40mm hood for Canon 50/1.8

[Peter Klein]

I just got a chrome Serenar 50/1.8 via eBay. It looks and feels great. It's about to go to DAG for a CLA to get the fog off of the element behind the aperture. I had this desire (okay, GAS) to experment with a Planar-formula lens. This one has a good reputation, without being "sexy" enough to command collector prices.

While it's away getting cleaned, I'd like to get a hood for it. I prefer a vented hood that lets you see most of the viewfinder. I know that Cameraquest sells a 40mm hood, but it is not vented. I've got several vented hoods, but they are either Leica clip-on, 39mm screw-in or 40.5mm screw-in. The screw-in hoods are from "heavystar" on Ebay.

Is it worth trying to reduce the 40.5mm hood's thread to fit the canon 40mm thread? Perhaps a little emory cloth or a fine file would do the trick. Has anybody done this, and did you end up with a working hood or a ruined hood?

Failing that, does anyone have suggestions for finding a vented 40mm hood, and about how much I will probably have to pay?

--Peter

 

[xayraa33]

you can try a 39mm vented hood and put some pipe tape on the threads, to use it on a Canon lens. this way you can use it on a Leica lens sans tape, if you need to.

 

[back alley]

i had a walz hood in 40mm and it was vented, so there are some out there.
i found it on ebay and eventually sold it here.
the gandy hoods are smaller so they don't block too much on my p.

joe

 

[djon]

Do what Joe suggests (Gandy). Believe me, it's cheaper.

 

[raid]

djon: The Canon 50/1.8 is a great lens. I would never sell this lens even though I own and use many other 50mm lenses such as a Nikkor 5cm/2, a Leitz 50mm/2 Summicron rigid, a Leitz 5cm/2 Collapsible Summicron (not the one I am selling right now ... I have two), a Canon 50/1.2 ... and so on. The 50/1.8 is a keeper. Enjoy.

 

[mjm6]

Peter,

I've looked for decent hoods, but was unable to find a vented hood in 40mm in the US. However, there are some sources:

http://hoary.org/toys/40mm.html

I didn't like the way the CAmeraquest hood flares out, so I decided to assemble one from a Series VI adapter ring and a Series VI hood. Both are reasonably common on the auction site and other places.

I ended up with a Tiffen 40F6 adapter ring and a nice black Kodak SVI lens hood. There are other adapter rings out there, as well as other hoods, made by Ednalite, Hoya, Kenko, Kodak, and others. The trick is to find the approprite adapter, as many do not have the size on them, only the product code.

It's another way to go. I think I spent about $17 assembling the hood.

---Michael

 

[Peter Klein]

Thanks, everyone!

The suggestion of pipe tape on the 39mm hood's threads sounds great at least as a temporary measure--I've even got some hiding among the junk under my bathroom sink somewhere. I can scrounge $bay and the usual other sources in the meantime, or use the Gandy hood if I can't find something vented in a reasonable time.

--Peter

 

[John Shriver]

KEH has at least two of the rectangular hoods for sale, at very fair prices.

The 50/1.9 one should work fine on the 50/1.8.

 

[planetjoe]

To tell the truth, I haven't yet found a terribly apparent need for a hood on this lens - but, I may not have pushed it to its limit, yet. I did pick up Canon's dedicated rectangular hood/Series VI adapter for it, though, because I have this thing for completeness. I have to say, it makes somewhat of a strange-looking package.

I never had noticed it before, but the Canon hood is "angled" - actually, kind of crooked. Weird. At first, I wasn't sure if it was designed that way, but it appears that it was - there is no evidence of bending or distortion in the metal hood.

Haven't taken it for a spin, yet. However, I have used heavystar's vented hoods on my Industar-61 and Jupiter-8 lenses, and I think it's a fine product for the price. No VF blocking on the P, either.


--joe.