FotodioxFotodiox Reversible Lens Hood Kit for E-Mount PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS E-Mount Power Zoom Lens, Reversible Tulip Flower Hood w/Cap

Nice lens hood with a metal threaded ring to attach to the Sony 16-50mm OSS Kit lens. It is made of sturdy plastic and fits on the ring adapter with 4 spring-loaded detent balls. Does not affect the picture quality (No vignetting). The hood could be reversed when putting your camera in the bag. Black matte finish. Fits perfectly. This is the hood Sony forgot to make for the Sony 16-50mm OSS Kit lens. It is not only functional, but it also looks very nice! Thank you Fotodiox for this product!

This device is nicely machined with a metal threaded ring to attach to the lens, and the sturdy plastic hood fits on the ring with 4 spring-loaded detent balls placed around the inside of the ring to hold it in position and let you rotate the hood to align it and avoid vignetting. You can reverse the hood by simply popping the hood off the threaded ring, reversing it, and pushing it back on. It's all produced with a nice black matte finish. Nice hood for the kit lens.

Great little shade for the Sony 16-55 kit lens. Fits perfectly and makes the kit lens look 100x better on the camera body aesthetically. Beyond that it does its job well and filters are easily screwed in over it.

I purchased this lens hood for the kit lens that comes with the Sony a6300. I'm very happy with the hood.The hood easily snaps on to the base allowing you to leave the base on the lens at all times and for storing the camera, either removing the hood, or flipping it around.My favorite thing about the hood is probably that it has two sets of threads to screw in filters. The first set is the same size as the kit lens I think it's 40.5mm (I could be mis-remembering), which seems to be a pretty rare filter size. The second is a 52mm, which much more common. The ability to use either size filter is just downright awesome. Reducing the number of filters one must buy when purchasing for your set of lenses is always appreciated, plus, I have a couple filters from an old camera that I can now use.One other thing I like about the hood is that the lens cap is much easier to put back on than the one that came with my a6300. Plus it's got a little string so you can tie it in your strap or bag or somewhere easy to reach.Overall an excellent product, I'm very satisfied.

Mixed review...The adapter ring causes a calibration issue with the Sony A6000 kit lens. When installed it does not allow the lens to fully retract causing a "UNRECOGNIZED LENS" error.This is NOT the same as the "Release Without Lens" fix. Totally different.I had to remove the lens and restart camera each time to clear.Not convenient or practical.But as for the item itself, it's much better than expected.The metal adapter is solid and has spring loaded bearings to hold the hood in place. The hood is plastic, but solid. Pops on and off easily, reverses for storing on camera nicely.Now, the lens cap seems to confuse people somehow. The cap DOES NOT RIDE ON LENS. It installs on adapter ring, that's why it's so much bigger than the original Sony cap.I see one review here where someone returned it simply based on the cap size without grasping the concept...I don't understand how that confuses so many, it's pretty straight forward: large cap fits hood kit, not lens.Besides that, if the ring had a slight redesign shaving off a mm or so, the reset error would be eliminated and this would be a 5 solid stars review.Product was returned.

Fits as advertised, snap on/off is accomplished by the adapter ring with ball bearing retainers in a detente ring. Feels solid, no vignetting.Unfortunately the adapter ring binds the powered e-mount kit lens on the a5100 when it has been snugged down, and gives a Lens Error (reinstall the lens correctly) message when starting up the camera. Solved by loosening the adapter ring, then re-tightening after startup and calibration.Plan to buy a 40.5mm lens protection "filter" if you buy this. Both an extra layer of protection for your lens, and to space out the adapter ring further so it won't bind the lens and throw errors/wear the motor if you forget to re-loosen before startup.I do love that this also gives the option of using 52mm filters, since 40.5mm is kind of an off size. The fact that it's reversible is really handy too, keeps it on the camera instead of having to hunt for it in the camera bag when it's needed. The 52mm lens cap is MUCH easier to put on than the tiny one that comes with the a5100 kit lens.

It's beefier than most factory hoods, but the overall design idea is great. I've never seen this concept before, but it works great. The hood can be attached two ways, inwards and outwards. Or it can be removed while the attaching ring can stay on the lens increasing the distance between the glass and the camera bad for example, about 1/4".

Just received this Fotodiox lens hood for the Sony 3.5-5.6/ 16-50mm OSS lens. There were mixed reviews, some people saying you couldn't use this hood with this lens, others saying that there wasn't a lens cap with this hood kit. I received a hood, lens cap and cap tether, just like the photo and description said. The hood threaded without any problems and the quality seems great! It also came with a lens cap (which replaces the OEM cap) and it seems to fit and work just fine. The hood pulls off easily in order to reverse for storage and the mounted position seems sturdy. For $10 this little hood and kit is great in my opinion. I saw a comment that claimed this hood would cause focal obstruction, so I tested it out and I didn't find that to be true with the Sony A6300. No vignetting or blur with this particular lens, I can't say the same for wider lenses.