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Canon EW83F Lens Hood for 24-70mm f/2.8L Canon SLR Lens

Canon EW83F Lens Hood for 24-70mm f/2.8L Canon SLR Lens
From Canon Cameras US

List Price: $70.00
Price: $42.17

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Ships from and sold by Ace Photo Digital

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Product Description

Canon is a leader in professional business and consumer imaging equipment and information systems. By developing innovative, high-quality business solutions Canon makes it easy to create, manage, and share images and information better, faster, and more efficiently.This lens hood is designed for Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens.For a complete compatibility list please refer to the original manufacturer's web site.


Product Details

  • Brand: Canon
  • Model: 8021A001
  • Dimensions: 1.00" h x 2.00" w x 2.00" l, .25 pounds

Features

  • Designed to prevent unwanted stray light from entering the lens
  • Ensures no problems with vignetting or motor functions
  • Added benefit of extra protection from accidental impact

Customer Reviews

works perfectly but...3
the hood works great. it does precisely what you would want a lens hood to do:
- protects the lens
- reduces incident light
- 'reverses' to fit around the lens, which is nice for storing in a camera bag (or backpack, in my case)

the price is absurd, not to mention you get the hood as a 'free' accessory when you buy the 24-70mm lens (ie, you pay for it when you get the lens). forget amazon trying to bundle this hood with the lens -- that's a scam, although, giving amazon the benefit of the doubt as they deserve, these were probably paired by a computer program. again canon screwing customers on pieces of plastic (if the user lost the original hood) that really costs canon only a couple dollars to make. the price is inflated because anyone with an L lens will want to replace a hood immediately to protect their expensive glass.

if i lost this hood, i would buy another but not by canon. i'd get a generic brand hood (probably on an auction site) that fits the lens and pay not even half as much than is demanded here. no matter the brand of plastic, the hood will help so i don't need to spend nearly fifty bucks on a canon brand piece of plastic.

Buyers: Take Note!4
Buyers, if you are purchasing the 24-70 f/2.8 Lens, you will NOT need this hood.

The hood comes WITH the lens! So only purchase this if you need for a replacement or something of that nature. Otherwise you will have more than what you need.

Anyway:

Pros:
- Gets rid of lens flare
- Offers decent protection
- Reversible (To allow easy storage)

Cons:
- Grossly Over-Priced

The cost to make this is very (VERY) cheap, and the mark-up is just insane.

But I would advise not going with knock-offs due to poor construction and longevity.

Unfortunately, it's worth the money.5
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.