EW-60C Lens hood - Worth it?

[mlfrancis]

I've got the stock 18-55 EFS lens with the 300D and was wanting to get a lens hood. I notice the Canon recommend hood is the EW-60C, but it doesn't look like much of a hood. I'm sure it is short due to the wide angle of the lens, but my question is is it wide enough to actually help at both wide and tele? This is the same hood Canon recommends for the 28-90 lens.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

TIA
Michael

[EXA1a]

mlfrancis wrote:
I've got the stock 18-55 EFS lens with the 300D and was wanting to get a lens hood. I notice the Canon recommend hood is the EW-60C, but it doesn't look like much of a hood. I'm sure it is short due to the wide angle of the lens, but my question is is it wide enough to actually help at both wide and tele? This is the same hood Canon recommends for the 28-90 lens.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

TIA
Michael
It's a basic problem with all zoom lenses that any (non-flexible) lens hood only covers the wide angle and is pretty useless for tele range. Furthermore, if the front element of the lens rotates by focusing, you cannot even use the tulip-formed hoods.
Best for zooms would be a zooming lens hood but haven't seen such a thing. Would make the lens too expensive, I guess.
BTW: The lens hood thing has been discussed, I think, a couple of weeks ago in one of the forums. Maybe you'll find it with the search engine.

--Jens--

[CoolToolGuy]

I got it because I always buy the hood, but you are correct - it really doesn't shade much. I would advise skipping it. Use a polarizer instead.

Have Fun,
Rick

[mlfrancis]

I did a search on various things, lens, hood number, etc. However... Duh! I didn't do one on "hood." Maybe I need more coffee. ;-)

I'm thinking I'm going to skip the suggested hood for the 18-55, but definatly going to get the one for my 50mm.

[CyberDyneSystems]

Canon made a booboo on this one,. they designed a lens specifically to work with DSLRs with a 1.6X crop factor,. and then neglected to make a propoer hood for it,. by recomending a lens hood from another lens,. they are missing the boat entirely by ignoring the effect that the smaller image sensor has on the utility of the hood they recomend,..


What filter size does the 18-55 take? Just curious.

[mlfrancis]

The 18-55 takes 58mm filters.

I found that tread talking about the crop factor and hoods. Very interesting reading. I still plan on getting one for my 50mm and I was thinking of getting the recommended ES-62. After reading that, I'm not sure which to get. Sounds like I need one for an 80mm. Need to go look over the list of hoods at Canon. Just haven't gotten back there yet.

[CoolToolGuy]

I started that thread for reasons very similar to what I hear from you. I think you are on the right track for your 50mm. Look for a hood that equates to a lens with the same angle of view that results after doing the math (lens times 1.6). You must look for one with the same diameter, of course.
For my quest, looking for a hood for the 28-135, I will try an EW78C, which is for the 35mm f2. I will start from there. If I get vignetting (doubtful), I will hit it with the Dremel tool. If not, it will still be better off than with the specified hood.
The zoom issue remains - the hood will only have maximum effectiveness at the widest angle. Now we need Canon (or somebody else) to come up with zooming hoods coupled to the lens - After all they did it with the flashes! ;-)

Have Fun,
Rick