Just a quick question. Has anybody found an aftermarket hood for this lens. Yes, I saw the thread-on hood in another thread.
I am not interested in that. I have JJC hoods for some of my other lenses, but they don't seem to have one yet for this lens. Canon wants $60 for a factory hood!
Thanks
I use a JJC screw in LN-67S lens hood for standard lenses.
The lens hood of my RF 24 VCM fits also. Maybe the hoods of 35mm VCM or 50mm VCM are a better choice than from 24.
gwaww wrote:
Just a quick question. Has anybody found an aftermarket hood for this lens. Yes, I saw the thread-on hood in another thread.
I am not interested in that. I have JJC hoods for some of my other lenses, but they don't seem to have one yet for this lens. Canon wants $60 for a factory hood!
Thanks
This is not a challenge, but I am curious as to why you would rule out screw-in lens hoods? A short 67 mm screw-in metal hood works perfectly with the RF 45.
I use these types of hoods on every lens possible, from 35mm up. The main benefit for me is compactness and readiness. I never use lens caps, and keep the hoods permanently mounted to the lens, in use and in my bag.
I like having the lenses come out of the bag ready to shoot. I find that dealing with standard reversible hoods is way too fiddly when quickly changing lenses in the field, and most of them just add too much bulk to the lens. (Then again, I work out of shoulder bags rather than backpacks mostly, so my practice is geared around that style of carry.)
On rare occasions I might take a full-size hood for something like the 100-500 when I know I'm going to be working in harsh daylight conditions, or if there might be a lot of dust.
There is no right or wrong way, of course. And for lenses wider than 35mm you pretty much need to use the bespoke bayonet hoods to avoid vignetting. But generally I prefer screw-in hoods where I can use them.
