Canon ES-62 Lens Hood w/Hood Adptr Ring

I bought this at the same time as my 50mm f1.8 lens. This lens hood is slightly different than the normal ones. As other reviews mention it has an adaptor that screws into the filter threads. It then attaches via two depression buttons on either side of the hood. I was concerned about the experience other reviewers had with the hood and their difficulties getting it on and off. Turns out they just didn't think it through.Like other reviewers I had issues getting the hood on and off of the adaptor initially, until I realized that I needed to be gentle. If you squeeze too hard it slightly changes the shape of the rim, not in a bad way, that's just how plastic is. This causes it to become very difficult to get off of the adaptor. If you squeeze GENTLY, just enough to depress the buttons, you have a much easier time. In fact, with a few trials it was just about as fast to turn this lens hood around as it was for the hood on my kit lens. It takes a little trial and error, but once you figure it out it's not hard, just don't go squeezing it like crazy.As I just mentioned, yes you can turn this lens hood around for storage. However, if you do this you can no longer get to the focusing ring. This is slightly annoying if you are trying to catch a shot with your camera straight from your bag. You can still reach the auto-focus switch so unless you need to manual focus right from your bag, you'll be okay. The one or two times this might happen in the lifetime of this hood are not going to change my life, and therefore it doesn't warrant docking a star.Build quality is great. It fits the lens well. It's durable. It's easy to get on and off, once you stop trying to mash the buttons in. I'd buy another one if mine broke, which is about the highest complement you can pay to an item like this.

Not sure why all the negative reviews. This lens hood works great on my nifty fifty. No shadows; helps eliminate glare. I have owned this for some time now without issue. Pleased with this product.

I know this has been stated time and time again but here it is again, "this is a lot of money for a piece of plastic." That being said the difference in photographic results makes it worth the investment. Decreased flaring, increased contrast and natural saturation. You probably paid well over a thousand bucks for your camera set-up. In the big picture this is a sound investment. The lens adapter is well made and I'm 90% sure it's some type of metal. The two pieces fit together well and the connecting mechanism is fairly sophisticated. This explains 50% of the price. I bought the canon hood because it is reversible for storage unlike the generic model for this lens. Also unlike the generic model the part that threads into the lens is metal or at least won't strip. The 50mm f/1.8 is a decent portrait, all-around lens and will get plenty of use. This product will decrease the number of shots ruined by flare. Don't expect miracles but this will improve your average shot a small amount.

Works well. Is somewhat expensive. The retaining ring that you screw onto your nifty fifty is metal, which is kind of funny because the rest of the lens is not.The actual hood piece sort of clips on with 4 little fingers that retract when you hit the two buttons on opposite sides. It works fairly well except when you press too hard because then the circular hood becomes an oval (and thus trying to squeeze a square peg in a round hole situation).I found it does not take hardly any force to get it to work. Removing is basically the opposite, if you depress the buttons, I find the fingers bind up a little bit. I found that gently twisting seems to ameliorate that issue and disengages the hood with ease.Looks wise, if it matters to you, definitely balances out the stubby lens it was designed for, and gives something for the front of your camera to gently rest on (such as when you overbalance it with a hotshoe flash or similar).Overall, the hood components are top notch as you would expect from a genuine Canon accessory. It does have the feel of being an afterthought for the 50mm 1.8 II and has a slight performance anxiety issue getting in place. Other than that, its a perfectly fine hood.

I purchased this for use with my EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens. Since that lens is so cheap (in cost, it produces very sharp images and is capable of some very neat bokeh effects), I didn't want to splurge for a high-quality multi-coated lens filter; this fit the bill. The metal ring that you screw onto the end of the lens, which permits you to snap the lens hood on and off, adds some rigidity to the lens. As far as I know, this is the only lens hood for this lens that can be reversed and snapped back onto the body. I love this feature about full-sized 77mm lens hoods and it's definitely something that I did not want to miss out on with this 50mm lens. I have no regrets; it works as advertised.

Despite many photographers making fun of people that leave their hoods on the lens reversed, I personally like doing that from time to time. That was the main purpose I bought this over the cheaper Photodiox hood. However, the design of this hood makes it unusable.Please see my pictures to clearly see the problem. You press buttons on opposing sides to retract tabs in order to secure the hood to the threaded lens attachment; but pressing the buttons compresses the hood making it extremely difficult to attach. This makes de/re-taching the hood a very frustrating task. And because the hood is free-floating on the ring, you cannot remove the hood from the lens without first removing the hood from the attachment ring.This design was so poorly implemented, I'm really surprised it is sold. This will sit in the box on my shelf. I wouldn't accept this if given to me for free. Get the simple Photodiox hood for less money and better design.

I have found this too be very good quality.