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Dec 12, 2017 16:35:54   #
Bar Loc: da 'YouPee', eh!
 
I got a kit lens with my Nikon d5300, it's an 18-55 AF-P 3.5-5.6G vr and I'm going to replace the screw-in UV filter with a hood. My question(s) are will any screw in for a 55mm lens work and go plastic or metal? TIA

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Dec 12, 2017 16:40:37   #
rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona
 
Why not leave the UV filter in place and add the hood to that? That's my approach.

To answer your question, a hood with the same size thread as your filter will work.
--Bob
Bar wrote:
I got a kit lens with my Nikon d5300, it's an 18-55 AF-P 3.5-5.6G vr and I'm going to replace the screw-in UV filter with a hood. My question(s) are will any screw in for a 55mm lens work and go plastic or metal? TIA

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Dec 12, 2017 16:45:28   #
TMcL
 
Bar wrote:
I got a kit lens with my Nikon d5300, it's an 18-55 AF-P 3.5-5.6G vr and I'm going to replace the screw-in UV filter with a hood. My question(s) are will any screw in for a 55mm lens work and go plastic or metal? TIA



Ideally you should get the hood designed for that specific lens, rather than a generic hood.

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Dec 12, 2017 16:50:01   #
Bill_de Loc: US
 
It needs to be wide enough not to cause vignetting.

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Dec 12, 2017 17:06:23   #
PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA
 
While I am not familiar with that lens, most lenses provide for "bayonet" mounting type hoods.

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Dec 12, 2017 17:22:44   #
Bugfan Loc: Toronto, Canada
 
Bar wrote:
I got a kit lens with my Nikon d5300, it's an 18-55 AF-P 3.5-5.6G vr and I'm going to replace the screw-in UV filter with a hood. My question(s) are will any screw in for a 55mm lens work and go plastic or metal? TIA


if the screw in device says 55 mm and the lens barrel also says 55 mm it will fit.

I would go for a metal lens hood. If you ever drop the lens or the camera accidentily, a metal one offers better protection.

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Dec 12, 2017 17:38:30   #
PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago
 
Bugfan wrote:
if the screw in device says 55 mm and the lens barrel also says 55 mm it will fit.

I would go for a metal lens hood. If you ever drop the lens or the camera accidentily, a metal one offers better protection.


Agree


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Dec 12, 2017 17:40:16   #
TMcL
 
PHRubin wrote:
While I am not familiar with that lens, most lenses provide for "bayonet" mounting type hoods.


Is that where you just give it a half twist?

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Dec 12, 2017 17:48:17   #
CO
 
The Nikon HB-N106 Bayonet Hood is the one to get for the Nikon AF-P DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens. The tulip shape prevents vignetting in the corners. I made this sketch for an article.

Tulip shape prevents vignetting
Tulip shape prevents vignetting...
(Download)

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Dec 12, 2017 22:46:12   #
imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida
 
Bar wrote:
I got a kit lens with my Nikon d5300, it's an 18-55 AF-P 3.5-5.6G vr and I'm going to replace the screw-in UV filter with a hood. My question(s) are will any screw in for a 55mm lens work and go plastic or metal? TIA


I do not use UV filters. I use screw in ROUND metal hoods and leave them on and in place always and cap them with a plastic cap or elastic "hoodie" for protection. The hoods I use are on the short side and are a compromise for being compact and easier to carry in soft cases.

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Dec 13, 2017 01:52:53   #
Bar Loc: da 'YouPee', eh!
 
The lens I mentioned isn't exactly junk, especially for a kit lens, now why would I put a piece of sub-par plastic on it if I didn't have to? The few mm I'm saving isn't worth it. That is exactly what I ordered. Using a Nikon d5300 is as big a leap in technology as I went through when I went from my old Yashica Electro35 to my old (amazing) Minolta Maxxim
7000. The d-5300 using their new 'p' lens's should blow it away, yet it doesn't, so plastic is the place to start. UV, why? A quarter century later the lens's have had a while to evolve, and I don't shoot but very little film anymore. I know what this lens can do, now to make the camera do what I want (sans filter). This is my first DSLR and I want to own it as I did the Minolta, but Jeez...

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Dec 13, 2017 06:43:15   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Bar wrote:
I got a kit lens with my Nikon d5300, it's an 18-55 AF-P 3.5-5.6G vr and I'm going to replace the screw-in UV filter with a hood. My question(s) are will any screw in for a 55mm lens work and go plastic or metal? TIA


I don't like screw-in anything for camera lenses. Get the bayonet type, and you can have it on and off very quickly. Speaking of quickly, get Xume magnetic filter adapters, and you can have the filters on and off in less than a second.

https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=hood+for+nikon+18-55mm

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Dec 13, 2017 07:54:19   #
Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina
 
jerryc41 wrote:
I don't like screw-in anything for camera lenses. Get the bayonet type, and you can have it on and off very quickly. Speaking of quickly, get Xume magnetic filter adapters, and you can have the filters on and off in less than a second.

https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=hood+for+nikon+18-55mm



1/4 turn bayonet lens hood and the Xumes are also very fast. I use them for lens caps too...

Best,
Todd Ferguson

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Dec 13, 2017 11:31:45   #
PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA
 
TMcL wrote:
Is that where you just give it a half twist?


Yes!

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Dec 13, 2017 12:24:26   #
rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA
 
Bugfan wrote:
I would go for a metal lens hood. If you ever drop the lens or the camera accidentily, a metal one offers better protection.

However, the rigid metal hood will absorb less impact energy than a flexible plastic hood, thereby transferring more of the force upon the lens mount. And an impact powerful enough to shatter a plastic hood will cause all sorts of internal damage to the lens (and possibly to the camera body as well); I'm not sure a metal hood can truly offer better protection in such a situation.

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