hood for 50/1.4

[back alley]

before i hit ebay i thought i'd ask here if anyone has a 43mm hood for a 50mm lens?

and does anyone know the filter size for the cz 50/1.5 for the contax?
got a hood for it?

joe

[ferider]

Originally Posted by back alley

before i hit ebay i thought i'd ask here if anyone has a 43mm hood for a 50mm lens?

and does anyone know the filter size for the cz 50/1.5 for the contax?
got a hood for it?

joe

The Opton is 40.5.

Heavystar has hoods for both.

I find an Oly s45 hood to work well on the Nikkor.

Roland.

[physiognomy]

Originally Posted by back alley

...and does anyone know the filter size for the cz 50/1.5 for the contax? got a hood for it? joe

AFAIK Joe, the 50/1.5 has a 40.5mm thread, same as the 50/2. Here's a link to the same question posted by Rich S (click).

Peter

[rover]

Heavystar all the way for both the Sonnars and Nikkors.

An actual Nikkor hood will run you a pretty penny.

[Rafael]

Roland put me on to the Heavystar hoods a while back. They are fantastic.

[back alley]

i'm familiar with the heavystar hoods (thus my my comment about ebay), just wondering about correct size and if anyone had an extra.

thanks guys.
joe

[Rafael]

I've got one for you.

[jsuominen]

I have bought these http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=220079594612 from eBay.

[VinceC]

These are also kind of interesting if you want something completely unobstrusive. However, because they're rubber, they do need replaced from time to time.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...goryNavigation

[back alley]

i assume you guys have gone for the vented hoods?
it looks like the original hoods were non vented and some of the heavystar hoods look more like the originals than the vented hoods.

should i go for an original look or the sexy vented look?

joe

[ray_g]

Originally Posted by rover

An actual Nikkor hood will run you a pretty penny.

How much do they sell for?

[rover]

Never paid much attention Ray, easily they sell for more than $50 and after my IROOA which I think I got a good deal paying only $70 for, I promised myself to look for options regarding hoods.

[VinceC]

>>i assume you guys have gone for the vented hoods?<<

I use RF cameras mainly to have a small camera and lens that don't draw attention to themselves. A big hood, vented or not, is okay for scenics but not people photography. That's why I use B+W's tiny rubber collapsible hood built into the front filter.

EDIT: The regular Nikon hood covers about one-quarter or one-fifth of the viewfinder area (I just checked). The Nikon S2 and later later cameras have 1:1 viewfinders. So, if you're a right-eyed shooter or a left-eyed shooter doing verticles, this isn't a big deal, you can open your other eye to see the whole frame. So you don't really need vented.

[Sonnar2]

I just purchased a cheap chinese hood, but it screws only one turn into the lens (probably threads not of the same grade) and it's quite tight. Either very effective or vignetting, will see.
I looked for a genuine hood - nice thing to have it turned on within the everready case - but was beaten at 50x USD...
BTW at the same seller I found a great short 72mm thread hood for my Canon 0.95/50mm... here the collector's price for the genuine hood was >220 USD the last I saw...

[furcafe]

IME, the vented hoods sold by heavystar & american eagle, which are modeled on hoods made/sold by Walz, Hoya, etc. in the '50s-60s, are not large enough to draw attention to themselves. In fact, I 1st started using the Walz/Hoya hoods because they were so much smaller & less inconspicuous than the original chrome Zeiss Ikon hoods for the post-WWII 50mm Sonnars (having had to scrounge eBay for the vented originals, I'm very happy that someone is now making modern versions). The original Nikon RF hoods aren't nearly as big as those particular Zeiss Ikon hoods, but the original silver chrome screw-in hood for the chrome 5cm/1.4 Nikkor-S I sold Joe is bigger & shinier (& much harder to find) than the vintage/modern black vented hoods.

The vents themselves, however, may draw the curiosity of photographers unfamiliar w/vents because of their unfamiliarity w/RFs.

Originally Posted by VinceC

>>i assume you guys have gone for the vented hoods?<<

I use RF cameras mainly to have a small camera and lens that don't draw attention to themselves. A big hood, vented or not, is okay for scenics but not people photography. That's why I use B+W's tiny rubber collapsible hood built into the front filter.

EDIT: The regular Nikon hood covers about one-quarter or one-fifth of the viewfinder area (I just checked). The Nikon S2 and later later cameras have 1:1 viewfinders. So, if you're a right-eyed shooter or a left-eyed shooter doing verticles, this isn't a big deal, you can open your other eye to see the whole frame. So you don't really need vented.

[Nando]

My J3 has the 40.5mm thread too and I got a metal hood w/cap from Fedka. It's very well made and works very well. It's not the sexy vented type though.

linky

[back alley]

thanks rafael!!

my new hood for the cz 50/1.5 just arrived by canada post (with never before seen blazing speed) and i could not be more delighted.
it's a perfect fit, looks great and leaves me feeling safer than with nothing on the front of the lens for protection.
i have yet to decide which one for the nikkor 50 but will likely be ordering that one by this weekend.

lookin' good...

joe

[venchka]

When did joe get a 50/1.4 Nikkor lens, eh?

What was the original question?

Right. 50/1.4 Nikkor 43mm hood?

Naturally I went for the sexy vented 43mm S&W hood from heavystar. I looked around the site for the one that didn't say it was for Nikon or Leica and paid a lot less. Nice hood for sure. By the way, the front of the hood takes a 55mm clip on lens cap. Mine says CANON across it.

Have you used the Nikkor lens yet joe?

[rover]

When did joe get a 50/1.4 Nikkor lens, eh?

With his S2.

[back alley]

wayne, my nikon s2 & 50/1.4 is in the mail from furcafe.
might be here by the end of the week if i'm lucky.

joe

[Simon Larbalestier]

Joe i have a original Waltz (for Nikkor 1.4) vented hood for the 50/1.4 i also have a non vented very discrete V/C hood which worked find on my 50/1.4 that came with the S3 2000 camera. if you are in no hurry i may be able to send you both for free - however i need to wait until i get back to the UK (early April) to check the practical usage of the vented hood that comes with the LHSA 50/1.4 lux - as i don't have it here in Bangkok to test.

[back alley]

very generous offer simon, but i only just finished buying one from ebay on a buy it now auction.
it said it was vented but the pic didn't show any vents. might have been the angle or the shadow. no matter vented or not.

thanks again.
it's folks like you and rafael that make and keep this a very cool place to hang out.

joe

[rover]

Originally Posted by ray_g

How much do they sell for?

Make sure you are sitting for this one


http://cgi.ebay.com/NIKON-NIKKOR-RAN...QQcmdZViewItem

[HuubL]

I bought the original nikon hood a while back on the bay. It's nice for display, but easily falls off. It was a good user, scrathed and dented. I paid 35$ and sold it for 36$ ;-)).

[Simon Larbalestier]

Originally Posted by back alley

very generous offer simon, but i only just finished buying one from ebay on a buy it now auction.
it said it was vented but the pic didn't show any vents. might have been the angle or the shadow. no matter vented or not.

thanks again.
it's folks like you and rafael that make and keep this a very cool place to hang out.

joe

Sweet of you to say Joe
well email me your address anyway you might like the small v/c hood it doesn't intrude into the viewfinder like the vented ones. I swapped the original Nikkor one before i broke up the S3 kit - it really came into the viewfinder. The vented certainly helps but the waltz is a bigger shade than the VC but much smaller than the Nikkor.

actually i think i've also got a small 40.5 hood as well u might like always good to have a few around....

Kevin at Kevin Cameras where i buy stuff ,told me the original ones go for a song and if you think these prices are bad you should see the prices for the Nikon Noct.