40mm f2.8 STM - Lens Hood?

[Dylan777]

Putting a hood on 40mm pancake?

You guys are taking the beauty out of this baby :-\

 

[Strobe the globe]

Is the lens hood actually any better than installing a filter? It looks too slim-line to be of real benefit.

 

[zim]

I have an old metal Hoya lens hood which I used to use on a 35mm lens that looks perfect on it but it nearly doubles the length, so although no darkening don't like it. Also can't put lens cap on when in bag, using a filter.

 

[schill]

Not that it has direct bearing on this thread, but the EF-M 22mm f/2.0 uses a functionally identical hood (although it's a different size/part number).

 

[caMARYnon]

Putting a hood on 40mm pancake?

You guys are taking the beauty out of this baby :-\

+1

 

[Jay Khaos]

Putting a hood on 40mm pancake?

You guys are taking the beauty out of this baby :-\

+1

What's the real amount of protection you get with this anyway? Think of the amount of ways the lens could actually be impacted and saved by a 8mm lip that protrudes less than the actual distance from the glass to where the hood starts... I mean, you'd have to hit literally hit a surface exactly head on and even then, is it really any more protected than it is without the hood?

And what light source is it going to protect from flare? A laser thin strip of light coming in from almost perpendicular to the lens surface?

Id be interested to see if something so seemingly insignificant really makes a difference. A before and after shot would be awesome...

 

[ecka]

I have 52mm-to-58mm filter adapter which looks very much like the ES-52 lens hood . Perhaps it could act like one as well.

 

[GDub]

... The 50 1.8 hood might be an option for more extreme situations (mosh pits and the like). Can the lens cap be used while the hood is attached? I assume the hood can not be reversed like the bayonet types can be?

I have the Vello ES62 hood (pretty much identical to the Canon version) for the 50 f/1.8 II and it does indeed work on the 40mm. Yes, the lens cap can be used while hood is attached. And yes, the hood can be reversed.