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philbaum · 11-29-2008, 09:50 AM

All,
I just received a DA-300mm lens which i;m really impressed with, but it came with this really long lens hard plastic hood. it doesn't store well with the lens so it wastes a lot of volume in my camera backpack.

http://www.adorama.com/LNH77.html?se...hood&item_no=1

I bought one of these rubber lens hoods from adorama for my 50mm lens a few months back, and really like it. Has a hard plastic threaded inner core that screws into the lens filter area, and also provides a duplicate set of female threads so you still use a filter. The hard plastic core has soft rubber hood molded around it that flips out when in use, and then folds back for storage. really a nice design and cheap as well.

I'm really thinking of getting one of these rubber hoods for my 300 as well. dosen't look like it may provide as much light protection as the hard plastic, but a lot easier to store.

Any negative observations about these hoods?

11-29-2008, 09:50 AM	#1
philbaum Pentaxian Location: Port Townsend, Washington State, USA Gallery Photos: 0 Posts: 457	Anyone use rubber lens hoods beside me? All, I just received a DA-300mm lens which i;m really impressed with, but it came with this really long lens hard plastic hood. it doesn't store well with the lens so it wastes a lot of volume in my camera backpack. http://www.adorama.com/LNH77.html?se...hood&item_no=1 I bought one of these rubber lens hoods from adorama for my 50mm lens a few months back, and really like it. Has a hard plastic threaded inner core that screws into the lens filter area, and also provides a duplicate set of female threads so you still use a filter. The hard plastic core has soft rubber hood molded around it that flips out when in use, and then folds back for storage. really a nice design and cheap as well. I'm really thinking of getting one of these rubber hoods for my 300 as well. dosen't look like it may provide as much light protection as the hard plastic, but a lot easier to store. Any negative observations about these hoods? Last edited by philbaum; 11-29-2008 at 09:58 AM.