MADE Products CA-1110-SMK Lens Armor (Smoke)

I don't know what all the negativity is about. I ordered one to put on my Nikkor 18-200mm VR tele-zoom lens mounted to my Nikon D90 camera last year. That lens has a thread size of 72mm. A good stretch and it fit snugly and perfectly over the lens. It collapses which makes it perfect for packing it in a minimum of space in either a travel case with the diced foam inserts or in a waist-pack such as the Kata W-94 which I recently purchased from Amazon and highly recommend. But I digress. I put the mostly recently purchased hood on my Nikkor 50mm 1.4G AF-S lens mounted on my Nikon F5 camera. It is a 58mm lens thread size on the front of the lens. I screwed on a step-up ring, transforming it from 58mm to 77mm. Once again, a good stretch and it fit snugly and perfectly. It collapses and takes up less space than a hard plastic hood. It does what it is supposed to do and with greater flexibility than a hard plastic hood. Additionally, with the lanyard included, if you use the newer and perfect Nikon pinch lens cap, you simply stick the lanyard to the lens via the small adhesive-backed piece of rubber that comes with the hood/lanyard. Then, there is no way to misplace your lens cover and it is also there to remind you to re-cover the front of your lens. This item is a no-brainer folks. It simply works, and it works perfectly. Subjectively, it also happens to look great on a lens - adding a very professional look to the camera. The photo guru, Ken Rockwell, himself, uses rubber hoods, as opposed to the hard plastic ones. I happen to think this particular hood, from Camera Armor, is far superior to all the other hoods available in the marketplace.

Doesent Fit on any lens I have! And I have alot of lenses! Threw my money away on garbage!

Not as flex/stretchable as I wished. Don't count on a reliable fit above 52mm. I no longer use it.

If it fits great, it will do the job. But the advertising on Amazon cleary says ".... Rubberized lens hood stretches to fit lenses from 48mm up to 77mm filter size...." Hogwash! It fits 52 to maybe 58mm. I could not get this thing on a canon 77mm filter size lens with a pry bar. It falls off a 48mm filter and if you push it back onto the len itself it covers the guage reading distance. Save your $$$

I don't recommend this product. Much better lens hoods are available to protect your investment than this. I purchased the camera armor and figured I would get this also. The Camera Armor is worth the money it never leaves my Canon 50D that I take everywhere with me and works great. The lens hood Does not fit on my senses well and prevents some of them from working correctly.

While the hood is a great unit for 58mm filter sizes, there is no way this unit works on anything much larger or smaller for that matter. The product desciption "up to 85mm..." is deceptive and misleading. I could not get this hood on a 77mm canon filter size lens with a crow bar. Use caution.

I like the Body Armor but this Lens Armor is neither needed nor useful. For one, it is a very soft rubber. It simply slips over the tip of the lens and doesn't stay in place well when on a 52mm.When putting the camera in and out of the camera case the robber hood is in the way, falls off and gets pressed out of shape.All in all a good thought but not well executed.

I really like the body armor for my canon 30d. Now the however part. I couldn't get the hood over any lens over 52mm (and then it wouldn't stay.) The other point is that each lens hood is differant and made for the specific lens.Nice idea but forget it.