Hi All,
I just purchased and received this lens. Thank you to everyone here in this thread who generously provide enormously helpful feedback, greatly appreciated! Before I express my thoughts regarding my initial observations on very preliminary testing, let me mention what I came across as a potentially good lens hood for the lens. I was a bit hasty yesterday in posting the links to two potential hoods without having the opportunity to try them out and whether they would result in any issues.
After receiving the lens this morning, I went through my bin of legacy hoods from years past and came across a Minolta D57KE hood (I never have even shot Minolta). It appears almost ideal, stylish, and with just a few quick shots (due to inclement weather), doesn't appear to show any vignetting. A bit further testing will be required but so far looks good.
I've seen them as cheap as $12.00-14.00, although some list them higher.
I'll post a link to one for sale with a pic (link is below) and as can be seen, it has a knurled knob that tightens the hood onto the barrel of the lens itself. First the hood easily slides over the front of the barrel and comes to a stop. The knob is then tightened. A filter on the lens is not an issue. As seen in the pic of the hood, the lower half of the hood surrounds the lens barrel and filter. The top half of the hoods above the lens and filter and this is the portion that provides some shade and protection.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Minolta-d5...h=item33fd882eea:g:3lUAAOSwfwpcILIF:rk:1:pf:0
The only thing I would caution is although I would never pick up a lens by its hood, regardless how it's attached, since this hood does not screw in but is held by tight friction, it could slide off if one attempted to pick up the lens by the hood, thereby causing the lens underneath to fall. Of course all hoods attached this way have this potential, but the amount of friction holding this hood to this lens is a bit less than usual.
The hood because it doesn't flair out, and not too long, doesn't add significantly to blockage of the viewfinder vs. the lens without this hood. The shape of the hood matches the lens exceptionally well and complements it. I blackened out the word "Minolta".
So far looks and functions quite well. OK, onto my initial thoughts in my post directly below.
Dave (D&A)
I just purchased and received this lens. Thank you to everyone here in this thread who generously provide enormously helpful feedback, greatly appreciated! Before I express my thoughts regarding my initial observations on very preliminary testing, let me mention what I came across as a potentially good lens hood for the lens. I was a bit hasty yesterday in posting the links to two potential hoods without having the opportunity to try them out and whether they would result in any issues.
After receiving the lens this morning, I went through my bin of legacy hoods from years past and came across a Minolta D57KE hood (I never have even shot Minolta). It appears almost ideal, stylish, and with just a few quick shots (due to inclement weather), doesn't appear to show any vignetting. A bit further testing will be required but so far looks good.
I've seen them as cheap as $12.00-14.00, although some list them higher.
I'll post a link to one for sale with a pic (link is below) and as can be seen, it has a knurled knob that tightens the hood onto the barrel of the lens itself. First the hood easily slides over the front of the barrel and comes to a stop. The knob is then tightened. A filter on the lens is not an issue. As seen in the pic of the hood, the lower half of the hood surrounds the lens barrel and filter. The top half of the hoods above the lens and filter and this is the portion that provides some shade and protection.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Minolta-d5...h=item33fd882eea:g:3lUAAOSwfwpcILIF:rk:1:pf:0
The only thing I would caution is although I would never pick up a lens by its hood, regardless how it's attached, since this hood does not screw in but is held by tight friction, it could slide off if one attempted to pick up the lens by the hood, thereby causing the lens underneath to fall. Of course all hoods attached this way have this potential, but the amount of friction holding this hood to this lens is a bit less than usual.
The hood because it doesn't flair out, and not too long, doesn't add significantly to blockage of the viewfinder vs. the lens without this hood. The shape of the hood matches the lens exceptionally well and complements it. I blackened out the word "Minolta".
So far looks and functions quite well. OK, onto my initial thoughts in my post directly below.
Dave (D&A)