Recommend a hood for CZ Vario-Sonnar 35-70/3.4

bawang · Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 548 Location: Indiana, USA

As I have posted somewhere here, I finally managed to get the famed CZ Vario-Sonnar 35-70/3.4. I am still learning to use it, but the experience so far has be encouraging. The sharpness, contrast, 3D rendering/micro-contrast is simply amazing, just as expected from a CZ lens. What bothers me most of the time is the incidents of purple fringing. I seem to be getting more of it compared to the CZ 35/2.8 Distagon.

Anyway, back to the purpose of this posting. Can someone recommend me a good hood for it that won't kill my wallet like the CZ Hood system. The filter thread is 67mm and I shoot at both ends of the zoom.

Thanks.

hk300 · Joined: 30 Oct 2008 Posts: 1041 Location: Hong Kong

Can you provide a pic of the original hoods?

There are many generic hoods available that will mount in the filter thread.
Cheapest are the generic plastic hoods. There are lots of suppliers of these plastic hoods on ebay.

Since you are likely using this lens on a crop camera, the 35-70 will become effectively a 53-105 lens. So you need a hood design that is not too wide.

If you are looking for a quality metal hood, i can get you one for usd13.5 + additional shipping.

kansalliskala · Expire: 2016-12-30

http://www.camerafilters.com/detail.aspx?ID=2724

Cheap. 3-positions.
It just smells rubber .. and the surface looks like someone found from a garage floor.

Orio · Expire: 2012-12-04

Even if used on APS-C camera, the lenght of the hood should not exceed 3-4 cm in order to avoid vignetting on the wide end.