which lens hood to get?

NHphotos

I have a nikon d70 with one of my lens' as a sigma 28-80. what style/size lens hood should i buy? i shoot the majority of my photos outside and have sun glare issues. Thanks!!

ian408

It's pretty simple. You should get the hood that is recommended for your lens by the manufacturer.

There are times when a hand or assistant can help shield the lens from glare. But in general, the hood should be matched to the lens.

Tee Why

I think all sigmas come with hoods.
You can buy a replacement one from sigma or consider one of those generic rubber ones that you screw onto the filter thread.

hgernhardtjr

Actually, for many longer lenses a largish round (non-petal) lens hood is quite adequate...

... but I personally find petal lens hoods work better than non-petal ones with zoom lenses because the petal design takes into account the camera's aspect ratio and there is no vignetting at wider zoom settings. That's why petal hoods usually have the longer leafs at the top and bottom and must be mounted correctly. Hope the info helps if you decide to look into generic hoods.

Scott_Quier

Just to throw a spanner into the works and cause all sorts of confusion .... I stumbled across this page a while ago and it kinda opened my eyes. It's Canon centric, but the concept still applies.

In summary, the "standard" hoods that come with lenses are designed with the assumption that the lens will be mounted on a camera with a "full sized" sensor. When mounted on a camera with a smaller sensor, you can get a bit more aggressive with the hood without vignetting.

A couple of examples: I've found that the hood desiged for my 17-55 actually works well on my 24-105 (yes, I know that sounds backwards, but the 17-55 hood is quite a bit bigger than the 24-105 hood). I've even be able to mount the 24-105 hood on my 10-22 without suffering vignetting above about 12mm.

swintonphoto

Get a manufacturer replacement.