Canon Lens Hoods

Dale V · 30 Jul 2017 at 06:35

I've never bought a lens hood before but im wanting to buy 5 for my various lenses. Genuine canon seem to range from ~£20 to ~£35, while you can get 3rd party ones for £6 off amazon etc.

Now, its just a bit of plastic isnt it, or am I wrong? Do the 3rd party ones not fit properly/ crap quality?

I would have liked to have kept everything genuine canon but if the others are just as good, then thats a lot of money to be saved

Schizo · 30 Jul 2017 at 07:08

Best to buy one and try it,I'm the same with my lens and will look around for 3rd party's ones.

john_s · 30 Jul 2017 at 08:38

I bought a 3rd party hood from fleabay when I had my 10-22 and it was fine.

It wasn't the same quality as the ones that came with the L lenses, but for the couple of quid I paid for it, it was absolutely fine.

Dale V · 31 Jul 2017 at 08:27

Ive ordered just one for now to see what its like, JJC branded.

leezer3 · 31 Jul 2017 at 13:48

Only third party hood I've got (28-135) is an absolute PITA to get on / off.

Other than that though, you can't really go wrong with a lens hood, it's not like they have any real optical effects....

Tysonator · 2 Aug 2017 at 09:42

Apart from the different grade of plastic I have noticed that 3rd party hoods do not ( most of time ) have the felt that is on the inside of a canon ( later models ) hoods.
Of one can modify this easily enough !

Dale V · 2 Aug 2017 at 11:11

The JJC branded one came, perfect fit, no slack and not too tight to click on/off

ill order the rest now