Hoods for my lenses

[Patriks7]

Hey guys. I have the following lenses:
18-55 IS
55-250 IS
50 1.8
I am planning on getting the lens hoods for them, but am unsure about the 18-55 IS one and 50 1.8 one, as they seem too small to be useful. What do you guys say?

[Headshotzx]

Indeed. Too small to be useful imo.

[Patriks7]

Indeed. Too small to be useful imo.

Yeah, thought so. But the 55-250 should be good, right? Seems big enough to do its job.

[pwm2]

The hood on the 18-55 may be too small to be useful to protect from glare. But not too small to protect from fingerprints and scratches.

The 50/1.8 is a bit special since the hood will be for a 50mm lens, while the usable fov in your case will be equivalent to a 80mm lens. Since the lens is so cheap, I wouldn't bother. For many other EF lenses, you can find an alternative hood that matches the 1.6x crop.

[sapearl]

Even a small hood can provide some physical protection agains bumping and jostling. I was at a count fair last night and the crowds got pretty tight with plenty of curious children. Many times people bumped up against my gear.

[Patriks7]

Ok. Thanks for the suggestions guys. The 18-55 and 55-250 hoods are ordered :D now I need to find a filter to protect them when I'll be shooting in sandy envronments etc.

[Jon]

Make sure it's a good one; the best are B+W's MRC, Heliopan's SH-PMC or Hoya's S-HMC or (I hear) their new Hoya HD line. I use only B+W. BTW, I do have the hood for my 50 f/1.8. If I have a lens, and it has an available hood, I have the hood. But I also use filters since hoods are no protection against direct frontal assaults.

[NYPhotog]

I agree with Jon and always use a hood and always keep a UV filter on each lens for additional protection, although many others only use such a filter under adverse conditions. Although most of my filters are B+W MRC, this year I also began using the new top-of-the-line Hoya, the HD. These are the two UV filters I would recommend. I also recently purchased a Marumi Super DHG CPL, which is an excellent filter, and less expensive than B+W or Hoya (I have not tried a Marumi UV however). I own a couple of Heliopan filters, simply because they happened to have a particular filter that I needed that nobody else manufactured, such as an 82mm, 10-stop ND. Otherwise I think that Heliopan is over-rated, over-hyped and way overpriced. Here are a couple of recent tests of UV and CPL filters:
http://www.lenstip.com/115.1-article-Polarizing_filters_test.html

http://www.lenstip.com/113.1-article-UV_filters_test_Introduction.html

[pwm2]

Thanks for the note about Heliopan for 82mm 10-stop ND.

I was a bit sad to note that B+W didn't have a 82mm 10-stop ND - only 1 and 2-stop. With a 77mm filter, it wouldn't fit on the 16-35.

[NYPhotog]

Thanks for the note about Heliopan for 82mm 10-stop ND.

I was a bit sad to note that B+W didn't have a 82mm 10-stop ND - only 1 and 2-stop. With a 77mm filter, it wouldn't fit on the 16-35.

It is not in their catalog, so you will need to contact the distributer (HP Marketing) and special order it (takes about 4-5 weeks for delivery).

[pwm2]

I have been thinking about contacting Schneider and ask about a 82mm 10-stop. But I suspect that they are just unable to get their hands on the glass in larger than 77mm diameter. Well, I can at least try Schneider, before trying HP Marketing.

[NYPhotog]

I have been thinking about contacting Schneider and ask about a 82mm 10-stop. But I suspect that they are just unable to get their hands on the glass in larger than 77mm diameter. Well, I can at least try Schneider, before trying HP Marketing.

Schneider U.S. will make one for you. However, although it will have Schott glass, it will not be in a B+W mount. Because Schneider U.S. primarily makes motion picture filters, the glass will be a little thicker and so will the mount, meaning it will vignette more than a B+W F-Pro mount. I went through this exercise with them (through a dealer) when I had them make an 82mm .9 (3-stop) ND filter for me. I almost did the same for the 10-stop, but they would only make four, meaning the dealer would have had to take the other three. In addition, the price to me would have been close to $300! Thus, I wound up dealing with HP Marketing instead (again, through a dealer) and purchasing the Heliopan in a thin mount at a considerably lesser cost. PM me if you want all the details.

[Kekumba]

Cool lenses. ;)

[kronuz0422]

@patrick7: we have the same set of lenses and aside from the UV filter i have on the 18-55mm i also use the EW-60C lens hood its a necessecity when we really want to protect our investments, though protection from flare is not much really here. the lens hood for the 55-250mm i believe is sufficient enough to do the job aside from preventing unwanted flares from getting into the lens it protects it from unwanted smudges, fingerprints and rain.

[StellaBean]

I buy a hood with every lens. I'm also more likely to have hoods on than uv filters. *although I'm paranoid and end up with the uv filters too.

they're light, they're cheap and they absorb a good bit of the bumps.

somewhere on here a guy had a photo of his dog, great shot, he went on to tell how the dog proceeded to run right up into the lens. no hood to keep the tongue off. lol I remember that every single time I investigate a new lens. to me, the hood is mandatory.

[pwm2]

The dog does not need a long tongue to lick the front element from a 10-22 or 16-35 even if you have a hood ;)

[Kwfong]

I got the ebay EW-60C hood for my kit lense...18-55mm IS. I heard some people saying that you need to make sure IS is Off because the hood could mess with the IS system. Any thoughts? Do you think that this hood is heavy enough to do any damage to the IS system? Thanks in advanced. =]

[pwm2]

No need to turn off IS. Not sure where you have heard that from.

The only situation when IS and hoods may interfere, is when you have an EF lens mounted on an EF-S camera, and you have switched from the original hood to a more narrow hood since the "crop factor" will reduce the FoV making the original hood wider than needed.

If you then switch to a hood that is <u>too</u> narrow, then you may (just about) be ok with IS off. Obviously, in such a case you should switch to a better hood instead of turning off the IS.

[Kwfong]

thanks, I appreciate your response. I heard it over at some other forums... but I didn't think it was necessary either.

[Lonnie]

http://www.lenshoods.net/