What lens hood for EF 50mm mk I

[chris_newkumet]

I saw this information on this forum a few years back, but now I

can't locate it. Does anyone know which Canon lens hood fits the EF

50mm f1.8 mk I lens, the older version?

[bill_goldman]

As I recall, the 50mm f/1.8 mk I lens has a 58mm filter thread and the original lens hood was the ES65. Fortunately, the TS-E 90mm lens uses the ES65 also (latest version is ES65III), so even though your lens is long discontinued, you can still get a proper lens hood for it. BTW, you can use any version available, as they are only cosmetic changes.

[digitmstr]

I use a rubber collapsible hood on all my 50s. Because the hoods stay on the lenses at all times.

[dc, portsmouth, uk]

Yep, spot on Bill, that's the one, the ES65...

 

The 50mm mkII takes the lens hood ES65AD.. this is just an ES65 lens hood with an adaptor that screws into the filter ring of the front element.. So if you see an ES65AD - snap that up also, as the hood alone will clip on to your 50mm mkI, as will the mkIII as Bill says.

[dc, portsmouth, uk]

Whoops! That's a load of tosh - sorry!

 

The 50mm mkII takes an ES62AD not ES65... the 50mm mkII has a 52mm filter thread and the adaptor converts theis to 62mm by screwing into it, then you clip on an ES62.. (D'oh!)

 

Apologies...

[mike_hodson]

Yup, 52mm threads.

 

I also use a cheap rubber hood on that lens.

[dave_trayers]

Here's a nice site with all the EF lens hood data:<p>

<a href="http://www.gallery1.co.uk/canonlenshoods.htm">http://www.gallery1.co.uk/canonlenshoods.htm</a><P>

Derek has a lot of other useful EF lens info on his site.

[peter_langfelder]

Canon recommends ES 65, in any of its versions. A lot of people (myself included) use the ET 65 (also in any of its versions II, III). The ET is much more widely available (also used) and is deeper, providing better shading. The ET 65 also fits a number of other lenses, including 100/2, 85/1.8, 70-210/3.5-4.5 and others; if you have any of these, you can use one hood for several lenses. On the other hand, the ES 65, apart from the 50/1.8, also fits the 35/2.

[bill_goldman]

The ET-65 may vignette on a full-frame body. Also, if you use the ET-65, I don't believe you can reverse the lens hood with the lens mounted to the camera, as it is too deep.

[bill_goldman]

It's interesting to note the significance of the Canon lens hood designations have no relationship to the lens' filter thread size.

 

First of all they are designated EW, ES or ET, which means wide angle, standard or telephoto. The number that follows each of these designations is the diameter of the bayonet opening on the hood where it attaches to the lens and on the mating bayonet leaves on the lens.

 

Furthermore, sometimes the letter designation does not match the type of lens, as in the case of zooms. Also, to be noted, Canon changed the bayonet fittings to achieve more robust and secure attachment on some recent lenses and just because an older hood has the same number, it may not fit properly on one of these newer lenses

[eosdoc]

Information on this forum a few years back:<BR>

<a href=

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=004NL1

>http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=004NL1</a>

<P>

Here are nice sites with all the EF lens hood data:<BR>

<a href=

http://www.usa.canon.com/eflenses/pdf/spec.pdf

>http://www.usa.canon.com/eflenses/pdf/spec.pdf</a><BR>

<a href=

http://home.wanadoo.nl/erwin.harkink/Photo/EOSLenses.html

>http://home.wanadoo.nl/erwin.harkink/Photo/EOSLenses.html</a><BR>

<a href=

http://bobatkins.com/photography/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/EOS/CanonEFLensHoods

>http://bobatkins.com/photography/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/EOS/CanonEFLensHoods</a>

<P>

There is no "mk I". The lens called the EF 50mm f/1.8 has a

deeply recessed front element. The built-in resistance to flare

would be undone by adding a front mounted filter, in which case

a hood would prove most helpful.

[PuppyDigs]

Bill writes, "The ET-65 may vignette on a full-frame body."

 

Nope, I used the ET-65 for many years on my EF 50 1.8 and it never--not once at any aperture--suffered from vignetting. Yes, I shoot many slides so no cropping by labs. The only tiny drawnback of the ET-65 is it is too long to reverse mount for compact storage.

[maxasst]

I have the es-65 and et-65 for my 50mm "Mk I" lens. They don't vignette on our EOS5 or Elan7EQD. The es-65 doesn't reverse mount when trying to store it more compactly, so I keep the ET-65 hood on at all times since it helps with flare when I use a filter on the lens. Also, I think the hood does a great job of protecting the filter threads as evidenced by lots of scuffs of paint on the hood that came off the walls of our house. By the way, I always have a 52-58 step up ring and use 58mm filters and lens cap on this lens. The hood clears without problems. I have a ES65 hood with one edge trimmed away to clear the body of our Elan7E when reverse mounted, but I use it rarely. If you are interested in it, e-mail me offline. I can take pics and send to you.