Fuji lens hood vs JJC hood

I want to pick up a lens hood for my x100 for basically 2 reasons:
1. Protection
2. Utilize circular polarizer filter

With the huge price differential between the two, wanted to see if there is any reason to stay away from the JJC version.

Thanks

I've only had the JJC and it fits and works absolutely perfectly. From seeing the OEM hood, the only difference I can see is that the color of the JJC is a hair darker and when I mean a hair, like the difference between 80% gray and 78% gray.

I love my JJC hood - why waste money on the 'original' when it's no better

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Side by side, I chose the JJC over the Fuji by looks alone... upon closer inspection I could find no significant reason to choose the Fuji lens hood over the JJC - and that was without considering the vast difference in price. That being said, there is every reason to purchase the JJC vs the Fujifilm lens hood.

I've been using the JJC lens/filter combo for six months now and love it. I find that the filter does not degrade the lens performance at all - in fact - if anything, it enhances the quality of the photo. As is common with most lens hoods - not just the X100, but a lot of other cameras - DSLR's included - the lens hood blocks a portion of the X100's on board flash so the resulting photo comes out with the notorious shadow. For me it's not a big problem because I rarely use the on board flash. I routinely keep the Fujifilm EF-20 connected to my X100 which shoots well over the top of the lens hood. I should caution, that removing the lens hood, still leaving the filter attached, still produces slight shadowing when using the on board flash.

A lens hood on the X100 enhances the camera's looks, in my opinion. Fortunately, that's not all it does. It provides noticeable improvement when shooting in bright overhead light environments (especially outdoors) and also provides protection to the front of the camera (especially the lens assembly).

The Fuji hood for the X100 is bayonet mount, very quick on or off, while the JJC is screw mount, takes a few turns on or off.

My JJC is bayonet mount. It is great.

Let me clarify this. The JJC has a piece that replaces the outer ring of the X100. It screws on. The hood bayonets to that new piece.

Perry

Thanks everyone, I really appreciate the feedback. The JJC hood it is!

jk

Another vote for the JJC option!

Chris Dodkin said:

I love my JJC hood - why waste money on the 'original' when it's no better

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A search on this forum or google will reveal the problem folks were having with the JJC hoods. The are three slots cut into the hood (common to both Fuji and JJC models) which are there to allow you to "look through" the hood when using the OVF. Without the slot openings, the hood would significantly block your view through the OVF. On the JJC hoods, the slots were not aligning properly after mounting, causing partial blockage of the OVF, and users here were posting various fixes involving tape, etc.

While I agree that Fuji pricing on the lens hood is a total rip-off, I decided it was "worth it" to avoid the slot alignment problem with the JJC.

I have no idea if this is remains an issue with JJC hoods... but "loose fit" was another complaint with JJC, and this was just posted in January:

"the JJC only problem is the HOOD...is the fitment... the adaptor fits very well... but the hood you have to massage it a bit other wise its loose. the hood attached to the adaptor by a groove. You have to bend the hood a little bit to make a tight fit... hope i can show you how it looks like but i cant... i have 2 jjc hood and i had to mix and match them to get the perfect fit..."

I have a hood and adapter, JJC LH-JX10. The adapter screws onto the front of the lens (after removing the trim ring), and then the hood itself screws onto the adapter, taking several turns to mount or remove.

Conversely, the Fujifilm hood and adapter, LH-X10, has an adapter that screws onto the front of the lens, and a hood that is bayonet mount, on or off with a quick quarter-turn.

From Perry's postings above, it appears that JJC made a design change at some point to bayonet fitment of the hood onto the adapter.

I bought a JJC hood within a month after they became available. The prices were much higher on it at that point. I don't remember the exact price, but it was around $20-$25. It has the bayonet mount, the slots line up perfectly and it fits tightly.

Here's a photo of it I posted a while back.

Hood tightness is a non issue - as you noted, the bayonet mount has tabs that just need flexing to tighten the fit.

Slot alignment - has not been an issue for me. I did see one seller offering a washer to allow the slot position to be adjusted if required.

For the $100 price difference - you can't go wrong.

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Mr Moonlight, I see that your hood is marked "JJC LH-X100. The only marking on my JJC hood is "49mm" and the box is marked "JJC LH-X10", so maybe the screw mount hood was a predecessor of the bayonet-mount model. Amazon now shows the JJC LH-X100 for $9.99, a great value.

Bobbyt is talking about the hood for the X10, not the X100. They are two very different beasts.

I have no patience and couldn't find a decent price JCC hood on ebay so I got this one for $8.99 including shipping. Figured I'd give it a try. The've sold 17 without negative feedback I could find. I'll let everyone know when I get it in a week or two.
Or three. They shipped it same day with a tracking #

http://www.ebay.com/itm/110830631664?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

geraldatwork said:

I have no patience and couldn't find a decent price JCC hood on ebay so I got this one for $8.99 including shipping. Figured I'd give it a try. The've sold 17 without negative feedback I could find. I'll let everyone know when I get it in a week or two.
Or three. They shipped it same day with a tracking #

http://www.ebay.com/itm/110830631664?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

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I suspect that all the clones are made in the same factory, I don't think you will be disappointed at that price.

The JJC hood is sold by lensmate: http://www.lensmateonline.com/store/fujifilm_finepix_x100.php

Here's a question. I ordered the JJC from Lensmate and I can't figure this one out. The adapter ring has three tabs that the hood mounts to, in a triangular pattern around the ring. From every picture I have seen, and with just common sense, when the adapter ring screws on two tabs should be towards the bottom, one on the lower left, one on the lower right, with the third tab at the top. This way, when you attach the hood the solid area on the hood that is between the slits (that fits over the tabs) will not be visible through the viewfinder.

Yet, with mine, no matter how I screw on the adapter ring the two tabs that should be on the bottom are actually on the top, so now when I attach the hood part of the solid area between the slits is visible through the viewfinder.

Is this just a manufacturing mistake, am I just an idiot putting it on wrong? Or am I wrong on how it should be on there as far as where the tabs line up with the lens and viewfinder?

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the JJC is great! i love it