What lens hood?

[Penguin_101_1]

I know both have their advantages but rubber fold down out of the way, or the plastic dos't fold down :lol: Did you understand that?

[Olegis]

What's the question exactly ?
The rubber ones do fold - good for compactness and bad for lens physical protection. Plastic ones take more room in your bag, but are much more robust in terms of protection.

[Penguin_101_1]

Which one do you use?

[thomascanty]

Rubber ones also wear out, cracking along the "fold", and need to be replaced occasionally. I use plastic ones, because my L lenses all came with them.

[Olegis]

Which one do you use?

My Tamron 28-75 and Tokina 17mm ATX-Pro came with the original plastic hoods.
My Canon 70-200 f/2.8L (which I bought second-hand) also came with the original plastic hood.
My Canon 50mm f/1.8 MkII also has a plastic hood. It's a long story, but in short - the lens was bought for me by somebody in exchange for some images for his book (he wanted to pay money, but I asked for a lens with a hood instead ;) ).
Only my Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens is fitted with the rubber hood - after I saw the price of the original plastic hood (almost $40 !), there was no way I was going to pay that kind of money for a piece of plastic ! So in the end I got the Adorama rubber hood for less than $5.

[Eric DeCastro]

all of my hoods flip backwards on the lense. almost no room taken.

[Ballen Photo]

all of my hoods flip backwards on the lense. almost no room taken.This is a definite advantage for conserving space, but they will also fold back quite easily in the event you might drop your camera (:shock: ), negating most of the protective "Bumper" effect of the oem hood.
I like the plastic/carbon fiber hoods for durability AND protection. ;)
-Bruce

[Eric DeCastro]

This is a definite advantage for conserving space, but they will also fold back quite easily in the event you might drop your camera (:shock: ), negating most of the protective "Bumper" effect of the oem hood.
I like the plastic/carbon fiber hoods for durability AND protection. ;)
-Bruce
all of my hoods are Canon.???

[Ballen Photo]

all of my hoods are Canon.???Sorry, I thought you were talking about "Rubber" hoods folding back.
Yes, I REVERSE all my Canon hoods for storage too. :o :rolleyes: :cool:
-Bruce

[Ajay213]

Any hood that I have to buy "aftermarket" will be one of the cheapie rubber hoods at least for "standard" primes/zooms, they're great for when you want to take a shot of something through some glass (especially at angles) and don't want to lose light from a polarizer. For telephoto lenses I haven't bought a lens that didn't come with a pretty good hood already.

[pierrot]

By the way : just received a mail from Canon Support, for easy reference ;-)
http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/controller?act=SNABrowseResultsAct&fcategoryid=913

[Olegis]

Wow, it definitely a LARGE collection of hoods ! :lol: