Letien
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Does anyone know where I can find the info on lens hood and filter for each canon rf lens. I remember seeing a reference chart on internet.
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Canon filter and hood
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John Shriver
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Find one of the online scans of the Canon lens manuals. But one given one doesn't track the history across time, like the shift from chrome to black, and from slip-on to screw-in or clamp-on adapter rings.
Simply, anything longer than 50mm, there was a dedicated hood for it, and it reverses over the lens for storage. There's also some sort of cap to go over the reversed hood.
The 35mm and 50mm lenses are where things get tangled.
Simply, anything longer than 50mm, there was a dedicated hood for it, and it reverses over the lens for storage. There's also some sort of cap to go over the reversed hood.
The 35mm and 50mm lenses are where things get tangled.
harry01562
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I don't recall seeing a chart on the net on RF lenses. They do appear from time to time on the SLR FD series of lenses. There was a series on articles in the Viewfinder (LHSA) back in the 90's, by Randall Hooper. He had a few mentions of the various hoods, and showed some pics of a few of them. Send me a private message if you can receive fairly large attachments by email, and want to get copies of the articles.
As has been mentioned, there are 1 or 2 hoods available for most of the lenses from 85-135. The situation on the 35 and 50's does get confusing. There were a variety of different hoods + screw-on and slip-on adapters. Several of these exist with different lettering that changed over time. I've got notes on index cards, but never put it into digital form.
Peter Kitchingman in Australia has a book coming out soon on the Canon lenses, and is planning further publishing on the cameras and the accessories. It should end up similar to the set for the Leica. The problem with that is that the prices will probably go up as a result of the books.... I'm certain that a number of us are waiting for the books, to see what we still need (need??).
Harry
As has been mentioned, there are 1 or 2 hoods available for most of the lenses from 85-135. The situation on the 35 and 50's does get confusing. There were a variety of different hoods + screw-on and slip-on adapters. Several of these exist with different lettering that changed over time. I've got notes on index cards, but never put it into digital form.
Peter Kitchingman in Australia has a book coming out soon on the Canon lenses, and is planning further publishing on the cameras and the accessories. It should end up similar to the set for the Leica. The problem with that is that the prices will probably go up as a result of the books.... I'm certain that a number of us are waiting for the books, to see what we still need (need??).
Harry
John Shriver
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Steve Gandy's page on late Canon LTM lenses:
http://www.cameraquest.com/crflen.htm
includes hoods for each lens.
http://www.cameraquest.com/crflen.htm
includes hoods for each lens.
John Shriver
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As for the normal and wide angle lenses, I'll go through the common hoods.
There's a dedicated Series VI round hood for the 50/3.5. On most lenses you would use the 36mm slip-on adapter, but on those lenses that have 34mm threads, you would use the 34mm threaded adapter.
There is a dedicated Series VII round hood for the 50/1.5. Comes in chrome and black. Chrome ones are normally paired with a 40mm screw-in adapter. Black ones are normally paired with a 42mm "B" screw-clamp adapter. No definitive reason why they would make a hood to use Series VII filters on a 40mm diameter lens, unless a Series VI filter was going to cause some speed loss by reducing the effective diameter of the front element.
There is a dedicated screw-clamp hood for the 50/1.2.
There are two rectangular hoods using Series VI adapters. Both are really excellent designs, and have nearly zero impact on the viewfinder. The smaller one is generally marked for the 35/3.5 and 50/1.9. The larger one is rarer, and is generally marked for the 35/3.2, 35/2.8, and 50/1.8 lenses. Both would have come with a 42mm slip-on adapter for the 50mm lenses. You would need to get a 36mm slip-on adapter for the 35mm lenses. I have used the larger one with no trouble on the 35/1.8 and 50/1.5 lenses, but it is apparently not compatible with the 35/2.0.
Finally, there is a round Series VI hood for the 35/2.8, 35/3.2, and 50/1.8 lenses. While it's smaller than the rectangular hoods, it is quite intrusive on a bottom-loader camera. I only find it useful on the 35/2.8 when using an auxilliary viewfinder. It came in both chrome and black, a chrome one would come with a 40mm screw-in adapter, black ones were more likely to have the 42mm "A" clamp-on adapter.
The slip-on adapters do scrape up the chrome on the lenses. This is corrected by the later, but rarer, screw-clamp adapters.
However, if you reverse a hood on the lens for storage, there's no special cap to cover a screw-clamp adapter. There are special "reverse" caps for the 36, 42, and 50mm slip-on adapters, and also for the 34, 40, and 48mm screw-in adapters. The only reasonably common threaded reverse cap is the 48mm one, the others are very rare.
So, if you see a 44mm slip-on Canon lens cap, it's for the reversed hood on the 135/4.0 lens. The 48mm threaded reverse cap is for the 85/2.0, 85/1.9, and 135/3.5 lenses.
There's a dedicated Series VI round hood for the 50/3.5. On most lenses you would use the 36mm slip-on adapter, but on those lenses that have 34mm threads, you would use the 34mm threaded adapter.
There is a dedicated Series VII round hood for the 50/1.5. Comes in chrome and black. Chrome ones are normally paired with a 40mm screw-in adapter. Black ones are normally paired with a 42mm "B" screw-clamp adapter. No definitive reason why they would make a hood to use Series VII filters on a 40mm diameter lens, unless a Series VI filter was going to cause some speed loss by reducing the effective diameter of the front element.
There is a dedicated screw-clamp hood for the 50/1.2.
There are two rectangular hoods using Series VI adapters. Both are really excellent designs, and have nearly zero impact on the viewfinder. The smaller one is generally marked for the 35/3.5 and 50/1.9. The larger one is rarer, and is generally marked for the 35/3.2, 35/2.8, and 50/1.8 lenses. Both would have come with a 42mm slip-on adapter for the 50mm lenses. You would need to get a 36mm slip-on adapter for the 35mm lenses. I have used the larger one with no trouble on the 35/1.8 and 50/1.5 lenses, but it is apparently not compatible with the 35/2.0.
Finally, there is a round Series VI hood for the 35/2.8, 35/3.2, and 50/1.8 lenses. While it's smaller than the rectangular hoods, it is quite intrusive on a bottom-loader camera. I only find it useful on the 35/2.8 when using an auxilliary viewfinder. It came in both chrome and black, a chrome one would come with a 40mm screw-in adapter, black ones were more likely to have the 42mm "A" clamp-on adapter.
The slip-on adapters do scrape up the chrome on the lenses. This is corrected by the later, but rarer, screw-clamp adapters.
However, if you reverse a hood on the lens for storage, there's no special cap to cover a screw-clamp adapter. There are special "reverse" caps for the 36, 42, and 50mm slip-on adapters, and also for the 34, 40, and 48mm screw-in adapters. The only reasonably common threaded reverse cap is the 48mm one, the others are very rare.
So, if you see a 44mm slip-on Canon lens cap, it's for the reversed hood on the 135/4.0 lens. The 48mm threaded reverse cap is for the 85/2.0, 85/1.9, and 135/3.5 lenses.
Letien
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Thank you all for your answers. I will try to get some generic hood. I have several lens but none has hood. They are so rare or expensive, especially the one for 100/3.5.
Thanks
Thanks
Speaking of the devil, I bet this will work for your 40mm threaded lenses.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Kodak-Series-VI...0QQihZ009QQcategoryZ78999QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
And I keep an eye on this ebay search pretty regularly.
http://photography.search.ebay.com/...ZQQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZbs
http://cgi.ebay.com/Kodak-Series-VI...0QQihZ009QQcategoryZ78999QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
And I keep an eye on this ebay search pretty regularly.
http://photography.search.ebay.com/...ZQQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZbs
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