Lens Hood Doesnt fit?

[Coldkilla]

I bought a 58mm Lens Hood for my stock Canon T2i Lens and I finally get it in the mail and it doesn't "fit" the screw mount area on the front end of the lens - It just falls through. Its almost like the lens hood is 0.5mm too thin or something. So I went out and bought a second hood that had T2i right in the sellers title, same exact problem - it just fell through. I also had purchased a filter kit, and all of those fall through too! They are all Extremely "close" to fitting, but the diameter of the screw mount is almost like a hair too thin so it can't grip the lenses screw mount and get "screwed" in.

I have no idea what to do now lol. Any ideas?

 

[996GT2]

Wrap some masking tape around the inside of your hood to make it thicker?

Are you sure the hood is designed to have the same fitting as the Canon EW-60C (the 18-55mm IS's hood)? Usually when you buy a third-party hood, it will say something like "Fits EW-60C or Fits ET-65 III" on the side of the hood.

 

[Coldkilla]

Their exact title was: "Pro EW-60C 58mm Hard Lens Hood". Does "Pro" have anything to do with its size?

Edit: To make things easier, here are the two products I own (purchased from amazon):
Camera: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0035FZJHQ/ref=oss_product
--Comes with a EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens.
Lens Hood: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003H6O7RG/ref=oss_product
--Compatible with T2i EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Zoom Lens

Chances are theres something in there that I might have overlooked but would appreciate any additional input

 

[corkyg]

The Canon lens (18-55mm, f/3.5-5.6, IS is the EW-60C. It is a EF-S lens. The hood for that lens is the CAEW60C, which currently sells at B&H for $23.95. It is temporarily out of stock.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...Lens_Hood.html

The screw threads for a filter are 58mm. I don't know about that lens, but the hoods for all my Canon lenses do not screw on. They fasten above that with an interrupted thread (quarter turn lock.) The can thus be stored on the lens reversed.

The hood at Amazon for that lens are:

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...sl_79nbd5rag_b

 

[Maximus96]

that hood you bought is essentially useless. it is meant to be screwed onto the filter thread of a 58mm lens which should fit the 18-55. but even if it screws on properly, the front element of the 18-55 rotates during focus so the position of the "pedals" would be constantly change as well. a normal pedal hood is meant to stay in a fixed position, with the longer sides on top and bottom and shorter sides on left and right. a rotating pedal hood would just look silly. when the long sides of the pedal rotate to the sides you'll see black patches in your pictures and you also risk damaging your filter thread and front element if you somehow bump the hood.

also, you're probably better off not using any of the zeikos filter.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

The Canon lens (18-55mm, f/3.5-5.6, IS is the EW-60C. It is a EF-S lens. The hood for that lens is the CAEW60C, which currently sells at B&H for $23.95. It is temporarily out of stock.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...Lens_Hood.html

The screw threads for a filter are 58mm. I don't know about that lens, but the hoods for all my Canon lenses do not screw on. They fasten above that with an interrupted thread (quarter turn lock.) The can thus be stored on the lens reversed.

The hood at Amazon for that lens are:

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...sl_79nbd5rag_b

Many aftermarket lens hoods are generic screw-on types, so they supposedly fit any brand of lens with (for example) a 58mm thread.

The hood you linked to looks so small... I guess I'm used to the Pentax petal-type hoods.

A real shame that when you spend over a grand on a camera kit they can't throw in a lens hood.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

...also, you're probably better off not using any of the zeikos filter.

I agree, that entire kit looks like a POS.

Perhaps this is the way to go:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Lens-Hood-Canon...wItem&pt=Lens_Accessories&hash=item53dca4cab7

I've bought from Fotodiox in the past, with no complaints.

 

[corkyg]

Bottom line - Canon hoods do not screw in to filter threads! Be wary of after market bargains. Dont be a "Cheap Charlie."

 

[alfa147x]

Bottom line - Canon hoods do not screw in to filter threads! Be wary of after market bargains. Dont be a "Cheap Charlie."

I got a rubber collapsible lens hood for my Canon 50mm 1.8

I don't need a pedal shaped hood for that, I have no complaints.

 

[Maximus96]

the front element of the 50mm 1.8 is so recessed that you don't need a hood for flare prevention. the OEM hood is for bump protection which a rubber hood will not provide.

 

[alfa147x]

the front element of the 50mm 1.8 is so recessed that you don't need a hood for flare prevention. the OEM hood is for bump protection which a rubber hood will not provide.

True...

 

[Coldkilla]

Is it even possible for me to get a pedal hood? If so I'd personally like to get one.

Sidenote: I returned the lens hood w/ it's accessories. The 58mm lens filters didn't fit ether.

 

[angry hampster]

Is it even possible for me to get a pedal hood? If so I'd personally like to get one.

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Why?

 

[corkyg]

The petal hood is normally used only on wide angle lenses. A Canon 50mm hood is solid, and the bayonet mount allows it to be reverse mounted for storage, etc. You can't do that with a thread mount hood.