How can I make or size a replacement hood for a Tamron SP 300mm f/2.8 LD IF if the original 39FH hood is missing?

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I bought a used Tamron SP 300mm f/2.8 LD IF lens without its original 39FH hood, and original replacements seem hard to find. I’m considering making a DIY hood, but I’d like something cleaner than a very rough improvised solution.

What’s the best way to determine the correct hood dimensions for this lens, or otherwise make a suitable replacement?

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You can download a pattern to make your own hood from this site. Please note that the hood will only be the proper size if it is printed without scaling on the designated paper size.

Even if you decide to do something more like what the guy in the DIY video did, the paper/cardboard hood made from printing the above pattern could be measured to help with some of the dimensions you need.

With shorter focal length lenses you can even create hoods that fit the narrower angle of view when using lenses with APS-C cameras. But with a 300mm lens length is kind of a moot point since a hood would need to be over a foot long to cause vignetting even with a FF camera when the diagonal angle of view is only about 8º.

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A practical approach is to use a printable lens-hood pattern and build a test hood from paper or cardboard first. If printed at 100% scale on the specified paper size, it will give you a properly sized template that you can test-fit and measure before making a more durable version.

For a 300mm lens, hood length is generally not very critical in terms of vignetting because the angle of view is very narrow. On full frame, a 300mm lens has roughly an 8° diagonal angle of view, so the hood would need to be extremely long—well over a foot—before it would start to vignette. That means you have a lot of freedom to make a deep hood as long as it mounts securely and doesn’t intrude into the frame.

So the best path is:

  1. Print a hood template at true scale.
  2. Test-fit it on the lens.
  3. Measure that mock-up for diameter and length.
  4. Rebuild it in a sturdier material if desired.

This is likely easier than finding exact factory dimensions for the original 39FH hood.

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