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Haven't yet got round to getting a hood for my kit lens. Intending to get one now so googled canon 58mm hood, and the first few results I got were for rubber ones as opposed to the hard plastic and sometimes petal. Anyone got any thoughts, pros, cons, experience of the rubber hoods.
 
They could be generic ones rather than one designed for the specific focal length you're using.

On the plus side they're great to have in case you need to shoot though glass.
 
because different focal lengths require different sizes of hood - that's why you get a petal hood for zooms and a round fixed size hood for primes. You need to get the correct hood for the lens.
 
acs said:
They could be generic ones rather than one designed for the specific focal length you're using.

On the plus side they're great to have in case you need to shoot though glass.
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I want it for my 18-55 kit lens. Would that be no good then ?
 
no. buy the correct hood for the lens.
 
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awp said:
because different focal lengths require different sizes of hood - that's why you get a petal hood for zooms and a round fixed size hood for primes.
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Thanks, I never really thought about the implications of not having a petal hood. Makes sense. I appreciate the advice cheers .
 
awp said:
because different focal lengths require different sizes of hood - that's why you get a petal hood for zooms and a round fixed size hood for primes. You need to get the correct hood for the lens.
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You can get away with non petal on some zooms but probably not that wide. I use a colapsable rubber mamiya hood on my 70-200 but the same hood vignettes on my 24-70 so I'm stuck with the factory hood on that one.

BTW the rubber one on the 70-200 is great, provides good knock protection, collapses for storage and it takes screw in filters.
 
The canon 70-200 does not use a petal hood.. I dont think the 100-400 does either. They use a plain round calculated to corect length.

So it can not be required for all zooms.
 
tris101 said:
The canon 70-200 does not use a petal hood.. I dont think the 100-400 does either. They use a plain round calculated to corect length.

So it can not be required for all zooms.
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Yeah I think they either have to be larger diameter or shorter or a bit if both compared to a petal design. So if flare is your main concern I would think a petal one might have an advantage if its available, but the convenience if the plain rubber colapsable one is worth any benefits I loose from the original petal hood on the 70-200 IMO.

I often shoot my other lenses without a hood for weddings etc. Because its just less intimidating and less fuss for carrying lenses and changing them quickly.
 
I bought a rubber hood for my Canon kit lens (17-55) and it vignettes at the wide end.

Also just find it to be an annoyance compared with regular fixed hoods. Only time I could see it being a benefit is shooting through glass so you can get a good seal around the lens.
 
if you go for third party Hoods,check that they are not shiny on the inside as this can cause some reflective problems on the lens

i have several 3 stage rubber hoods which i regularly use on various lenses,im please to say i have had no problems at all with them


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Got a rubber hood for the 28mm m42 lens (was the one they offered in jessops).
Works fairly well .. still get a slight light ghosting in but no where near as bad as without the hood. Does block the onboard flash tho.

Rubber hood for glass so you can press it up close, blocking out reflections.

If you know someone who you can borrow one off to try it. Or try for an original style hood if available.
 
The official canon hood for the 18-55 isn't a petal hood for one very very important reason, the front of the lens rotates!

Not sure on the correlation between petal style and zooms, never heard that statement made before. The petal style is just a way of pushing the protection from stray light to the edges of your rectangular frame, rather than just the round shape.

#1 reason to buy a hood is to stop stray light entering the lens from funny angles, to maintain image quality. Buying a wrong sized hood will either not achieve this or will vignette which obviously does not maintain image quality.

So for your 18-55 don't buy a generic rubber hood, don't buy a petal hood. After that feel free to decide between canon and 3rd party
 
nano said:
The official canon hood for the 18-55 isn't a petal hood for one very very important reason, the front of the lens rotates!

Not sure on the correlation between petal style and zooms, never heard that statement made before. The petal style is just a way of pushing the protection from stray light to the edges of your rectangular frame, rather than just the round shape.

#1 reason to buy a hood is to stop stray light entering the lens from funny angles, to maintain image quality. Buying a wrong sized hood will either not achieve this or will vignette which obviously does not maintain image quality.

So for your 18-55 don't buy a generic rubber hood, don't buy a petal hood. After that feel free to decide between canon and 3rd party
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Ta very much for the advice.
 
awp said:
because different focal lengths require different sizes of hood - that's why you get a petal hood for zooms and a round fixed size hood for primes......
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Wow, what a totally wrong statement! :nono:
 
Phil789 said:
Petal hoods are for wide angle lenses, and the petals are at the top and bottom. Left and right sections are cut out so you don't get vignetting whilst using the wide angle. As far as I know?
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And when you focus, the lens turns, then the petals are left and right!
(unless you have an internal focus lens)
 
awp said:
because different focal lengths require different sizes of hood - that's why you get a petal hood for zooms and a round fixed size hood for primes. You need to get the correct hood for the lens.
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No. The petals are to correspond to the to the rectangular shape of your sensor. You are correct that different focal lengthes require different hoods is correct, but the delineation between primes and zooms is not.

The only rule is that you cannot use a petal hood on a lens where the front element rotates as it focusses. The petals must retain their orientation relative to the sensor.

My lenses - 10-20, 18-55, 50-135, 60-250 etc, have petalled hoods. 100-400, 150-500, circular hoods.
 
Phil789 said:
I didn't think any lens manufacturers supplied Petal type hoods with lenses that have rotating front elements? Seems a bit silly if so :shrug:
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Canon don't supply any hoods at all with most lenses!
 
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