Nikon's Tip of the Day - Lens Hood (Page 3): I kinda went the same way..... My Canon L series lenses are white with a black lens hood. I found two matching lens hoods that are the same...

ronf78155 Loc: Seguin Texas

I kinda went the same way.....
My Canon L series lenses are white with a black lens hood.
I found two matching lens hoods that are the same white as the lens and ordered them.
One for my 70-200 L series and one for my 100-400 L series....I paid under $5 for each one and they fit, look, and work perfect.
The black Canon hoods are close to $38 each !

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

You callin’ me a snowflake?!!! 😎😎😎

Bill_de Loc: US

tomc601 wrote:

I lost the lens hood from my 28-300 Nikon somewhere near Notre Dame in Paris. Checked B&H when I got home and a replacement was $34.34. Checked eBay and found a replacement for $3.74. Including shipping. Showed up in a week. Fits better than the original. How do they do that?

You'll never get rich squandering your money like that.

Here's one for $2.18 including shipping. It doesn't say Nikon, but it is stamped HB-50.

I'm holding out until they pay me to accept it.

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kenArchi Loc: Seal Beach, CA

But why aren't there lens hoods for P&S cameras?

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vg wrote:

I dropped my d750 with a Tamron 70-200 f2.8 lens on a
volleyball court. The lens hood was scratched and nicked.
The expensive lens was unharmed. Another good use for
a lens hood.

Sometimes I will use a lens hood, for its basic
original purpose. It can't protect my lens from
being damaged from a drop. I use a neck strap
for that, so the hood is deprived of opportunity
to play the hero role :-)

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leftj Loc: Texas

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Sometimes I will use a lens hood, for its basic
original purpose. It can't protect my lens from
being damaged from a drop. I use a neck strap
for that, so the hood is deprived of opportunity
to play the hero role :-)

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Actually the original purpose is to prevent lens flare.

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

leftj wrote:

Actually the original purpose is to prevent lens flare.

... and improve contrast.

leftj Loc: Texas

cameraf4 wrote:

... and improve contrast.

Yep. That to.

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leftj wrote:

Actually the original purpose is to prevent lens flare.

Really ? Howboutdat !

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Actually, the original purpose was to make
is more difficult for your competitors in the
news photo scrum to schmeer hair pomade
on the lens of your Graphic !

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Kay S

What am I doing wrong. I hear so much about the advantages of using the lens hood, but when I use it I so often get the black corners! I end up cropping so much out of my photos that I sometimes lose the effect I wanted to capture.

leftj Loc: Texas

Kay S wrote:

What am I doing wrong. I hear so much about the advantages of using the lens hood, but when I use it I so often get the black corners! I end up cropping so much out of my photos that I sometimes lose the effect I wanted to capture.

Your not using the lens hood for that particular lens.

ronf78155 Loc: Seguin Texas

Kay S wrote:

What am I doing wrong. I hear so much about the advantages of using the lens hood, but when I use it I so often get the black corners! I end up cropping so much out of my photos that I sometimes lose the effect I wanted to capture.

You are not using the lens hood specific for that lens

dick ranez

Unfortunately, lens hoods are a particularly high margin profit item for manufacturers. A proprietary twist feature is supposed to make sure you only use OEM hoods, but if you're willing to use a screw in third party hood, you can often find them from 1/5 to 1/3 the price of the originals. Makes it a little difficult to change filters, but not too great an inconvenience

Bill_de Loc: US

dick ranez wrote:

Unfortunately, lens hoods are a particularly high margin profit item for manufacturers. A proprietary twist feature is supposed to make sure you only use OEM hoods, but if you're willing to use a screw in third party hood, you can often find them from 1/5 to 1/3 the price of the originals. Makes it a little difficult to change filters, but not too great an inconvenience

You neglected to point out that when possible Nikon makes their lens hoods compatible with more than one lens. An example is the HK-38. It fits the 400mm F/2.8E as well as the 800mm F/5.6E. And as far as calling them high margin, they are only $999.95.

You can get them for free though, included with the lenses.

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