Lens hood for canon 18-55 / 55-200

[Creed]

I'm looking to get a lens hood for my lens's.. reading up on it the benefits on the 50mm seem marginal at best so I am going to leave that one for the time being.


So where can I buy a cheap lens hood for my other two lens's... is there one that will fit both or do I need 2 separate ones?

Amazon have the 55-200mm version for £8.58 but not sure if it will fit the other lens

 

[Creed]

As a side to this what hoods do I need for the lens's

I thought it was the ET-60 but this is for the IS version of the lens... I think it is an ET-54 I need for the 55-200 but still not sure on the 18-55 or where is the best place to buy one

 

[andyred]

If you look on Canon's web under each lens it will tell you the model number of the lens hood you need for each lens. Obviously e-bay is a good place to look once you know the model code.

If the screw filter size is the same for both lenses (eg 58mm / 67mm etc) you could possibly get a screw in rubber expandable hood that may do the trick for both - not sure it would work out much cheaper though.

Is there a specific reason why you possibly don't want to buy 2 hoods :shrug:

 

[Creed]

If you look on Canon's web under each lens it will tell you the model number of the lens hood you need for each lens. Obviously e-bay is a good place to look once you know the model code.

If the screw filter size is the same for both lenses (eg 58mm / 67mm etc) you could possibly get a screw in rubber expandable hood that may do the trick for both - not sure it would work out much cheaper though.

Is there a specific reason why you possibly don't want to buy 2 hoods :shrug:

Unfortunately the canon website was not much help when it came to my lens's but I think I have found the ones I need... just ordered the one for the 55-200 from amazon for £8.70 so can't complain really... I only have a small camera bag which is alreadyn extrememly cramped carrying the 3 lens's and the camera with battery grip so even one hood is going to have to be stored seperately when I get it...

the 55-200 was the most important one as that is the one I will be using more often, nearly bought the IS version though which is a different hood.