Help with lens hoods

[Joecrick]

So I have bought the canon ef-s 55-250mm f/4-5.6 is stm and I want to buy a lens hood for it, I was thinking I should get a petal shaped one but I can only find a et-63 normal shaped one, will this affect my photos and can I get et-63c instead with it still fitting, thanks for any help

[Waddizzle · Accepted solution]

Buy the hood that is specified for the lens. 

Petal shapes are most effective with wide angle lenses, not with long zooms.  Trust me, Canon will not design a hood for a lens that shows up in your shots.  In fact, I have both the lens and hood.  It's fine. 

[Joecrick]

Thankyou very much, that was all I needed.

[kvbarkley]

Petal shaped hoods are a compromise for wide angle lenses. 55mm is not a wide angle. 8^)

[RobertTheFat]

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@kvbarkley wrote:

Petal shaped hoods are a compromise for wide angle lenses. 55mm is not a wide angle. 8^)

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The hood that came with my 70-200mm f/2.8 IS II is petal-shaped, and it's not a wide angle either.

It's not so much that petal-shaped hoods are designed specifically for wide angle lenses as that they're designed for cameras with a decidedly non-square aspect ratio, such as the 3:2 ratio on most DSLRs.

[ebiggs1]

"The hood that came with my 70-200mm f/2.8 IS II is petal-shaped, and it's not a wide angle either.

It's not so much that petal-shaped hoods are designed specifically for wide angle lenses as that they're designed for cameras with a decidedly non-square aspect ratio, such as the 3:2 ratio on most DSLRs."

Of course this is the correct answer.  A petal shaped hood will be better.  And, yes, (2nd reply) Canon does supply hoods that will vignette somewhat in your shots.  The angle of the hood has to match the "angle of view" of the lens or it will vignette.  This becomes more difficult to do with any zoom lens.  Check out the ET 60 II as I think it will fit your lens and is petal shaped.