Nikon HB-50 Bayonet Lens Hood for 28-300mm Lens

Comments about Nikon HB-50 Bayonet Lens Hood for 28-300mm Lens:

Reduces lens flare caused by stray light from the sun or stadium lights. Also helps protect the lens from damage.

Comments about Nikon HB-50 Bayonet Lens Hood for 28-300mm Lens:

I broke down and bought this as a replacement after trying other, more robust alternative lens hoods for the fabulous Nikon 28-300mm lens.

Everything else I tried vignetted at the wide angle side of the zoom. So the optical engineering of this hood is right.

What is wrong is the flimsy grasping teeth of the hood to the lens. It is easy to bump the hood while the hood is attached to the lens and have one or more teeth chip off. As a result, the hood now more-or-less stays on the lens, but too often goes rolling off on to the ground or wherever, and thereby cheapening the overall experience of a truly remarkable lens.

On top of that, this lens hood is expensive no matter where you buy it and often it's out of stock.

But so far, this hood is the best solution for this particular lens. Just be extra careful with your lens when you have this hood attached!

Comments about Nikon HB-50 Bayonet Lens Hood for 28-300mm Lens:

A lens hood is a lens hood; right? This replacement for the original - which I admit I clumsily broke - is better than the one which came with the lens, but still not quite right. The original was much looser fitting than it should have been. So much so, that it was easily dislodged. This one is a bit tighter, but still not quite right.