SIOTI 46mm Lens Hood, Matte Treatment Inside, Aluminum Material, Compatible with All Camera Lens S/C/N/F/O/P etc.(46mm)

I bought my first one to block the sun, it added a bit of length to my 16mm Fuji lens but, it also looked cool. Then in Jordan I dropped my camera, since it's front-heavy (lens) it smacked into the ground - bent the heck out of this sturdy hood but did nothing to my lens or filter.I ordered another one immediately and shipped it to Israel (next stop) - it arrived and a week later, I left the camera in an airport diner - woman came running out to give it to me and just dropped it before I could even get my fingers on it.... Rggg... Again - lens first into the Airport tile - bent the side of this hood, didn't touch me expensive lens.This thing saved my camera twice - ordering two more of them today. Even more protection if you keep the lens cap on - although I find that kind of difficult as the pinch mechanism is fair at best. Combine this with a clear filter and a half case and you're good to go.I know it may sound like i'm clumsy - but going through 20+ countries in 4 months, accidents will always happen. Love this thing.

Nice metal lens hood. I got it to replace another lens hood (metal with little "windows" on the sides), that when used with two lens filters at the same time would cause vignetting with some of my wider lenses. Not that I stack lens filters much, but I always felt the hood was a little too close to causing vignetting, even without filters... (If I crept my finger "just" over the edge of the hood I could see it in the corners of the viewfinder).This hood opens up wider, so I can use my G85 with my Panasonic 14mm, 20mm, and Pana-Leica 25mm F1.4 with two filters, and no hood induced vignetting. (Vignetting in this instance would be the darkening in the corners/edges of images by a hood not being quite wide enough for the lens). It's also convenient that it comes with a cap, so you can leave on your lenses and they stay protected from impact/dust.Cheers!

Nikon did not include a lens hood with the 70 -300 lens. The first hood I bought for it had a bayonet mount. The hood kept falling off. I bought this hood because it screwed on. This hood stays on. I also liked the idea I could rotate my circular polarizer by rotating the hood. I don’t have to reach into the hood to use the polarizer. The lens cap that came with the hood is another plus. Again, I don’t have to reach into the hood to remove or install the lens cap. The hood is solid and well made of metal not the cheap plastic most hoods are made of. I don’t know why they included a ”cap keeper”. It is nothing more than a piece of string that has no means of attaching it to the lens or the cap. Since I don’t use cap keepers, I stuck the string in a drawer and will probably just throw it away. Vignetting is not a problem on a longer lens. The hood may not be as long as other hoods, but it does a great job of keeping stray light out of the lens. Inexpensive, well made and works. What else do you need!

The overall cap is nice, the manufacturer's logo is unobtrusive, and the threads are cut reasonably well. Slightly undersized so they thread in easily without getting stuck, but not so undersized that you can literally pull the hood off after it's been screwed on.And the cap that goes over the end of the hood is better than most. I have a (probably bad) tendency to store lenses standing on end: base down, cap up. Lately, there's been a tendency for lens caps to include a "keeper" with an elastic band that slips around your lens and connects the lens to the cap with a string. I discard these keepers.Most of these caps "leak": there is a hole drilled in the cap to thread the keeper string through, and that hole connects the outside world to the inside of the cap.It's possible to make a cap totally without this flaw, and Sioti did it. They use a clever double ridge so the holes can go through the outer ridge while the inner ridge provides a dust-proof seal. I've only seen this on one other brand of caps ("Mudder", also available on Amazon). Way to go Sioti.

Fits perfectly on my Pen-F with the Olympus Digital ED 14-42mm EZ power mini zoom lens. You can even attach the hood to a lens filter and it still won’t cause vignetting at the widest [28mm equivalent in this case] point and the Olympus 37mm lens cap snaps perfectly into the hood very tightly if you don’t want to use the 58mm one that came with the hood. Well made quality aluminum lens hood with matte black inside the hood to minimize any stay light that might effect your image. Great quality for less than $8. Will buy an extra just in case I lose this one. Great job SOITI for making the perfect lens hood for the Olympus M.Zuiko ED 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 EZ lens when Olympus never did. Thanks !

Awesome Hood!! High quality, cloth it comes with is not the usual "magic cloth" this one is actually high quality. The lens cap fits on the end of this hood so you're not reaching inside to apply a lens cap directly to the end of the lens. Also, the lens cap is the "middle pinch" version which is also great. High quality, great price, great accessories come with it, what else could you want? Get it!!!

I have an aftermarket external tilt flash for my Sony a6000. The flash diffuser puts the light output froward of the lens when fully horizontal, which leads to the flash "spilling over" into the lens. So I was looking for lens hoods to help deal with that problem. At first, I looked at some of the "tulip" hoods but decided to try this one first. The hood screws into the 40.5 mm threads of the UV filter and has a lens cap that fits into the larger hood opening on the front. It my limited testing so far, it eliminates the flash "spill over" into the lens. There are no discernible shadows from the lens hood when used with flash. Importantly there is no vignetting (rounding off) of the image at the 16 mm lens setting.

Based on other reviewers opinions, I took a punt and ordered three of these in different sizes to suit my lenses.I can confirm that for the price, they are excellent bits of kit. The threads fit perfectly onto filter threads (either on filters or the camera lenses themselves). They can be firmly screwed tight, and are still easy to unscrew when required.My reason for purchasing these was to enable easier use of circular polarizing filters. It's always a bit of a pain trying to rotate a polariser when you have a normal lens hood on. - You either have to try to rotate the filter with the end of a fingertip, by poking it down inside the depths of the lens hood, or you have to take the lens hood off. - Neither of which options is ideal.However with these hoods/caps, you can screw the hood onto the front of the polarizer, which you can then easily rotate by turning the hood. - And, you still have the ability to put the hood's cap on to protect everything between shots.As a small caveat to this set-up, it's possible that vignetting might be a problem, as you will now have not only the filter, but the threaded part of the hood itself, in front of your lens. In my case, to avoid that possibility, I'm using over-sized polarisers with a step-up ring between the lens and polariser. - So I've got step-up ring, polarizing filter, then this lens hood, on the front of the lens.Works perfectly on my 18-70mm zoom, (and every other lens I've so far tried it on), without any signs of vignetting at any focal length.Manufacturing construction is of really good quality. The hoods are made of alloy, and the caps are made of plastic, and it's worth noting that the squeeze clips that attach the cap to the hood work smoothly and grip the hood exceptionally well. They certainly won't come off accidentally. (Although there's always the chance that they might if knocked strongly against something).I've drilled a small hole near the rim of each cap, and attached a short piece of black cord, which can then be looped around the camera strap just as a "belts and braces" job to prevent losing the caps if they should ever happen to get knocked off.For the price, I think it would be churlish to fault these caps/hoods in any way at all, and have no hesitation in recommending them to others.

I've ordered the wide angle versions of these SIOTI lens hoods previously, and it is on the strength of my experiences with those that I ordered this long hood version.I accept that these generic hoods are never physically as long as a dedicated "lens specific" hood would be, but they have the distinct advantage of being able to screw them onto the front of a lens-mounted polarising filter.Thus enabling the polarising filter to be rotated by the hood itself, and no longer needing to poke one's fingers down inside the depths of the hood and risking getting fingerprints onto the glass of the filter.The 77mm size I bought has an overall depth of 35mm (excluding the threaded part).Construction is good quality, with the hood itself being made of alloy, and the lens-cap being made of plastic.Again, the ability to add the lens-cap whilst the hood id still in place on the lens is very useful.It comes complete with a piece of black cord, and is pre-drilled to accept that cord, so that you can attach it to the camera and prevent accidental loss of the cap.At about a quarter of the price of what one would have to pay for a manufacturer's own brand lens hood & cap, there's nothing really to fault about this product, and I have no hesitation in recommending it to others.

I bought the 72mm lens hood. Very happy with the metal lens hood construction and quality of the product. Comes with a lens cleaning cloth and 77mm lens/pinch cap which fits securely in front of hood. This good works great with my Viltrox 85mm f1.8 AF lens. Overall recommended product.

Nice build good price. Effective lens cover and not fiddly. I used it on my 60mm Olympus f2.8 macro lens. Perfect.

Purchased to work in conjunction with a stepping ring to combat vignetting on my camcorder from the original camera hood.Who ever thought of fitting a lens cap to the lens hood needs to be applauded - what a good idea and why hasn't anyone thought of this before? Nice touch with the inclusion of a lens cleaning cloth as well.