$2.97 Lens Hood for Canon 100mm Macro

I'm one of those who strongly believe in lens hoods. I always use all of my lenses with the hood on -- that is, except for my 100mm Macro lens. I didn't want to pay $40 or so for one of the ugliest lens hoods that was ever made. So I've been using the lens without the hood for the past few years. That all ended today with this $2.97 hood solution...

That's funny that it just slips on their and works. Good thinking

A good discovery but doesn't the lens use a bayonet mount, not a "screw in" ?

Knock offs can be purchased for >$12, delivered.

bohdank wrote in post #7806779
A good discovery but doesn't the lens use a bayonet mount, not a "screw in" ?

I wouldn't know since I never bought one.

True. The $2.97 is just an alternative... no more, no less. Those knock offs are still ugly looking as the original...

SYS,
HaHa... my hood was cheaper

Lets face it, a hood is just a piece plastic that helps prevent stray light from entering. But to pay $45 for it seems ridiculous which is why I made my own

SYS your hood looks big.... but good

What about a flat ffelty inner finsh to prvent reflections off the inside to the lens?

SYS wrote in post #7806817
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True. The $2.97 is just an alternative... no more, no less. Those knock offs are still ugly looking as the original...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Let's just say, your's is the ugly sister, imo

I was out shooting last weekend when I saw this guy with a 24-70 and a rectangular stepped hood attached. Looked like something canibalized from a movie camera. I have a shot of it, somewhere. I didn't ask.

bohdank,
But bugs like ugly

I found even when used on my FF 5D this hood was more then wide enough for my 100mm f/2.8 lens

bohdank wrote in post #7806853
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Let's just say, your's is the ugly sister, imo

Fair enough, especially considering that we normally don't purchase lens hoods by "mirror mirror on the wall, which is the prettiest lens hood of them all?..."

John_B wrote in post #7806835
SYS your hood looks big.... but good

Here's the Canon's original hood spec:

3.9 x 3.8 x 3.4 inches ; 8 ounces

The downspout's spec is 4 x 3 inches with weight about the same, give or take an ounce.

Scott6 wrote in post #7806849
What about a flat ffelty inner finsh to prvent reflections off the inside to the lens?

You mean, this?

The hood certainly does not weigh 8 ounces.

bohdank wrote in post #7807026
The hood certainly does not weigh 8 ounces.

Got that info off the product dimension from Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com …9R6UJ/ref=pd_bx​gy_p_img_b

Let's just say they're both "light," shall we?

They're wrong.