September 2, 2010
Opteka 58mm Screw Mount Flower / Petal Shaped Lens Hood with Lock
- Petal-shaped lens hood
- Deflects oblique light angles that often cause flare effects
- Helps protect front of the lens scratches and dings while shooting
- Petal shape avoids vignetting that can occur round lens hoods
- Screws into the front of your existing lens.
Product DescriptionThis lens hood shades the lens from stray light, improving your contrast and image quality. In inclement weather, it can assist in keeping moisture or wind-blown debris off the lens, and protects the front barrel from the inevitable impacts against walls, door frames, and other real-life obstacles. . . . More >>
Opteka 58mm Screw Mount Flower / Petal Shaped Lens Hood with Lock
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Comments on Opteka 58mm Screw Mount Flower / Petal Shaped Lens Hood with Lock
This hood caught your eye because of the very cheap price, and frankly looks quite professional in the photos. It functions as it should. The material it’s made of seems brittle. The lock ring cracked on both hoods on their second use.
Rating: 3 / 5
This hood does a fabulous job as a protective device and as a shade for lighting issues across the lens.
I got my Canon EOS Rebel XSI as a gift and it came with a great 18-55mm lens. The hood is actually in the way
for vertical and standard distant flash shots. This is no fault of the hood. It should probably be used
on a longer lens.
Rating: 5 / 5
This lens hood was not easy to mount on the lens and because it’s plastic the screw threads could be damaged.
Rating: 3 / 5
This filter works fine for a lot less than the dedicated canon filter. My only wish would be a twist on mount instead of a threaded one.
Rating: 4 / 5
It’s a cheap lens hood. I should have spent more to get one that works better. Using it with the 18-55mm kit lens + UV filter on my Canon XSi, the lens is visible while zoomed out to ~18-22mm. Past 22mm it’s not visible, but it’s annoying to not have the entire field of view that the lens affords me. The threads are cheap and it screws on pretty roughly, such that I am worried about damaging the threads on my UV filter. The plastic is cheap. The adjustment ring, while it’s nice that it’s there, is cheap. It does the job, but it’s annoying. Do yourself a favor and buy a nicer hood.
Rating: 2 / 5