Fotasy Metal Lens Hood - 49mm Vented for Fuji, Leica, Olympus, Panasonic, Sony Lenses

The EasyFoto 40.5mm Vented Metal Lens Hood is a good, well-crafted product, yet you need to carefully check your camera specs first before getting this one. It's designed to fit older Leica, Contax, Zeiss, Voigtlander, Leitz/Minolta and many other lenses that use a 40.5mm threaded filter size, but if you have a contemporary digital camera with a zoom lens, you will encounter vignetting at the wide angle settings. Check the images that I've posted here. Bought this lens hood for use with the new Nikon COOLPIX P7700 Digital Camera , which features a 7.1x optical zoom. Its 28mm to 200mm zoom range (on a 35mm film standard) made me wonder if it would cut off the corners at the widest settings... and it does. For the price, it was a good experiment, and considering that the new proprietary Nikon HN-CP17 Lens Hood for the P7700 costs quite a bit more, I cannot fault the manufacturer of this hood as I did this partially out of curiosity. My experiment, and it will be a keeper for use with medium to telephoto (50mm to 200mm) shots. When it's used from about 45mm on to 200mm with a filter on the lens, this is an excellent product. The filter threads are smooth, and it has a black semi-matte exterior finish that goes well with almost any camera today. The interior of this lens shade has a true matte finish to cut down on reflections that can show up in your images, and it's a nice touch. It has a nice retro look that is reminiscent of 35mm film cameras from years ago. This EasyFoto 40.5mm Vented Metal Lens Hood is a good product, nicely crafted and machined, and one that can be recommended to anyone wanting a lens shade that performs well, as long as you plan on using it at medium to telephoto setting. It just isn't designed for wide angle use, so you'll have to look elsewhere for that. 10/17/2012

The lens hood is finished much nicer than the product photos have led me to believe. I didn't expect much, especially for the price, but was pleasantly surprised. It's definitely made of aluminum and finished in a smooth satin black anodize. The machining is very clean with no marks or blemishes anywhere. Unlike the product photos, the lens hood thankfully doesn't say "For Leica" anywhere and instead only has a small silver marking of "52mm" which appears to be laser etched into the anodize coating. I used a black permanent marker to black out this marking, but given that it's still etched it's visible through the ink from the right angle. I have the hood fitted permanently to my Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4 R lens and it allows me to use a 49mm pinch lens cap while the hood is still attached. For those who have either the Fuji XF 35mm f/1.4 or the Fuji XF 18mm f/2.0, you'll know how great of an upgrade this is from the terrible square rubber lens cap and hood combination that comes with the lens. While the shade it provides is likely less than the stock hood, the added protection from bumps and fingerprints is what I was looking for specifically and this lens hood does just that. Unfortunately, your original 52mm lens cap won't fit on the hood. But that's OK because I found a generic brand 49mm lens cap here on Amazon for about $5. I like especially that the vents are very large and that there are a total of 6 vents with small spokes, rather than some of the other brands that have only 3 vents with rather large spokes. This gives the hood a very unique looks and works well on cameras with more classic styling like the Fuji X-Series. I'm personally not much of a filter user but do take note that the hood does not have any additional threading to accept filters.

Excellent lens hood. I purchased one of the tapered hoods and found that it was pretty shallow. Not nearly as deep as the lens hood that came with the XF 35mm 1.4R lens. So, I thought I would take a chance on this hood as it appeared to be about twice as deep as the tapered version. Pretty close to the depth of the stock lens. So, no problems with vignette. I love the lens and the rectangular lens hood is sexy looking. But, installing and removing the lens cap was awkward and required fiddling coming off and going back on. My concern with the stock hood was the lens cap would fall down onto the front element and I felt that there was a high risk of scratching the lens or damaging the coatings. This is the more expensive 35mm and I love the images it produces. The lens cap removal and installation is still a bit fiddly, but it is way better than the stock hood. Honestly, I feel this hood is just as sexy looking as the stock hood. Since it has a wider opening at the front, the lens cap is less likely to damage the front element. This cap is metal as is the stock hood. It feels sturdy and durable. Considering prices on factory hoods like this, I could replace all of my lens hoods (and probably all of yours to boot) for less than the cost of a hood with the Fuji or Leica brand etched on the bell. The ordering experience was positive. The hood was as the seller represented it. It arrived on time in sturdy Amazon shipping materials and was undamaged. It appears to be a well made hood that is likely to serve well for many years - or until I lose it - LOL! And the price at under $10.00 makes it an absolute steal.

I needed to get a lens hood to go with the lens that comes with the G7 since one wasn’t included when I bought used. After looking at a few options, I went with this one. The thing I like about this one that you couldn’t get with some of the other third party lens hoods is the metal finish on the hood. There’s one thing to keep in mind: if you’re using a filter on your lens, this lens hood screws into the filter thread on the lens, so if you’re considering this one and want to use a filter, make sure your filter has threads that this lens can screw into. It’s a nice solid fit, but with the wrong filter, you might have trouble using both the hood and the filter. This one is just fine.

This is an inexpensive, but well-constructed 52mm lens hood. It is advertised as useful for Zeiss, but it works with most any 52mm lens (I can use mine for both the Fuji 35mm F/2 and Fuji 23 F/2 lenses, for example). It is quite inexpensive, particularly when you compare it to the cost of brand name replacement lens hood. It is made of a solid, one-piece metal design (maybe brass?) with a dull black paint coat. The machining of the screw threads is pretty good, so the hood screws on and off well. The paint does not feel like it will come off unless it is seriously mistreated, and the hood itself feels very sturdy. It's hard not to recommend it for anyone looking for a replacement 52mm lens hood, but check the user questions and answers to see what lenses people have used it with. Also, note that the hood comes either in standard, vented, tilted, wide, and wide "S" and each may have certain lenses for which they work, so check this, as well before purchasing. None of them are expensive at all, and considering the build quality, its an EASY five-star item.

Very nice

This one fits the 35mm Summicron Asph with the E39 diameter. It has a thread to hold filters and for me replaces expensive Leica hood for everyday use. The only disadvantage is that there is no cap to fit over the hood. You have to buy that one extra, but for $8, it is hard to beat. I have not tried if there is a shadow on the image but at 35 mm it should not.

This is a fantastic little accessory that I keep on my Fujifilm X-E2 in my "carry around" configuration, which usually includes a Fujifilm XF 27mm F2.8 Compact Prime Lens . I keep a B+W 39mm Clear UV Haze with Multi-Resistant Coating (010M) on the lens itself and screw this hood into the filter threads, capping it all off with a OP/TECH USA Hood Hat - Micro (Black) . The EzFoto hood/shade keeps out stray light and offers a great balance of glare protection and compactness. True, shooting into the sun, this shade doesn't provide much help, but in such cases, in the interest of preserving portability, I just use my hand as an external shade. In all but extreme cases, this little hood performs well. It's lightweight metal (aluminum, presumably), but it's built with just the right amount of rigidity -- a very sturdy little hood -- giving a fair amount of protection to the lens and filter, though I do keep the Op/Tech hood hat handy if it gets blustery (flying grit) or misty. All in all, I'm very happy with this hood/shade in my chosen "carry around" configuration of my Fuji.

Muy sólido, de montaje seguro y muy útil para aumentar el contraste y proteger la lente. Muy recomendable este parasol.

It looks good and price friendly. It also protects the lens filter and saves time to use a lens caps on the filter.

Bought this for my Fuji system. Lightweight but strong, decent value.

Good product, I wished there was a front cover to go with it.

fits great on the Samsung/Rokinon AF 35mm F2.8, just keep in mind the very small lens cap that came with the lens (which fits on the plastic lens hood will NOT fit, so you'll have to get a 49mm lens cap)