K&F Concept 67mm Tulip Flower Lens Hood for Canon, Nikon, Sony Cameras with EF-S 18-135mm f3.5-5.6, RF 24-105mm f4-7.1, Sony FE 85mm f1.8, Sigma 1...

It fits my lens and Im excited to try it! New to photography so as long as it fits, I can make it work.

There's nothing particularly special about this "K&F Concept 52mm Tulip Flower Lens Hood" but there is no need for there to be. It is exactly what it claims to be - a tulip shaped lens hood for a 52mm threaded lens. As such it fits its intended purpose perfectly without any unnecessary frills. The lens hood is made of a relatively thick, sturdy, matte black plastic that has not had any reflective problem in my use of it with a Nikkon 50mm AF f/1.8 lens. It locks into place on the lens easily and has a locking ring screwed onto the locking threads to accomodate lenses, or filters, with different internal screw depths. All in all this is another well made K&F Concept accessory that accomplishes its stated purpose well. It's not the most flashily built, metal, hood out there but it is not intended to be. It is a sturdy, very cost efficient, product that deserves a solid 4 star rating. (Please see below for my rating criteria): ============================================================= Disclosure: As noted by ZeeBooth, I am part of the Vine Program which means that I acquire products at no cost in return for a truthful rating. However, although Vine Members pay nothing up front to get these free products they are considered by the Internal Revenue Service as taxable income at the full retail price at the time we get them and we, therefore, must pay taxes on these items. On a more personal note I often read reviews for products I am considering buying and rely on those reviews that are detailed and come off as honest and full reviews on the product. I therefore try my best to give a true and honest review based on my own experiences with the product. My Rating Scale: 1 star. This is the absolute lowest I can go and is a definite recommendation against being purchased. 2 stars. Less than average - having issues that I try to delineate in my review. I personally would not pay for this item. 3 stars. Average - neither great nor terrible. It will do the job it is supposed to do but without any obvious good or bad issues.I might or might not buy this item depending on the severity of my need or want. 4 stars. While the product is better than average it is not an excellent product. I would probably buy this product. 5 stars. Enough above average that it exceeds my expectations of how the product would and should perform. A product getting this rating is highly recommended. Further middle ratings: The above explanation is the base of the recommendations I give in a review. Some ratings are further rated as soft (1/2 star below), solid (the star rating given) or strong (1/2 star above)

I got this for several of the 52mm lenses I have. It threads on smoothly with no wobble and is made of nice, thick plastic. One of these lenses is a 18-55mm zoom used on a Nikon DSLR with an APS-C format sensor. The manufacturers description says not to use this hood on any lens with a wider field of view than 25mm to avoid vignetting (darkening of the edges of the photo). The crop factor for Nikon APS-C sensors is 1.5x, so at 18mm this lens has a field of view comparable to 27mm on a full frame digital camera or a standard 35mm film camera which is usually used as the reference when describing the field of view of lenses attached to cameras which evolved from 35mm film cameras. Look it up to get a better idea of what Im talking about if you dont already know. Im not that keen on it myself. Anyway, 27mm is uncomfortably close to 25mm so I ran some test shots of an evenly lit yellowish blank wall with the Nikon to check for any vignetting. The camera viewfinder is not 100% accurate so I had to go with the actual pictures. I found no noticeable vignetting at 18mm as long as the hood was oriented with the two largest petals pretty close to 12 and 6 oclock. I found that to achieve the no-vignette at this position, the hood needed to be screwed in all the way meaning that the lock ring had to be all the way snugged up to the body of the hood. A partial rotation of the ring to secure the hood with the petals at the correct position was okay, but even a few full backwards rotations of the lock ring which prevented the hood being screwed down as far as possible started giving me some vignetting. Even locked down to the right position to start off theres a slight rotation of the front of the lens to achieve proper focusing (unless you have one of those expensive lenses that have internal focusing), but the movement is fairly minor and didnt give me any trouble. You probably will have trouble, though, if you screw the hood onto a filter and then try to shoot at 18mm! If using a zoom lens you could cancel any vignette by just selecting a slightly longer focal length at which to shoot. Apologies for going on, but the take-away is that you shouldnt have vignette issues using this hood at 18mm on a APS-C format camera. Canon has a 1.6x crop factor which puts you even farther from the 25mm danger zone. If you have a full frame format digital or a 35mm film camera, you would have major issues at 18mm. So, then dont use any focal length under the 25mm mentioned. Of course, if you are using a zoom lens, you can use it fine at focal lengths greater than 25mm. I dont need to penalize this hood by taking away stars as it seems to be well made and does its job very inexpensively.