square lens hood for canon 50 1.8 lens

[WheelieVT]

😉 Hi Friends

Have just got my 1st film back from my Canon VT deluxe + 50 1.8 lens - colour neg 200 asa. What a joy - very sharp and lovely muted colours. Both are users so some flare from backlit shots. Broke the bank to get these as users so can't get them serviced just now 🙂. Hence looking for square hood will pay £30-£35 + postage & give contact details if any of you can help.

Still can't believe the results - keep up the good work - look forward to hearing from you - thanks.

John Winfield
(Bristol) UK

 

[ChrisN]

Great work - that's a lovely lens isn't it. I use one of the round Canon series 6 hoods (it also acts as an adapter to hold series 6 filters) with my 50/1.8 - there are some pics of it in this thread http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9531&page=4&pp=20&highlight=series.

These come up occasionally on ebay - I got mine for about $30. Good luck with it!

 

[VictorM.]

That's way too much to offer for the square hood.

 

[rover]

Well the square hood for the 50/1.8 is pretty rare. Look for the one for the 50/1.9, it is a little bigger I think, but works just as well.

 

[John Shriver]

The 50/1.9 one is a little smaller than the 50/1.8 one. I expect both work fine on the 50/1.8, but I only have the 50/1.8 one. (I know the size of the 50/1.9 one from trying to stuff the 50/1.8 hood into the case for a 50/1.9 one. No way.)

There are lots of engraving variants on the rectangular 50/1.8 hood, I've now seen two others besides the one I have. They cause collector lust, of course...