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

Timmbits wrote:

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.

I only use metal screw - on  hoods. On all of my glass. I don't believe in plastic or rubber.

Just get yourself UV filter. Even the cheapest ones come with metal ring. Or if you don't routinely

protect your glass with them ( I do and always will) just get yourself a metal step-up ring, keep it on permanently  and buy metal hood with tread size  to match step - up ring.

I always recommend Fotga modular metal screw - on lens hood system.  By the way, their ND vario filters are  of great quality, too.