Canon LTM Hood for Canon 25F3.5?

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Hi, anybody knows if there was ever a hood that went with the Canon 25mm F3.5? It uses a 40mm filter size which is also difficult or expensive to buy. Thanks.

Paul
 
I don't think Canon ever made a hood for these, although the recessed front element is sort of a mini-hood. As for 40mm filters, although harder to find, the good news is once you find them, you can also use them on several other canon lenses (black 35/2.8, 35/1.8, 35/2, 50/1.8, 50/1.9, 50/1.5, black 100/3.5, 135/4).

Scott
 
Hi Scott,
I suspected that. I have found the 40mm filters in Tokyo made by Hansa but they are pretty expensive, up to US$45 each.

Cheers,
Paul
 
Hi Joe,

I usually check out BIC Camera near Ginza/Yurakucho station but here is the website for Hansa. Its in Japanese though. They specialize in making retro stuff. Very nice but expensive. Will be back there again next week to gloat!

Paul
 
Paulh - the Canon Series VI hood for the 50/1.8 and 35/2.8/3.2 would fit, being 40mm filter thread size, but might interfere with the edges of your field of view with the 25mm lens. It also acts as a filter holder for Series VI filters.
 
I haven't film tested it, but I just stuck my 25mm on a body and looked through the rear with the shutter open. The 50/1.8 series VI hood definitely blocks light to the corners of the film plane. I tried the series VI adapter alone (which only extends thefront of the lens a few millimeters), and even here at the far edges (possibly only a millimeter or so in the corners) I could see the obstruction of the adapter. It's worth testing this last combination with film, as there's a good change the actual effect on film will be minimal -- but this also seems to indicate that the lens itself is actually providing a decent hood effect by itself -- the front element is almost as far back as the lens mount. I no longer have my CV 25, but I suspect the Canon without hood provides almost as much protection as the CV with a hood, as the front element on the CV is close to the front of the lens barrel.
 
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Hi all,

Thanks very much for all the info. I suspect that the series IV hood will cause vignetting. When I first started with the lens, I kept getting my fingers in the pictures as the lens is quite flat. Here is the link to the hansa website

www.hansa.jp

Sorry I missed it earlier.

Paul
 
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