eBay Generic Hoods - your opinion

I am looking to buy the EW-83J hood for my Canon ef-s 17-55mm that is on the way. The genuine canon hood sells for $49.99.

There's generic brands on eBay that sell for $17 total (over $30 bucks less). The design looks basically the same as the Canon. Does anyone have any experience or comments on eBay generic Canon hoods?

Link for reference: http://cgi.ebay.com …ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcm​dZViewItem

just don't get the rubber hood

I recently bought the hood for my Canon 10-22 from "goshotcamera," so while I do not have any experience with your particular seller or that particular hood itself, I was quite impressed with the "non-genuine" hood that I got at a much cheaper price. The way it fits and looks, it's as good as the one that says, "Canon."

Absolutely horrible. Cheap EW-83E equivalent jammed and scraped the hood threads pretty bad. It's so bad I would rather go without the hood or buy the real thing.

I got one off ebay for my 50mm 1.4. It looks exactly like the OEM, but was only like $14.00. Only thing that really gives it away is that when the hood is on, the type is on the side not the top.

Well worth it!

JMW-Photo wrote in post #2664044
I got one off ebay for my 50mm 1.4. It looks exactly like the OEM, but was only like $14.00. Only thing that really gives it away is that when the hood is on, the type is on the side not the top.

Well worth it!

Ditto for me

I bought the EW-63II equivalent, it's just like the real canon branded hood apart from I can't reverse it I've bought an original now, it will be the only non branded hood I will ever buy now I suspect.

I just bought the generic EW-60C for my EFS 18-55mm from the vendor in OP's link for $12. Will let you guys know how it turns out. It BETTER have fuzz, he promised me FUZZ (thats they call the inner felt lining that absorbs stray light)

gjman wrote in post #2666807
I just bought the generic EW-60C for my EFS 18-55mm from the vendor in OP's link for $12. Will let you guys know how it turns out. It BETTER have fuzz, he promised me FUZZ (thats they call the inner felt lining that absorbs stray light)

the one the OP posted was for the 17-55, not 18-55 :S

just go for the cannon one. they are easier to get on and you can screw em on backwards. i have two of the generic brand, one rubber and one metal. if i didnt buy them for really cheap lenses(75-300 mk3 and 50 1.8) i would have gone for the canon ones.

Update: I got the generic EW-60C hood for my EFS 18-55 from OP's link and it is fuzzy inside and it DOES fit backwards for storage. I am very happy with my $11.94 investment.

Mounts backwards for storage

Have you guys looked at this guys store. He has some great looking lens caps with inside pinch similar to tamron and nikons for $1 and $3 shipping, Cant beat that.

I have that exact generic hood from goshotcamera for my 17-55. Pros & cons:

Pros: It's WAY cheaper, it blocks light appropriately without vignetting, it reverses just fine, and it shipped fast.

Cons: There's only two. It's not a "Canon" (for those who have to have the name). And the bigger one for some people: Mine doesn't always lock tightly on the lens. Yesterday I noticed it had slipped slightly to one side while in the bag & was vignetting just a tiny bit. Pushed it back into place and no further issues. Now I'll make sure to check it as soon as I take it out of the bag.

For me, at this stage of my photography career, it was a no brainer--I need too many other things to spend that much on a "genuine" piece of flocked plastic.