Mennon DV-s 37 Screw Mount 37mm Digital Video Camcorder Lens Hood with White Balance and Regular Caps, Black

by Mennon

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0019BEJQA
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 16, 2008

Product Description

The robust lens hoods of the DV series are specifically designed for the permanent use on digital video cameras, to protect the exposed and sensitive lenses of video cameras from mechanical damage. The angles of these rectangular hoods match with the shooting angles of digital video cameras. DV series lens hoods are also provided with an additional protective cap, which can be put on front of the hood. The main function of the lens hood is to shade the lens from stray light, improving your contrast and image quality. But it will also protects the front barrel from the inevitable impacts against walls, door frames, and other real-life obstacles and in inclement weather, it can assist in keeping moisture or wind-blown debris off the lens. This hood enables you to shoot even towards the light source (in bright sunlight) without excessive flare, as long as you keep the light source outside the image area.Installation: * Rotate lock-ring to expose the thread's mounting thread * Attach the hood by screwing it on the filter or lens thread. * Rotate lock-ring back to fix the hood on the thread. * While fixating the hood with the lock-ring, keep the " " symbol on the hood exactly at 12 o'clock position. Specifications: * Lens Diameter: 30.5mm * Filter Thread Size: 30.5mm * Color: Black, Comes with Black & White Hood Cap

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works Perfectly With The Canon HF 10 Camcorder!, June 20, 2009

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Stephan Smith (FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mennon DV-s 37 Screw Mount 37mm Digital Video Camcorder Lens Hood with White Balance and Regular Caps, Black (Electronics)

The Mennon DV-s 37 screws perfectly in place for the Canon Vixia HF 10 Camcorder. Great addition to camcorder set-up. The len hood doesn't get in the shot either. Its perfect.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Time to get with the 16x9 format people., December 6, 2010

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JT "JT" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mennon DV-s 37 Screw Mount 37mm Digital Video Camcorder Lens Hood with White Balance and Regular Caps, Black (Electronics)

I've been looking for a lens hood to fit my Sony CX550V and similar types to this one are all I can find. The new HD Camcorders use a 16X9 aspect ratio and all the lens hoods I can find are 4X3 so the sides show up when you zoom all the way out. If they just took the sides out to fit the aspect ratio of HD video all would be well. Hoods can make a major improvement by keepng out of frame light from hitting the lens, can someone please just start making them in the proper aspect ratio? Seriously, it's not rocket science. The quality of this piece is fine, the locking ring allows you to tighten it square to the frame. Guess I'll be grinding the sides back so they don't show up until some manufacturer wakes up and decides to build HD aspect ratio hoods for these new HD camcorders. Sony used to include accessories like this with the high end consumer models, now they apparently don't even want to bother making them. Very frustrating.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect hood for my Canon HF-100 video camera, September 24, 2008

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Mark Hunsaker (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mennon DV-s 37 Screw Mount 37mm Digital Video Camcorder Lens Hood with White Balance and Regular Caps, Black (Electronics)

I bought this inexpensive hood as an accessory for my Canon HF-100 video camera. If Canon made it, it would have cost $50 at least. I wanted something to reduce the glare when filming outdoors, and provide some extra protection for the lens area. The hood is not visible at the widest angle of my standard lens, but I don't know if that's still true for those of you who bought the add-on wide angle lens. It does obstruct the video light (which is harsh and too bright anyway). Nothing really lost there.

It was very easy to attach to the threads on the front of the camera... it has a rotating disc that can be tightened without rotating the whole hood. This makes it easy to keep the hood perfectly horizontal, with the written text on the hood in your preferred orientation (top or bottom). In terms of size, I think this is a perfect complement to my little camera. Together with my external mic (Canon DM-100) it looks like I have a miniature professional video camera. Wait... I do!