Fotasy Metal 49mm Lens Hood, 49 mm Hood Shade, Compatible with Standard Prime Lense with 49mm Filter Thread Diameter, Screw-in, with 58mm Lens Cap

I bought both 55-mm (for Contax RTS) and 49-mm lens hoods (for Pentax KM) and this review is written for Pentax camera. The solid metal hood (0.6 oz) fits my vintage 50-mm manual prime lens well (filter size 49-mm) and the center pinch cap (0.4 oz) sits on the hood nicely due to the cap-receiving groove inside the front end of the hood. The original lens cap can be stored away as long as the hood and the hood cap stay on the camera. The cap does not allow the light coming through the lens so that it helps certain vintage manual cameras (e.g. Pentax KM camera) to prevent the camera battery drainage issue that occurs when the cap is not on. The black string (12 inches or longer depending on the hood size) that came with the cap is for keeping the hood cap to be attached to the camera strap ring so that we don’t lose it when it is taken off the hood. The way I use it is as follows (see the pictures):(1) Fold the string into a loop shape and tie the two loose ends first.(2) Pass the loop end through the cap hole situated at one side of the cap margin starting from the front side of the hole and pass the tied end through it...(3) Likewise, pass the tied end through the camera strap ring on the body and pull it further out to make a loop large enough to receive the cap through it. By doing so, when the string is not needed it can be easily freed from the cap or the strap ring by reversing the looping action.

Worked as intended.

Good for the price, fit perfect had no issues I would recommend it

Feels solid, screwed right on to my Yashica C/Y lens. The lens cap was a nice bonus too.

I bought this to replace the flared Nikon lens hood which has become prone to popping off (plastic). The lens hood is well made and functions as expected. From a practical standpoint, the straight-sided hood blocks the corners of the image when shooting with no or little zoom. It's generally not an issue for me as I am usually capturing birds or other nature items. It would be perfect with a small taper to open the full image range, but it is well made and protects my lens. I would buy again.

It does what it says. Gives it shade, reduces lens flare if you're not going for that JJ Abrams look. The hood is aluminium so it clanks around in your camera bag, but you sound cool and professional when running and gunning with a 15 year old camera. And above else it makes the camera look cool and more bulky.But sometimes I run a polarizer or a ND filter so you have to stack the lens hood on top of the filters which doesnt make the most stable platform in the world. But it does the job.If you're starting out, or dont really care about gear and want results. This lens hood works.Remember, your artistic eye makes the photograph... not your gear.

Haven't had this long to give an in depth review but so far I am very pleased with the quality of the metal and durability. One thing to know is that this won't work with any wide angle lenses as you'll introduce heavy vignetting. It worked well with my DJI 50mm drone lens. Wider than that is unusable. But that's just how it goes with all lens hoods! Thankfully, there are other wide angle specific lens hoods that are metal out there.

The lens hood fits securely and gives my photos a clean look. The included lens cap is a nice bonus.