spanky Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Hi Everyone, When I decided to look into a lens hood for my 28mm F2.8 AI-S I was unprepared for the enormous amount of part numbers and styles. After a Google search, it appears that I have two choices...HN-2 and HR-6. Any others I may have missed? Any generic ones that will work as well? I suppose I'd like a metal screw in type (52mm) but at this point I just don't want to pick up the wrong kind and have to drive clear across town to return it.Thanks for info, Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samoksner Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I use the HN-2 which was originally designed for the 28mm f3.5, but it works fine and serves it's purpose very well. I use the hood mainly as a form of protection as I find that I shoot into the sun very often anyway, so the hood doesn't help much. The 28mm also looks very similar to my 35mm so I put the hood on the 28mm to distinguish them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilly_w Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Your Nikon choices in metal/thread-mount are the HN-1 and HN-2. The '1' is a tad more shallow. No big difference, really, between the two. I suggest metal for protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Nikon hoods are all explained <i><a href="http://nikomat.org/lens/hiyoke.html" >here</a></i>. Investing in a small ground glass screen (or making one from transparent plastic) to check for vignetting at the film plane is essential if you wish to use third-party hoods. In my experience, many circular Nikon hoods are significantly wider than needs- be unless using very thick (or stacked) filters, and some lenses really do benefit from deeper hoods than Nikon suggest. AC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronald_moravec1 Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 The 52mm metal straight tube ones from B&H will do the best job on a crop sensor camera like D200. I use them on 24/35/28/50 lenses for my D200. Adoramas also work but flare a little wider then go straight. The lenses are AI-S and AI and I also have a set of AF same focal lengths. If you use a D3, D700, or film, these probably will vignette. The 28 AI-S that focuses to .2 meter is a fantastic lens. One of my favorites. The AF is just so so as is the one that focuses to .3 meter. I love the fact there is virtually no distortion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent_peri Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 "Nikon hoods are all explained here." I found the following site is more comprehensive, listing alternative hoods if you can't find the proper hood: http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/accessory.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Vincent is right - Photosynthesis is a <i>much</i> better resource (I couldn't find the link at work). AC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanky Posted September 10, 2008 Author Share Posted September 10, 2008 I stopped by Samys today in LA and they had the HN-2 so that's what I'll try out. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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