[105 mm] This fine hood helped me to solve two problems. The first is how to put a hood on a lens and use a circular polarizer at the same time. The second is how to have a hood on a lens with a wide zoom range; in this case, 18-200mm. I first put on a wide angle hood of the accessory size of the lens; in this case 72mm. That serves as the needed wide angle hood. I choose that hood so that it has a much wider thread size on its front; in this case 95mm. The Heliopan short metal hood then attaches to the front of the first hood, making a very satisfactory telephoto hood. The Heliopan is of very good quality, and serves its purpose quite well.

[105 mm] This fine hood helped me to solve two problems. The first is how to put a hood on a lens and use a circular polarizer at the same time. The second is how to have a hood on a lens with a wide zoom range; in this case, 18-200mm. I first put on a wide angle hood of the accessory size of the lens; in this case 72mm. That serves as the needed wide angle hood. I choose that hood so that it has a much wider thread size on its front; in this case 95mm. The Heliopan short metal hood then attaches to the front of the first hood, making a very satisfactory telephoto hood. The Heliopan is of very good quality, and serves its purpose quite well.

[0.2 lb] This metal lens hood is ideal for a rangefinder camera because it doesn't flare like rubber ones. This minimizes intrusion into the field of view while getting the job done, stopping flare.

[0.2 lb] I use this on a Konica Auto s3 with a 49-52mm adapter, it doesn't vignette, it doesn't block the rangefinder, and the camera still fits in my pocket. It is well made and nice looking.

[0.2 lb] I use this on a Konica Auto s3 with a 49-52mm adapter, it doesn't vignette, it doesn't block the rangefinder, and the camera still fits in my pocket. It is well made and nice looking.

[0.2 lb] I use this on a Konica Auto s3 with a 49-52mm adapter, it doesn't vignette, it doesn't block the rangefinder, and the camera still fits in my pocket. It is well made and nice looking.

[Aluminum] That's the Giii QL17 40mm lens with 48mm filter thread. I love the way the camera handles but I found the lens flare pretty severe, and that is actually my fault. The odd thread size did not match any accessory I had. An inexpensive rubber hood helped, but blocked at least a quarter of the rangefinder view. Plus it 'looked funny'. From both ends. So I can't recommend that.



This Heliopan seemed costly at first sight, but it really is not, as it functions perfectly and is a genuine improvement worth the price. It is exactly the right length, adding a mere 0.5 inches to the barrel length. Just enough to give the lens some side shades. And it does not unbalance the camera, either aesthetically or gravitationally. It 'looks proper', feels proper.



It is just barely visible in the finder, if I look closely, so it is quite unobtrusive. The hood is male threaded on one end and female threaded on the free end. I can stack it on the 48mm B&H skylight filter, and then also stack a 48mm B&H yellow filter or polarizer on the very end if I want. So it is not a termination, but a stackable element like any other filter. (I could even stack two of them, if I thought it would work twice as well.)



The Canon 50mm original lens cover fits snugly on the free end, and I found the B&H 50mm cap is also a perfect fit. Just as they are on the original lens body. It is a perfect match.



This short lens hood is exactly what the Canon f/1.7 needed, and it will always stay on my ol' camera.

[0.2 lb] I bought this to use with my Canonet QL17 and it works just as expected. Slight obstruction to lower right corner of viewfinder but not enough to make a difference when composing a shot. Item is matt black, has a quality feel to it and screws on easily to the front of the lens. It has grooves on the front for a filter or lens cap. Would highly recommend this product. I was especially happy I didn't have to buy a step up adapter.

[Aluminum] I picked this up as a replacement for the monster of a hood that Fuji supplies with the excellent 23mm f1.4 lens. Many 23mm owners look for a smaller replacment. This fits the bill perfectly! It has the same diameter as the lens. No vignetting at all even with a UV filter attached. Matte finnish so you will not get any glare off of it. Pricey, but you get Heliopan quality and its as if it was made just for the 23mm!

[Aluminum] I picked this up as a replacement for the monster of a hood that Fuji supplies with the excellent 23mm f1.4 lens. Many 23mm owners look for a smaller replacment. This fits the bill perfectly! It has the same diameter as the lens. No vignetting at all even with a UV filter attached. Matte finnish so you will not get any glare off of it. Pricey, but you get Heliopan quality and its as if it was made just for the 23mm!