Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: Chris C on November 20, 2008, 12:07:30 am
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I've got a 50mm f1.8 AF Nikkor and want a lenshood for it. The only lenshood specifically mentioned by Nikon is the HN-2 rubber hood. I highly dislike rubber lenshoods and want a metal one. I can't find one specifically for the 50mm lens. Several people have suggested the HN-3, but that's for the 35mm lens. Any idea where I might find a proper metal lenshood for my lens?
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I´d just get a generic one that can be threaded into the filter thread. Most photo dealers have "junk drawers" with old lens shades, filter cases & c, and they´re gold mines on this kind of occasions.
What´s your camera, btw? If it has an APS-sized sensor, you should try to find a shade for something longer than 50; one for an 85 would probably do just nice. With digital, it is easy to check for vignetting right in the shop.
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Great suggestion, but don't have any camera shops around here. I use a D200 and ordered a HS-9 Lens Hood from B&H last night. It'll fit and work just fine.
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Just an update, for anyone interested in a great lens hood.
I received my Nikon HS-9 Snap-on lens hood today. It is everything, and more, that I'd hoped. I can highly recommend this hood to anyone looking for one.