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HENRY'S CANCELLING ORDERS on 45mm f/1.8 (purchased at $199 sale price)

Started Aug 1, 2013 | Discussions thread
Timmbits
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Re: lens hood

timedrun wrote:

The good news is you have your 45! It's a very good lens. The hood works with the 30mm as well without vignetting.

I hate the hood - it screws onto the filter thread, instead of a quick twist-snap-on.  I find it impractical because it makes the whole camera assembly large for when putting away into a bag. Removing it will quickly wear the plastic thread, and I don't want to leave it on, because I don't know how strong the thread mount on the lens is in case of impact, with the leverage given the hood's length.

I use a rubber lens hood that I got for a few bucks on ebay.  it is for a 46mm thread, with a 46mm-43mm ring adapter.  On the 30mm lens it is precisely the right size for no vignetting (narrow it at the corners with your fingers and it'll vignet, that's how I checked), and it works quite nicely on the 45mm as well.  The rubber hood collapses, and makes for easy storage into a camera bag without unscrewing the lens hood.

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