CSG123
Established
I couldn't bring myself to order a genuine Leica hood for my DR Summicron but had seen some generally favorable comments regarding this guy's Chinese clones. While I don't like to buy Chinese other than food the price was too good. Arrived today with a plastic lens cap and screwed in perfectly. What was pleasing was the finish as well as the fit and the solid nature of the metal. I thought it would be thin and not sturdy but it appears quite robust.
I haven't tried any of his other products but if this is an example, I just might.
I haven't tried any of his other products but if this is an example, I just might.
sevres_babylone
Veteran
I bought one of their hoods for my Canon 50mm sonnar and was equally pleased.
Bill58
Native Texan
I've bought a lot of hoods from him and always happy w/ his customer service and quality.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Heavystar have some useful items ... I got a lens board for my Graphic from them a while ago and the service as well as the board itself were first class.
peter_n
Veteran
Same here, great bloke!
semilog
curmudgeonly optimist
Ditto. 39 and 43mm vented hoods at bargain prices.
Probably the metal comes from decomissioned Soviet sub reactor cores, but even if they fog the film a bit
,$8 for a Heavystar is a lot better than $80 for a Zeiss.
Probably the metal comes from decomissioned Soviet sub reactor cores, but even if they fog the film a bit
,$8 for a Heavystar is a lot better than $80 for a Zeiss.rapsquared
Member
40.5 hoods for me as well as a soft release, good stuff, great seller
mw_uio
Well-known
Heavystar - is a great ebayer! I have bought nikon hoods for my 24mm and 28mm lenses.
Mark
Quito, EC
Mark
Quito, EC
chambrenoire
Well-known
Does anyone know if his 43mm hood work with the Nokton 40mm f/1.4?
btgc
Veteran
For the price his hoods look OK. One of hoods I received had fingermarks on blackening which seemed poorly made with spray paint. I'm fifty/fifty with this hoods.
Benjamin Marks
Veteran
For me, a lens hood is the ultimate in simple, functional photo gear. It has always wound me up that Leica and Zeiss charge so much for theirs. Yeah, I know. Margins, profits, what-the-market-will-bear. Yadda yadda yadda. It's a flippin' lens hood. One step up from a toilet paper tube and duct tape. I buy all my lens hoods/caps from Heavystar these days. I love that he sells the cap-on-the-hood combinations. For me, it is really the most sensible solution.
Ben Marks
Ben Marks
Mablo
Well-known
I'm a regular customer for hoods and step up adaptors.
peter_n
Veteran
I agree with Ben. You wouldn't mind if the Leica hoods were well designed but most of them are rubbish. The only really decent one they make is the Summicron 35 rectangular job and that's now $115!
CSG123
Established
Has anyone tried his LTM adapters? I've got a Summitar screw mount that I want to try on my M4. I ordered one from Fotodiox via Amazon and had to return it as it was incapable of showing only the 50mm frame lines. Sherry had told me to not get any of that Chinese "junk" but DAG said he thought the Chinese adapters were fine. Fotodiox's was not.
semilog
curmudgeonly optimist
I use one of his 43mm hoods with the ZM Biogon-C. No problems whatsoever.
rdeleskie
Well-known
Another nod for heavystar. I've got a 39mm hood and cap on my Summicron DR, and just ordered a hood for my Summicron-C 40mm (with the series 5.5 adapter). Ships fast and the quality of the products is just fine. Plus you don't worry about losing a cap or denting a hood (if they can be dented - build quality seems more than adequate) when you're out in the field.
raid
Dad Photographer
How about posting here a link for heavystar so that more people place orders?
sepiareverb
genius and moron
Just saw this Summicron hood- I'll be curious to hear if it works with 39mm filters and no vignetting.
CSG123
Established
raid, one can google heavystar and get a link to his site.
