 Unfortunately, it's worth the money. |
| Review Date: March 4, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Riceboy2049, |
| For those of you who are thinking of buying Chinese knockoffs, don't do it. Depressingly, I've tried a few of them, and non of them are any good. Knockoff hoods use cheaper plastics, and manufacturing processes that leave the product warped and in some cases unusable. The edges typically have bad finishes and can leave you with cuts, and the lens mount with scratches or worse. The inner and outer surface are usually not bonded correctly, meaning they don't give it enough time for the adhesive to cure before moving onto the next phase of cutting the flower petal shape. Their cutters are also obviously over-heated, as you can see where it's not cutting, but melting the plastic. Last thing to mention is that the inner surface in Canon hoods are lined with a felt like material. Knockoffs do not have this, They use a textured inner surface instead, thereby reducing cost and effectiveness. Do yourself a favor, you've spent over a thousand dollars on the lens, don't ruin it with a twenty dollar piece o' knockoff. |
Expensive but nice
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| Review Date: March 27, 2007 |
| Reviewer: R. van Gaal, Netherlands |
I lost my old hood so had to get a new one.
The hood is great to get rid of small bits of flare. I use it in my photography studio a lot, since the 24-70 is my favorite lens there.
Covered with velvet on the inside, you just need this bit if you went for the L lens to match it. |
24-70 lens includes this! Don't be like me...
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| Review Date: December 24, 2009 |
| Reviewer: M. Potvin, SC PA |
It's hit or miss if a Canon lens will include the hood. The place that I ordered the lens from didn't say anything about the hood being included. So I went ahead and ordered the hood from Amazon so I had it when the lens arrived. The authoritative site is Canon's site and check what is included in the box for any given lens. Naturally the lens hood was included, so I ended up selling this for a loss.
Anyway... yes. You can buy a cheaper knock-off lens hood for about half the price. However a lens hood is not a decorative object just stuck on the end of your lens to make your lens look big. It IS serving a purpose. You want to reduce flare on a capture, so you're attempting to eliminate stray light hitting the lens surface. Buy a cheap Chinese knock-off hood, and what do you see? A nicely polished glossy interior to the hood. Canon's hood has a flocking on the interior of the hood which is designed to cut down on the light hitting the lens surface. |
A Must
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| Review Date: February 11, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Heather C. Ward, Canada |
| This baby is a must for your 24-70 lens. Because it's such a versatile lens, you will want this to help brave sun flare, or other weather conditions. Plus...it's great for protecting the lens. This thing has saved mine from a few bumps and bruises because it takes the impact if I knock it when walking by something like a chair or table. |
didn't need
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| Review Date: March 28, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Thomas K. Hershman, |
| As it turns out the lens I purchased came with a lens hood. Oh well, I have an extra. |
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