I got this for several of the 52mm lenses I have. It threads on smoothly with no wobble and is made of nice, thick plastic.

One of these lenses is a 18-55mm zoom used on a Nikon DSLR with an APS-C format sensor. The manufacturer’s description says not to use this hood on any lens with a wider field of view than 25mm to avoid vignetting (darkening of the edges of the photo). The crop factor for Nikon APS-C sensors is 1.5x, so at 18mm this lens has a field of view comparable to 27mm on a full frame digital camera or a standard 35mm film camera which is usually used as the reference when describing the field of view of lenses attached to cameras which evolved from 35mm film cameras. Look it up to get a better idea of what I’m talking about if you don’t already know. I’m not that keen on it myself.

Anyway, 27mm is uncomfortably close to 25mm so I ran some test shots of an evenly lit yellowish blank wall with the Nikon to check for any vignetting. The camera viewfinder is not 100% accurate so I had to go with the actual pictures. I found no noticeable vignetting at 18mm as long as the hood was oriented with the two largest “petals” pretty close to 12 and 6 o’clock. I found that to achieve the no-vignette at this position, the hood needed to be screwed in all the way – meaning that the lock ring had to be all the way snugged up to the body of the hood. A partial rotation of the ring to secure the hood with the petals at the correct position was okay, but even a few full “backwards” rotations of the lock ring which prevented the hood being screwed down as far as possible started giving me some vignetting.

Even locked down to the right position to start off there’s a slight rotation of the front of the lens to achieve proper focusing (unless you have one of those expensive lenses that have internal focusing), but the movement is fairly minor and didn’t give me any trouble. You probably will have trouble, though, if you screw the hood onto a filter and then try to shoot at 18mm! If using a zoom lens you could cancel any vignette by just selecting a slightly longer focal length at which to shoot.

Apologies for going on, but the take-away is that you shouldn’t have vignette issues using this hood at 18mm on a APS-C format camera. Canon has a 1.6x crop factor which puts you even farther from the 25mm danger zone. If you have a full frame format digital or a 35mm film camera, you would have major issues at 18mm. So, then don’t use any focal length under the 25mm mentioned. Of course, if you are using a zoom lens, you can use it fine at focal lengths greater than 25mm.

I don’t need to penalize this hood by taking away stars as it seems to be well made and does its job very inexpensively.

When used on a Nikon D3400 18-55mm it gives great results! Since I was curious to see the result before I buy it, I thought some people would like to see a comparison between a picture with the filter and another without the filter...

This worked perfectly - and fitted easily onto the front of my Nikon 18-70mm lens. The lens cap that comes with it even makes it easy to attach. I couldn't tell any difference in image quality when using the filter (other than the effect of the polarizer). Really happy with it.

I did this with an 18-400mm lens, just one filter I need

When used on a Nikon D3400 18-55mm it gives great results! Since I was curious to see the result before I buy it, I thought some people would like to see a comparison between a picture with the filter and another without the filter...

Bought to protect the Canon 18-45 RF-S lens. Optically very good. I see no degradation in image quality compared to the lens with no filter attached. Good fit but note that it's slightly wider than the lens barrel so the EW-53 lens hood gets a little tight over the top, but it goes over the filter... easy! Because of this, I have chosen to leave my lens hood in place full-time, rather than taking it off and inverting it for storage.

Bought to protect the Canon 18-45 RF-S lens. Visually very good. I don't see any degradation in image quality compared to the lens that doesn't have a filter attached. Good fit, but note that it's a little wider than the lens barrel, so the EW-53 lens hood is a little tight over the top, but it goes over the filter... easy! For this reason, I chose to leave my lens hood in place full-time rather than taking it off and inverting it for storage.

When used on a Nikon D3400 18-55mm it gives great results! Since I was curious to see the result before buying it, I thought some people would like to see a comparison between a picture with the filter and another without the filter...