Suggested lens hoods

[mark_peters]

This board has convinced me, lens hoods are a must.

 

What would you suggest as coverage for the following three lenses. I

suspect there is a best one for each of the three, but is there one

that is a good match for, say, two of the three?

 

Here are the three I'm concerned with for now:

 

Nikkor 24/2.8 N.C. AI'd (the early 70's version with chrome barrel and

black scalloped focus ring)

 

Nikkor AI 35/2.0

 

Nikkor AIS 50/1.4

[Robert_Lai]

I remember that there is a web site that lists all of the Nikon compatible lens hoods. I lost my links for it, and I can't seem to find it in Google.<p>However, for the lenses that you mention, here's what I use:<p>

24mm f/2.8 uses HN-1, about $15 from B&H<p>

35 f/1.4 uses HN-3, about $16 from B&H (I'm sure that the f/2 version can use the same hood)<p>

50mm f/1.4 can use the HR-2 hood. However, the HR-2 is rather costly for a rubber hood. On my 50mm f/1.8 I found a Vivitar rubber hood for "normal" lenses that was about $5 at an odds and ends bin at a local camera store.

[Michael R Freeman]

Nikkor 24/2.8 N.C -> HN-1 (HN-2 will also work and provide a little more shade)

 

Nikkor AI 35/2.0 -> HN-3 (HN-2 will also work and provide a little less shade)

 

Nikkor AIS 50/1.4 -> HS-9 (Also HR-2 and HR-1 will work)

 

All of the aove will not vignette when used with one filter.

 

Mike

[Michael R Freeman]

Roland Vink's "hood list": <a href="http://home.aut.ac.nz/staff/rvink/nikon2.html">http://home.aut.ac.nz/staff/rvink/nikon2.html</a><BR>

Rick Housh's "hood list": <a href="http://www.geocities.com/rick_housh/camera/nikon/lenshoods.html">http://www.geocities.com/rick_housh/camera/nikon/lenshoods.html</a>

[david_h._hartman]

The specified hood for the 24mm f/2.8 Nikkor-N.C is the HN-1.

You can also use an HK-2 specified for the 24mm f/2.0 AIS. The

latter is convenient if you change filters a lot as its a

slip on. The former is more convenient if you dont and

accepts the venerable Tupperware #G cap.<br>

<br>

The HN-3 is the hood specified for all the manual focus 35mm f/2.0(s)

including the AI and also for the current AF 35mm f/2.0D.<br>

<br>

The 50mm f/1.4 AIs specified hoods are the HS-9 and HR-1.

The latter is rubber. Some like them I dont. You can also

use a HN-3 hood if you prefer a screw in hood and Tupperware lens

cap. Yes that Tupperware as in Tupperware Party. At one time the

Nikon School even recommended them and Franks Highland Park

camera got busted for selling them without the "party,"

very strange.<br>

<br>

If you can find an HN-5 that would be better than the HN-3 for

the 50/1.4, more protection. As I recall the HS-9 actually nips a

little light reducing the evenness of illumination. The problem

is the threads that allow reversing the hood on the lens.<br>

<br>

Regards,<br>

<br>

Dave Hartman.

[dj_soroka]

Nikon 72 mm snap caps perfectly fit the HN-1, HN-2 and HN-3 hoods.

[tim_taylor3]

Dave, how do you get the Tupperware lid without giving a party? ;-)

 

Seriously, I went to the Tupperware website and couldn't find it listed anywhere.

[Robert_Lai]

Like DJ Soroka, I use 72mm caps. Mine are a generic snap on that doesn't say "Nikon" in silver letters. They cost me about $3 each at the same camera shop.

[david_h._hartman]

<em>"Dave, how do you get the Tupperware lid without

giving a party? ;-) <br>

Seriously, I went to the Tupperware website and couldn't find it

listed anywhere." --Tim Taylor<br>

</em><br>

I tried the same thing. I dont know. I have a few spares

but Id like more. Try to get the telephone number of a

Tupperware "associate" or what ever they are called. Im

going to have to do that. Hopefully attendance at a Tupperware

party isnt required.<br>

<br>

The story goes this material was used in radar as an insulator

during WW2. After the war someone came up with the idea of making

storage dishes for the cupboard and refrigerator. They didnt

sell as women did understand or see a need. The Tupperware Party

was the key to showing them the how and why of this new marvel. I

dont know if there is a shred of truth to the story.<br>

<br>

If a Tupperware Cap is loose I find I can dip it in near boiling

water then press them into a glass with a semi-trumpet shape.

Does that make sense? Then I pull it out and drop it in ice water.

This works with wonders for fitting to an HS-8 or HS-14 hood.<br>

<br>

One thing I really like about them is I can pull them off fast

and put them in any pocket. If its my back pocket and I sit down

on a hard bench neither the cap nor my ass suffers damage.<br>

<br>

Another source of caps for lens hoods is the grocery store. Ive

found a few caps by measuring various food containers caps.

[tim_taylor3]

Dave, I have tried the 72mm clip lens caps but they keep popping off the HN-1, HN-2, HN-3 hoods so the plastic Tupperware sounds really good. I don't have a metric measuring device but what is the distance I should be looking for? 77mm?

[Robert_Lai]

You may want to try this:<p>

<a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=249645&is=REG" >Schneider 75mm push on cap</a> <p>For $7 you can't really go wrong.<p>I use the 100mm push-on version on my HN-9 hood of the 28mm f/3.5 PC Nikkor. These attach onto the outside of the hood, and they hold on tight.<p>I admit that I'm too insecure to go around walking with a tupperware lid or yogurt container lid on my lens.

[tobias1]

In my opinion the Hood depends on whether its going on a film camera or digital . Huge difference ...e.g I have a 50mm f 1.8 Nikon on a D70 camera. Now if I was using the standard Nikon hood that is recommended for thids lens ..the HN 11 I think .. it just would be a waste of time using it to get the full protection needed.The metal hood is anout 23mm long and you need about a 46mm hood to be effective because of the 1.5crop factor in digital. I use a 135mm Konica 55mm metal hood ( felt lined) and I use a 52mm to 55mm stepup ring. This Hood is about 46mm long (twice as long) as the suggested hood for the 50mm 1.8. However it works great and there is NO vignetting. This applies to all Hoods that people should be using for Prime lenses on Digital cameras. I am buying an 85mm f.8 Nikkor and I will probably be using the Nikon HN-30 Hood (hwich is made for a 200mm lens) but should work great on an 85mm.