Lens hood for ED50? (1 Viewer)

[gandytron]

Does anybody have an good suggestion for a lens hood that can fit onto the ED50? I will be travelling to the USA and the UK in the next couple of months so if there is an after-market option that I can order online that would be great!

Would this work: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/11170-REG/B_W_65069627_55mm_Screw_In_Metal_Telephoto.html

Currently I use a cut-out from a plastic bottle attached with a rubber band when seawatching...

 

[dwatsonbirder]

Hi Dave, hope all is well.
Something like that would certainly work, though probably worth double checking the thread size on the front (I think it is 55mm from memory). A collapsible lens hood is another suggestion, and a fair bit cheaper too.
Hope this helps!

 

[paddyluke]

Does anybody have an good suggestion for a lens hood that can fit onto the ED50? I will be travelling to the USA and the UK in the next couple of months so if there is an after-market option that I can order online that would be great!

Would this work: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/11170-REG/B_W_65069627_55mm_Screw_In_Metal_Telephoto.html

Currently I use a cut-out from a plastic bottle attached with a rubber band when seawatching...

how about the 55mm lens hood here

49mm 52mm 55mm 58mm 62mm 67mm 72mm 77mm 82mm long Metal LENS HOOD for Canon Nikon Sony for Olympus Pentax Fujifilm camera lens - AliExpress 44

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[Hermann]

Just get a cheap screw-in metal lenshood. 55mm is the right thread size. You can get them for about 10 € on Amazon. No need to pay the exorbitant price for a B+W hood.

Hermann

 

[paddyluke]

how about the 55mm lens hood here

49mm 52mm 55mm 58mm 62mm 67mm 72mm 77mm 82mm long Metal LENS HOOD for Canon Nikon Sony for Olympus Pentax Fujifilm camera lens - AliExpress 44

Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com

www.aliexpress.com

the link should take you to the lens hood but for some reason it doesn't,here's a screenshot

 

[Saxatilis]

Hi
here at home among my photographic stuff I had the hood of an old Tamron tele lens that now proves very useful on the Nikon ED50

 

[gandytron]

Many thanks for all the feedback. I will order a cheap & cheerful one online

 

[4John]

Gandytron,

There are a lot of advantages to your cut-out plastic bottle and rubber band, which include the load from any impact will be largely absorbed by the plastic deforming and won't go into the objective lens mount. A rubber lens hood with a 55mm thread might therefore be better than a metal one because it might reduce the amount of any impact energy getting back to the objective lens and the scope body via the thread if it gets knocked.