• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

Lens Hoods

C

cmosdos

2[H]4U
Joined
Aug 26, 2002
Messages
2,075
I need to get a few lens hoods and I would like your recomendations. They will go with the following:

1) Kit lense for the 350D (RebelXT)
2) 50mm f1.8 prime
3) 75-300mm USM IS

Thanks for the tips!
 
I wouldn't spend much on a lens hood or even a filter on the 18-55 or the nifty fifty. The nifty fifty is recessed enough to protect itself from flare. They're both cheap enough not to spend lotsa money on hoods/filters.

As for the 75-300... just get teh Canon one that fits I guess.
 
l337zax said:
I got the Canon ET64II Lens Hood for my 75-300mm IS USM lens and it helped out quite a bit when shooting outdoors during football games and track meets.
Click to expand...

I'm planning to get this hood... I would have bought it from onecall when i ordered all my other gear, but they've been out of stock. I've been trying to find a local place here that has it, but no luck. I would like to have it for the zoo this Saturday.

I'm probably not going to get a hood for the 50mm, unless someone really recomends it. As for the kit lense, I have not been able to find the correct hood for it yet.
 
cmosdos said:
I need to get a few lens hoods and I would like your recomendations. They will go with the following:

1) Kit lense for the 350D (RebelXT)
2) 50mm f1.8 prime
3) 75-300mm USM IS

Thanks for the tips!
Click to expand...

Just go to Wolf in the University area and buy a couple of the rubber collapsible ones for your kit lens and the Nifty Fifty, that is what I did.

The only down side is that you have to collapse the hood if you want to shoot at 18mm on the kit lens, but since I rarely do, it is not a major issue for me.

In fact, I bought two of them ($6.00 each) for the kit lens and keep my Circular Polarizer installed on one, with a couple of spare caps protecting it. Then, I can just switch out the hoods faster than I can pull the polarizer off and put it away in it's little box etc..
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top