43mm screw-in metal lens hoods?

[psychophoto]

I'm one of those guys who uses lens hoods <u>religiously</u>. Feel naked

without 'em. I normally have a #12586 hood on my 50/1.4 Lux, but when I

want to use a filter I'm a little out of luck as the hood of course won't clip on

with a filter there too. My solution - find a 43mm screw-in lens hood to use

when I'm shooting with a filter in place. Problem is, the only ones I can find

are the rubber folding kind, which I absolutely cannot stand. I use metal

hoods as much for protection against knocks on the front of the lens as for

flare reduction, so I've never been too keen on the rubber ones. Does anyone

know of any metal screw-in shades for 43mm that have ever been

manufactured? If I can't find something like that, I'm debating getting like a

46mm screw-in hood (fairly easy to get) and using a step-up ring. Any

alternate ideas here or obvious solutions I'm missing? Thanks.

[william_john_smith]

Go to: http://cameraquest.com

You will find what you need.

I just got a 39mm to replace the pull out on the 50mm.

Also cheap!

[fotografz]

Which make of filters are you using? I found some of them won't allow

you to replace the shade and others will. Heliopan (slim mount) seems

to work with Leica hoods.

[giles_poilu]

Heliopan make a range of metal hoods including E39 size upwards - a short model (for 35mm upwards) and a longer telephoto model. Very well made in black aluminium. More compact if you have an older clip on 12585 type hood.

[furcafe]

David:

 

43mm was the standard filter thread for the 35mm & 50mm

lenses for the Nikon RFs (as well as those Nikon made in LTM),

so yes metal lens hoods were made in that size (I also hate

rubber hoods & prefer screw-in to slip-on or clip-on metal

hoods). Original screw-in & clip-on Nikon RF shades can be

found on eB*y--they're not cheap, but shouldn't be any more

expensive than Leica accessories provided you don't care about

cosmetic condition, original boxes, etc. My favorite RF hoods are

the vented 1s made by Kenko, Hoya, & Walz in the 40mm (for

Canon RF lenses), 40.5mm (for most Zeiss Ikon Contax RF

lenses) & 43mm sizes (see pic). They come up on eB*y

occasionally, too, & shouldn't cost more than $25 (I believe

Dante Stella just sold one for that price) & often come in a set

w/filters for about $10-20 more. BTW, these hoods do work as

impact protection: 1 of my Walz vented hoods sacrificed itself to

save a Nikkor 50/1.4 LTM (a very heavy lens if you've never

handled 1) that I dropped on the sidewalk face-down (never

change lenses after a martini happy hour!), the hood broke into 3

pieces, but the lens was fine.

[al_kaplan1]

Although not as common as it once was, some dealers have "junk boxes" full of old "series" hoods and adapters. You might find a 43mm this route. Also, I think some Olympus lenses used 43mm hoods. Be careful with Nikon clip on hoods. The old ones had metal buttons that catch on everything. They sometimes pop off and they're too expensive to risk loosing!

[andrew n.bra hrefhttp]

I faced exactly this problem a few months back as well. I tried for <B>weeks</

B> to find something here in Australia but... nothing.<P>

 

In the end I bought <B>two el-cheapo 43mm UV filters</B> (which itself was

v.difficult!) and then <B>knocked out the glass</B>. Screwed the empty filter

rings together, painted the interior with matt black and have used the result

since. No vignetting and approx 10mm protective depth (almost the same as

the E39 cylindrical hood for the Elmar-M).<P>

 

I now only use the clip-on 12586 hood on rare ocassions, never for candid

stuff.

[rgh]

I too am a lens hood fanatic, and wouldn�t think of taking a camera and lens

out for a shoot with out the proper lens hood. Screw-in hoods just don�t do it

for me because they add too much length to the package when I�m just

carrying it around (not reversed) and too time consuming to take on and put

on. Although they are expensive I would go with the newer LEICA E43 UVa

13206 filter, as this has a �extra� lip to take the proper 50mm Summilux lens

hood. Also if you can find one the older Leitz chrome thin 43mm filters, they

work of course.