AGFA 67mm Heavy Duty Rubber Lens Hood

Long story short, I am very pleased with this item. I was even happy to see that Agfa was still alive and kicking. It really is a very good quality product. Given the fact that it was only $4.99 with free shipping, who am I to complain? My only concern with rubber is that it is not 100% rubber. I believe there is also some neoprene and other chemicals involved in the manufacturing process. I do spend a lot of time in the Las Vegas area, primarily in the desert. I like landscape, wildlife and plant life photography. My point is, this rubber does have a tendency to dry out and eventually crack. My solution? I use a little of my wife's moisturizing lotion to prevent that from happening. As far as leaving the hood on my camera when not in use, I just unscrew it and place back into the original box and in the bag it goes.Again, a very good product. I hope this helps. Thanks for reading.Antonio

I've used rubber lens hoods since the late 1980's when I began SLR photography. I used them for all my lens back then - from wide angle to telephoto zooms and prime lenses. Never had a problem with them. They will not last as long as a plastic hood because the rubber - over the years - will age and deform. They will also deform if left squeezed in a wrong position for a long length of time. But rubber hoods are cheap enough to simply replace in a few years. (I only noticed age affecting my hoods after many years so it's not a huge concern.)I bought this 52mm hood for my new  Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Camera Lens  because I was concerned the plastic bayonet-type hood might ultimately wear or damage this light lens - at least I was concerned it had the potential to. So I decided to opt for a screw-in type rubber hood because it would afford greater protection as well as being easier to leave on.Now to specifics: this is a screw-on type hood. It has a plastic ring - like a filter - except with a collapsible rubber hood attached. The filter size of your lens is the size hood you need. You simply screw the hood onto the lens exactly as you would a filter. This hood also has another set of threads on the outside so you may screw on additional filters. You may mount it directly on the lens itself - or on a filter you may have on protecting the lens. [Note: SOME screw in rubber lens hoods do NOT have exterior threads - this AGFA does.]I had no problems at all screwing the hood onto the lens and filter - it fit nice and snug with no gaps whatsoever. I also had no problems screwing a filter onto the hood - although you should collapse the hood to its retracted position for an easier time.The rubber hood itself 'folds' - actually a better word is collapses or pops up - into three positions. Fully collapsed for storage or wide angle. A middle position for normal standard. Then fully 'popped out' for telephoto. The rubber affords excellent protection if you accidentally bang the lens against something.This type of rubber hood is excellent for lenses that do not have a bayonet mounting or lenses you'd prefer not to twist a stiff plastic bayonet-type hood on. I also ordered another AGFA rubber hood in 58mm size for my classic  Canon Ef 70-210mm F/4.0 I highly recommend the AGFA brand rubber hood.

I bought this hood for a Panasonic Lumix FZ200. I had a similar hood for my old FZ20 and I could just leave it on all the time. I cannot do that with this hood as when the camera is set to 1x zoom, the hood blocks part of the picture. The hood seems to be of good quality, otherwise. There was no problem screwing it onto the camera. It has three positions as advertised and the rubber is fairly thick. It's just that even pulled all the way back, it interferes with picture taking until I get out to about 1.6x zoom. The hood either needs to able to be pulled back completely flush with the original lens or be a bit wider for me to be able to leave it on the camera all the time.

I love soft hoods and this one is well made. Convenient that it collapses for storage without removal. Nice that the ability to collapse it a bit at a time means you can control how much it shades the lens opening. Also, with a rubber lens hood, if you bonk the hood into something it isn't going to damage the filter thread or lens mount. I do wish it was slightly more rigid to give more cushion to the lens in the event of a camera drop. But I've learned the hard way, years ago, to keep a good grip on my camera and always check the strap connections every time I use it (so no camera drops).Great hood for the money, I'll probably buy a couple more soon!

I have had this hood for about 1 year. I am a professional photographer. Being that said: I am using my camera every day, so the hood gets a lot of abuse. I am careful with my equipment however sometimes I am in some pretty crazy positions. Simply said; "I wore it out"! I can't blame the manufacture for the life time of this product. Today I just ordered 3 more of the same. I guess I should be good for another 3 years now. This is a good hood (like that) for the money. Since it is a "threaded mount", It works great with my CPL and variable ND filters. Really I use this hood 95% of the time. I highly recommend this product. Thanks, Shooter Boone.

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Using this hood on the 16-50 kit lens on a Sony NEX 6, with an adapter for 52 mm mount (Goja 40.5-52mm Step-Up Adapter Ring (40.5mm Lens to 52mm Accessory, which I strongly recommend). I use a number of legacy Nikon lenses with the wonderful focus peaking feature, and most of these have a 52 mm flange mount. Fit is perfect. In its "wide angle" position, no vignetting is visible. Vignetting occurs at 19 mm in the "normal lens" position and at 26 mm in the "telephoto" position. The 52 mm thread extends to the outside, a very convenient plus. I cannot (yet) vouch for its durability (some have questioned it) but the quality seems fine (I shall update that review if I find it lacking after heavy use).

I like the rubber type lens hoods as they can be left on the lens when it's put away. This one appears to be good quality and does get springs back into shape no matter how squished it got in your camera bag.

I was searching for a rubber lens hood for my Sigma 18-250mm zoom lens, and I was pleasantly surprised to come across this familiar brand from the past! I've always found AGFA products to be excellent, so I confidently went for this straight away, and I've not been disappointed.The lens hood seems tough & well made, and a nice feature is can fold to 3 positions- fully extended when being used for telephoto work, mid-way for medium-wide angle photos, and fully retracted when it's not needed. In mid-position, there was no vignetting at 18mm with my lens. Being rubber, it also protects your lens from knocks to some extent, in whichever position it's in. Unlike some hoods, this one is also threadded on the front, so you can put the lens cap on securely, as well as fitting filters.Another bonus of this kind of hood is that it offers some support to the lens when the camera is placed on a flat surface- for example for a self-timed photo, or to minimise vibration on a telephoto shot (when a tripod isn't available). Without the extra support, the weight of the lens would make it topple forward. I was a little surprised that the AGFA logo is nowhere to be seen on the product- I would have liked to see their logo proudly embossed on the rubber!The hood is competitively priced, and delivery was reasonably quick.

This arrived and is serviceable but both fitting the lens cap and removing it are rather awkward, due to the rubber of the innermost ring of cap itself coming right up to the edge of the thread where the cap seats.Since the hood is not made specifically for the lens to which it is attached you also have to take care to ensure that the hood does not enter the picture when using some wide angle settings on some lenses. Depending on lens used, this may not be an issue.

The title just about sums it up. This is a quality item that works as advertised. It arrived before the due date, was well packaged, and performs as expected.My experience is, Agfa has always produced a quality product, and this is no exception.

The rubber is quite thin and does distort a little. However, it does have a screw fitting for filters/lens cap. It only works at the wide angle setting on my Canon SX 50HS if fully retracted - as intended - but is fine at other settings. It was delivered very promptly and well packed. Overall, it is good value for the price.