mobeyone Posted October 25, 2011 Share #1 Â Posted October 25, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Is this even possible? Or is there anything that could be used instead of the built in hood? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mmradman Posted October 25, 2011 Share #2 Â Posted October 25, 2011 Is this even possible? Or is there anything that could be used instead of the built in hood? Â Everything is possible even external lens hood on your Lux 50mm. Find screw in 46mm lens hood fitting for 35mm-50mm lens and hope it doesn't block your rangefinder too much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01af Posted October 25, 2011 Share #3 Â Posted October 25, 2011 I am using this one (purchased via eBay). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobeyone Posted October 25, 2011 Author Share #4 Â Posted October 25, 2011 Everything is possible even external lens hood on your Lux 50mm. Find screw in 46mm lens hood fitting for 35mm-50mm lens and hope it doesn't block your rangefinder too much. Â How would that work with a uvir filter in place? Would the filter screw into the hood? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmradman Posted October 25, 2011 Share #5 Â Posted October 25, 2011 How would that work with a uvir filter in place? Would the filter screw into the hood? Â Screw filter into the lens and than screw hood into the filter. Most filters come with thread on both inside and outside, notable exceptions are slim versions but i think UV/IR filters are mechanically conventional. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobeyone Posted October 25, 2011 Author Share #6 Â Posted October 25, 2011 Thanks everyone, just ordered if fleabay) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01af Posted October 25, 2011 Share #7 Â Posted October 25, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hint: When upon screwing on the hood one of the bars rather than a cut-out window comes to rest before the viewfinder then put a thin rubberband ring around the hood's threads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyoung Posted October 26, 2011 Share #8 Â Posted October 26, 2011 I have a Fotodiox one, looks like a 12585 vented hood, and works like it too. Its screw in, but works OK with a UV on as well, far better than the puny thing built in, IMHO Â Gerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobeyone Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share #9  Posted October 26, 2011 I ordered a round and square hood, will test both and see what the results are like.  The added protection of a hood is a must for me, the built in hood simply never gets used as I forget most of the time.. plus I am scared of dropping it so for the sake of a £10 hood.. its a no brainer for me.  I will probably end up using the round vented hood, is this suitable? link enclosed below.  eBay - The UK's Online Marketplace Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted October 26, 2011 Share #10  Posted October 26, 2011 I use a 46mm Schneider screw-in metal hood lastly renamed as B+W # 950. Below on a pre-asph Summilux 50. It is efficient, solid like a tank and does not block much the viewfinder. Not sure if it is still being made though. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/164833-alternative-hood-for-50mm-asph/?do=findComment&comment=1827456'>More sharing options...
hoppyman Posted October 27, 2011 Share #11 Â Posted October 27, 2011 I suggest that you do some careful testing once you fit a new hood. Possible additional blocking of the viewfinder has been mentioned and may not be important. However with several low profile OEM ones I tried there was visibly extra vignetting in the corners. However the OEM hoods are extremely cheap and a couple of metal ones to try out certainly won't cost much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyoung Posted October 27, 2011 Share #12 Â Posted October 27, 2011 I have straight B&W and also a straight hood with vents, both obstruct the viewfinder a little (on a 0.72 M6ttl) , the best ones are the 'tulip' shaped ones which are imitations of the Leica 12585 and similar, with these there is just a thin black line across the corner of the frame. Â Gerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_n Posted October 28, 2011 Share #13  Posted October 28, 2011 I use a 46mm wide hood from eBay dealer heavystar on my v.3 pre-ASPH 50mm. It also has a useless slide-out hood. See the pic below. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/164833-alternative-hood-for-50mm-asph/?do=findComment&comment=1828850'>More sharing options...
hoppyman Posted October 28, 2011 Share #14 Â Posted October 28, 2011 Peter now do some careful testing and I think you will find visibly stronger vignetting in the corners. I went through this with those hoods. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_n Posted October 31, 2011 Share #15 Â Posted October 31, 2011 Geoff I have a 46mm W on a Konica Hexanon 28/2.8 and I've seen slight vignetting there, but not on a 50. I also have a 43mm W on an LHSA 50/1.4 ASPH and no vignetting there either. These hoods are W models and are supposed to be for wide angle lenses, and I've used the hood that's in the photo on a 35/1.4 ASPH with no vignetting problems. Are you using the W or S (standard) hood? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppyman Posted November 1, 2011 Share #16 Â Posted November 1, 2011 I have several of these cylindrical OEM hoods in the 46mm size. It was the wide (much shorter front to back) version that I tested on my standard 50 Summilux asph. any filter under the hood of course contributes to overall length. At small apertures I could see visibly more corner vignetting. That may not be much of a problem in practical use. Just an observation from my testing. One of the tulip designs may work. My lens is on loan for test currently so I can't look again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted November 6, 2011 Share #17 Â Posted November 6, 2011 Is this even possible? Or is there anything that could be used instead of the built in hood? Â What's wrong with the original? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted November 7, 2011 Share #18 Â Posted November 7, 2011 What's wrong with the original? Â It suffers from human nature. The instinct is to buy a small light camera and lens and then try to make it as big as a DSLR. There are no end of ways to do it, not just lens hoods. Â Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyoung Posted November 7, 2011 Share #19 Â Posted November 7, 2011 Not long enough to be of any use, IMHO , especially with a filter on. Â Gerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted November 7, 2011 Share #20 Â Posted November 7, 2011 Totally useless with filter on, less so (to be kind) w/o filter. Rather ridiculous compared to some built-in hoods of R lenses but the latters' size is not the same obviously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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