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Old August 6th 04, 11:19 PM
McEowen
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Default Need help from Canon 300mm f2.8 users/experts

OK, I'm in a pickle and I need some information from knowledgable Canon users.
Here's the deal:

I sold a bunch of camera equipment for the sister of a woman at work. This
lady's husband died and left all this gear behind. One of the items was a Canon
300mm f2.8 EF lens for the EOS autofocus cameras. This is the older non-IS
lens.

I noticed that as I was shooting photos of the equipment to post on eBay that
the lens hood fit sort of loosely. It just pressed onto the front of the lens
with no thumb screw to hold it in place. Kind of a cheap way of doing things I
thought. But, still it looked like a factory hood. It had rubber trim at the
front and, as I recall, a ribbed interior.

Anyway, I sell the lens and ship it to a guy half way around the world. Now he
says the hood is a homemade hood. I told him that if that's really true I'd try
to make it right somehow (either let him return it for a refund, buy him a
replacement or give him some cash).

Anyway, I called Canon and, sure enough, no hoods are available. But they told
me the part number is ET-188 VERSION TWO.

I got to thinking, I would recognize a homemade hood if I saw one. I've been
handling high-end camera equipment for years. I used to work in camera shops
and I've been a pro shooter, using Nikon gear though, for about 20 years.
Surely I wasn't fooled by some homemade PVC replacement!

So, my question is this: Do any of you Canon experts/shooters/old timers
remember what VERSION ONE of the 300mm f2.8 hood was like. Did they ever sell a
hood that just slipped on the end of the lens?

If it helps, here's a link to the auction photos:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...indexURL=0& p
hotoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting

Just hit the underlined "next" to cycle through the pics.


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Old August 9th 04, 09:14 AM
Ian Riches
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Default Need help from Canon 300mm f2.8 users/experts

McEowen ) wrote...
OK, I'm in a pickle and I need some information from knowledgable Canon u=

sers.
Here's the deal:
=20

snip tale of odd hood on Canon 300mm lens
=20
Anyway, I called Canon and, sure enough, no hoods are available. But they=

told
me the part number is ET-188 VERSION TWO.


Haven't heard o an ET-188. Might you mean ET-118 ???
=20
So, my question is this: Do any of you Canon experts/shooters/old timers
remember what VERSION ONE of the 300mm f2.8 hood was like. Did they ever =

sell a
hood that just slipped on the end of the lens?


I belive the hood was supplied with the lens from new. If you lost=20
it and had to replace it, the price was in the "ouch" range. A=20
"homemade" effort is thus quite possible.=20
=20
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...5842&indexURL=

=3D0&p
hotoDisplayType=3D2#ebayphotohosting


There's a picture of the lens / hood combo here. Doesn't say if its=20
v1 or v2.

http://met.open.ac.uk/group/cpv/PHOTO/EF300_28L.html

Doesn't look quite the same to me as your version. The description=20
on this page ("The enormous all-metal lens hood (ET-118) can be=20
reversed for storage. It attaches with a number of prongs, one of=20
which withdraws via a thumbscrew, to a ring recess near the front of=20
the lens. Don't loose the hood - a replacement can cost as much as=20
=A3225!") also doesn't sound the same.

Ian

--=20
Ian Riches
Bedford, UK
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Old August 9th 04, 09:14 AM
Ian Riches
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Default Need help from Canon 300mm f2.8 users/experts

McEowen ) wrote...
OK, I'm in a pickle and I need some information from knowledgable Canon u=

sers.
Here's the deal:
=20

snip tale of odd hood on Canon 300mm lens
=20
Anyway, I called Canon and, sure enough, no hoods are available. But they=

told
me the part number is ET-188 VERSION TWO.


Haven't heard o an ET-188. Might you mean ET-118 ???
=20
So, my question is this: Do any of you Canon experts/shooters/old timers
remember what VERSION ONE of the 300mm f2.8 hood was like. Did they ever =

sell a
hood that just slipped on the end of the lens?


I belive the hood was supplied with the lens from new. If you lost=20
it and had to replace it, the price was in the "ouch" range. A=20
"homemade" effort is thus quite possible.=20
=20
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...5842&indexURL=

=3D0&p
hotoDisplayType=3D2#ebayphotohosting


There's a picture of the lens / hood combo here. Doesn't say if its=20
v1 or v2.

http://met.open.ac.uk/group/cpv/PHOTO/EF300_28L.html

Doesn't look quite the same to me as your version. The description=20
on this page ("The enormous all-metal lens hood (ET-118) can be=20
reversed for storage. It attaches with a number of prongs, one of=20
which withdraws via a thumbscrew, to a ring recess near the front of=20
the lens. Don't loose the hood - a replacement can cost as much as=20
=A3225!") also doesn't sound the same.

Ian

--=20
Ian Riches
Bedford, UK
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Old August 9th 04, 06:08 PM
McEowen
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Default Need help from Canon 300mm f2.8 users/experts

Thanks. Upon further examination, it's clear the hood I supplied with the lens
is a home-made job.
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Old August 9th 04, 06:08 PM
McEowen
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Default Need help from Canon 300mm f2.8 users/experts

Thanks. Upon further examination, it's clear the hood I supplied with the lens
is a home-made job.
 




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