Canon Paraluce EW-78F

I get really grumpy when lens manufacturers don’t include lens hood with the less expensive ranges of lens. It smacks of greater profit margins more than anything. There isn’t a lot to this lens hood to be honest, but as it has to handle the 24mm end of the focal length range, there was always going to be less plastic for your £’s. An inspection of >500 images taken in bright and sunny weather did not show any obvious lens flare issues except when shooting towards the sun (to be expected). A functional bit of kit.

Made for the EF 24-240mm superzoom, this hood fits well but is rather shallow (presumably it is as large as possible for the 24mm wide end) and is extraordinarily expensive for some plastic and a spring. As the lens is not in the L series, it means the punter has to buy the hood separately. Poor punter!