Is the Nikon 50mm f/1.8G’s included HB-47 hood the best choice?
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My Nikon AF-S 50mm f/1.8G comes with the HB-47 bayonet hood. Is the included hood the best option for this lens, or is there any reason to buy a different hood? If another hood can be better, what should I judge it by—flare protection, vignetting, physical protection, or use on DX vs FX cameras?
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The supplied or purposely built hood is the safest to use on a lens.
While you can easily find a hood that fits the lens, getting one which works as well is a matter of luck. Even it a hood fits, it can still cause vignetting. I learned the hard way since two of my hoods have the same size :(
If you do not accidentally get one which a too narrow field of view, you may get one with a too wide field of view which affords less protection against flare than the specific hood which is made for your lens.
The one option to consider for physical protection is a retractable rubber hood which you can extend to protect and retract without removing it before shooting.
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In most cases, the included HB-47 is the best and safest choice for the 50mm f/1.8G. A hood made specifically for the lens is designed to give good flare protection without causing vignetting.
Third-party hoods can fit but may be a compromise: too short and they protect less from flare; too long and they may vignette. So unless you have a specific need, the Nikon hood is the sensible default.
A few exceptions:
- On a DX body, an FX lens can sometimes use a slightly longer hood without vignetting, which may improve flare and front-element protection.
- If your priority is physical protection and convenience, a retractable rubber hood is another option.
- In very tricky lighting, a hood shaped very closely to the lens’s field of view can do a little better, but these can be less convenient, especially when using filters such as polarizers.
Bottom line: stick with the supplied hood unless you know exactly why you need something different.
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