Shen Hao 4x5 lens hood, how does it mount?

[Sizam]

I just got my first photographs back and scanned in from my Shen Hao 617B and I noticed some lens flaring so now I'm looking for a hood

I'm looking at the Shen Hao 4x5 lens hood but I can't figure out how it attaches to the front of the camera, anybody have experience with one?

Thanks,
Sam

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Hi, Sam

Actually, this is very simple, but you need some care and the right tools to do it.

The Shen Hao lens hood comes in 3 pieces, the shade or bellows, the articulated arm and a little metal plate wich must be attached to the camera with 2 small screws wich need you drill 2 small holes in the camera. You will need to drill another hole a little larger to allow the main screw on the articulated arm to have room to screw to the metal plate.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

[Nana Sousa Dias]

This lens hood is very well made, nice finished and extremelly cheap compared to other brands. I bought mine in Robert White, UK, for about 100€.

I wish you good luck, if you gonna install it yourself, on the camera.