Branded or unbranded hood?

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I'm just about to look at buying a lens hood for my 50mm 1.4, and wondered whether it makes any difference whether I buy a branded or unbranded lens hood?

The Canon one is about £23, whereas unbranded are around 5-7 quid.

Is there any real difference apart from cost?
 
To my 50mm 1.4 I bought an genuine hood.
I'm not sure if I did the right thing but, considering the lens, I wanted a hood that had a perfect fit so it protected as much as possible the lens focusing systems (the inner barrel extends) and was flocked inside, to better avoid reflections.

I've bought excellent 3rd party hoods to other lenses without any problem, though.
 
Hey Luis!

Thanks for the reassurance on my choice. I posted on here, then decided to go buy an official canon hood anyway. Yes, it's a little more expensive, but I guess it just takes the worry out of it...like you said, you know it'll fit, etc.

Shame they dont ship out the hoods with the lenses to begin with!
 
I've got all the hoods that came with my lenses and have bought them for those that didn't. For my 50 f1.4 and 85 f1.8 I bought Canon hoods but for an 18-55 IS II, a 55-250 IS and an 18-135 IS I bought 3rd party hoods. I got the 40mm STM for the wife to go with her 650D and TBH I can't remember whether I got a hood for it or not but there is one available.
 
The hood that came with my canon 15-85 is unbranded and works absolutely perfect!
 
3rd party ones are okay, make sure they have a matt finish on the inside or a flock lining as a lot of the genuine Canon ones do.

Unless there is a huge difference in price, I tend to buy a Genuine hood as previous 3rd party ones I've had haven't been as good a fit - they did the job, but the quality wasn't quite there - having said that, it is a piece of plastic at the end of the day...
 
The hood on my 24-70 saved it from a very nasty fall. Part of it broke on impact and wedged up the barrel therefore stopping the front element hitting a rocky beach.

I'm not sure if a cheaper third party hood would have held together at all in the same situation so I replaced it with an original even though it was more expensive.
 
I have some 3rd party lenses and they always came with hoods, none of my Canon lenses came with hoods. I bought a Canon hood for one of my lenses but I wouldn't do so again as if anything the Sigma / Tamrom hoods I've had have been better than the Canon hood I bought for... about... £25-30 as far as I remember and I won't be buying another Canon one at that price.

I've recently bought both plastic and metal hoods off ebay and they're been great and they all cost under £3 each. Even the plastic one I got free with another item is better made than the Canon I bought :razz: :D
 
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I've recently bought both plastic and metal hoods off ebay and they're been great and they all cost under £3 each. Even the plastic one I got free with another item is better made than the Canon I bought :razz: :D
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Any chance you could link me up to the eBay seller you got those from? Cheers!
 
Hoods should be dark black inside, like the flock-lined Canon ones. But almost as good is black self-adhesive felt, from Hobbycraft 79p.
 
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Any chance you could link me up to the eBay seller you got those from? Cheers!
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Just go to ebay and do a search and you'll find plenty. You could try something like...

Canon 50mm f1.4 hood...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_n...ood+for+canon+50mm+f1.4&_osacat=625&_from=R40

Or you could insert the word "metal" somewhere and see what that brings up...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_n...ood+for+canon+50mm+f1.4&_osacat=625&_from=R40

I've just received a 52mm metal hood today. It came all the way from China, cost £2.69, and it's perfect.
 
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