Product Description

Compatible with: EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6, EF 28-90mm f/4-5.6 USM & EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lenses

Product Details

• Brand: Canon
• Model: 2639A002
• Dimensions: 1.00" h x 3.30" w x 3.40" l, .0 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
• See product description for list of compatible lenses

Amazon.com Product Description
Lens hoods are primarily designed to prevent unwanted stray light from entering by extending and shading the end of the lens, ensuring no problems with vignetting or motor functions. Additionally, since the end of the lens is extended, you also get the added benefit of some extra protection from accidental impact. Lens hoods match the specific focal length of the lens it was designed for.

This lens hood fits the following Canon lenses:

• EF-S 18 to 55mm f3.5-5.6
• EF 28 to 80mm f3.5-5.6 II
• EF 28 to 90mm f4-5.6 II USM
• EF 28 to 90mm f4-5.6 II

Customer Reviews

What else are you going to grab when you manually focus?
Pretty much everybody looking at this hood is thinking about tossing it onto a 18-55mm kit lens. Given how wide this lens goes, this shallow little thing is the best they could do. This hood clips onto the focus ring which spins when the lens is focusing. Given this, a tulip design would be maddening to use.

Honestly, probably doesn't make much of a difference in image quality. I have yet to shoot a picture without a lens hood so I'm no judge of this. That said, there are some good reasons to get it anyway...

1. The hood is what I grab onto whenever I manually focus. This is something other people forget about, but the 18-55 kit lens has a very small ring to try to grip when you manually focus. I mean, it's tiny. Since the hood rotates along with the focus ring, you can just grab the hood instead. When you're behind the viewfinder you're going to be feeling around for the focus ring anyway so having something bigger to lurch for is really handy.

2. When you put the lens down, you can just rest it front down. Because the hood makes a nice little base, you don't have to worry about it rolling away. Don't try this with the camera body attached.

3. It protects the lens from bumping into stuff and scratching. Sure you can get a UV filter, but I don't like leaving a filter on there if I don't have to. I've bumped the hood against things, while if I had done the same thing with the UV filter, then I would have had to either clean the filter or buy a new filter. Theoretically a UV filter can slightly degrade image quality, especially if you're buying one commensurate to the kit lens. Theoretically this hood raises image quality.

4. It makes the camera look cooler.


That said, it's seriously overpriced for what it is. Just call it cheap insurance and get over it. If you're looking at this, you'll probably going to buy it anyway.

Not so good
Yes, I have to agree with the previous review. It doesn't seem to make any difference in reducing lens flare from light sources. It doesn't seem to extend far enough to actually do anything. If it was less expensive I wouldn't mind as much, and just chalk it up to extra protection. But that seems to be all it's good for.

More eye candy, then useful
The kit lens with XSi is pretty wide angle, so no one should really expect to get a large hood on the lens, but the lens also has a very small manual focus ring, and this can help out by adding a little grip. It doesn't offer a whole lot of protection from accidental dings and stray fingers, but it is better than nothing. As the title of this review sounds, the hood does a better job making the lens looks better than it does reducing lens flare. If you have the 20 dollars, its worth it, I suppose. I never use lenses without a hood.