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.

Always put a clear UV filter on my lenses, got this one for a small Olympus and it works great, if the filter gets scratched it a cheap fix vs damage to the lens.

Hello, the adapter should be used with manual lenses from the analog era, logically. On an Olympus E-PL7, I was curious about the usability and above all the achievable image quality. Since of course there is no electronic data exchange between the camera, lens and lens adapter, the camera or the image stabilizer should/can be set first to prevent camera shake Reduce. To do this, press the OK button, bring the image stabilizer to the desired setting. Then simply press the Info button and set the originally used focal length at the bottom right and you're done. The lenses came, to name just two, the Olympus G-Zuiko 1:3.5/28mm and the telephoto lens Olympus E-Zuiko 1: 4.0/200 mm. Of course, these are also used analogously on an Olympus OM-4 Ti. The adapter is well made and makes a solid impression. However, he has a slight lateral play on the bayonet. I guess less than a millimeter. But this doesn't affect the focusing at all, at least not with my lenses. I've experienced other things, and even without an adapter solution. So nothing earth-shattering, especially not at this low price. Of course it will then the camera, with the adapter and, for example, a G-Zuiko 3.5 28mm no case more suitable for jackets, and at almost 630 grams also heavier than, for example, with the Lumix 1:1.7 25mm at almost 490 grams. I like this Lumix, no question about it, but compared to the G-Zuiko 3.5 28mm, it seems to be attached to the camera, I would say "less high quality". If you have problems with manual focusing on an E-PL7, for example, I can recommend the Olympus VF-4 attachable viewfinder. The thing is great, so it can be adjusted well without a sectional image and/or microprism ring, as is the case in many analog cameras. Of course, focus peaking can also be used, but this function must then be assigned a button in the menu, e.g. the Fn button for quick access. The test JPEG photos I uploaded are all unprocessed and show quite good sharpness, colors and contrasts. My conclusion: Recommended and inexpensive adapter solution, but also with a slight tolerance on the bayonet.

ordered this adapter to use my old, manual Pentax lenses (e.g. SMC M 40 1.7) on my new Olympus OM-D E-M10 II. The lenses work perfectly with this adapter on my camera. The adapter fits tightly and without play in the camera mount on the Olympus and snaps in securely. No crunching or scratching when screwing in. The PK lenses can also be screwed in without any problems, but have a little rotational play. There is no light anywhere and there is no rattling or wobbling. Therefore, a perfect function is guaranteed. Unfortunately, the red dot for attaching the adapter to the camera is offset by about 2mm and is therefore only a rough guide. You get used to this very quickly. The workmanship is neat and the adapter is made entirely of aluminum - makes a solid impression! Overall I would give 4 stars. Because of the top price I give it an extra star. I can give a clear buy recommendation for the price of only €17!

use this adapter on my Olympus OM-D EM-10 to be able to use my Nikon G and Nikon D lenses with it. When I unpacked the adapter I was extremely surprised by the weight and the grip. I didn't expect this cheap adapter to be so well made. Then I immediately screwed my heavy Nikkor lenses on it and was just happy, no wobbling, no play - absolutely nothing! I don't know yet what the long-term test will show, but I think it will continue to be positive. :)

In order to be able to use my Nikon lenses with my Olympus OM-D E-M10, I bought this adapter and was absolutely surprised: the back flange dimensions fit perfectly, both the adapter and the lenses snap in nicely. But the big hammer is the aperture ring on the adapter. It runs buttery smooth and has six soft detents. From the open aperture you can stop down by approx. 1 f-stop, so that the range is open up to approx. one-thirtieth f-stop (always calculated from the maximum focal length of the lens)

I like the adapter very much. It fits perfectly on my Olympus MFT camera and is solidly made. Now I can at least use the "ancient" lenses including filters and other lenses manually again.

still had 3 older lenses from Minolta, which I couldn't part with, but I couldn't use them on my Olympus either. After a long search I found this adapter. Ordered, tried and everything was fine. Nothing wobbles and everything fits perfectly. And I can use my lenses again. Good price and recommended.