawbacks that I could cite (and those are more of a trade-off from my point of view) are 1) I had to unscrew the hood every time I wanted to put a lens cap on as this hood does not allow you to attach lens cap while it is on and 2) I had to unscrew it when putting away camera into its case as I had a very tight-fitting case to minimize space it took in my luggage. If you would use a bigger case, you could easily store your camera there with the hood on.My only negative comment is about Fotodiox itself (not the hood) as I paid for an expedited shipping to ensure I got the hood a few days before I had to leave. The hood came on the last day before departure, later than the delivery date that was promised. So, if you, like me, want to order it for a trip, give it enough time to get it before you leave and not after :-).
Eric Hathaway
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2011
I bought this to use on my Olympus 17mm 2.8 pancake lens, using it on an Olympus EPL-l. The hood fits well and in a way also serves to protect the lens from knocks etc. However, I still felt I needed a lens cap and didn't want to have to keep taking the hood off to put the original 37mm cap on the lens. Well, I've been an olympus fan for many years and still have a few OM system lenses which I use with this camera (with the appropriate adapter). Most of these lenses have a 49mm filter thread and I have quite a few filters and a few caps that fit 49mm. Lo and behold there is a filter thread on this hood! AND the thread is 49mm. So not only can I clip a 49mm lens cap over the hood I can also screw effects filters onto it. I'm still experimenting with this but am sooo pleased to be able to fit these filters etc onto this lens.
Joseph Kashi
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2011
This inexpensive 46mm thread lens hood mimics that made for Leica lenses. It's well-made of metal and works well with the Panasonic 20mm F1.7 lens for Micro Four-Thirds cameras.
A photographer
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2010
I bought the 37mm to fit on the Olympus 17/2.8 pancake lens. This lens hood is available in a lot of different sizes and I would expect all of them to perform the same. I may buy some others to fit lenses I have with hoods I'm not so fond of using.The job of a lens hood is simple--keep out stray light. It also adds a little protection to the front lens element as well--keeping out stray objects. Making the lens hood round and screw-in simplifies attachment. While a dedicated rectangular hood might be a better choice for flare control, a round hood is adequate. Most of the hoods I have currently are round and they all work fine. This particular hood has cut-outs for use with rangefinder cameras--so you can see the subject through the hood instead of the hood blocking a portion of your view. It mimics a hood designed by Leica from years past. That hood was a clip-on design that fit both the 35mm Summicron and the 50mm Summicron lenses for the Leica M-series cameras. I have one of those hoods on each of those excellent old Leitz lenses--but those hoods are not cheap and they are not readily available. This Fotodiox hood is cheap, available and a good substitute. It is all metal, matte finished and threaded properly. If you can utilize it on your lenses, it's a good option. You don't have to just use it on a rangefinder camera either.Edit: After using this hood with the Olympus lens, I've also bought the hood in 39mm and 40.5mm to fit some of my other lenses. All these lens hoods fit well and appear to be of very high quality. If you need a lens hood in any of the sizes made by Fotodiox, these are recommended.
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