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Hood Canon Rebel

What type of lens hood should I get?

I have a Canon Rebel XTI with a 28-90mm lens and I want to get a hood for it because whenever I take pictures outside the contrast seems to wash out and from what I've read a hood would help. But I'm confused on the numbers and different types. So what kind should I get?

The correct lenshood for your lens is quite shallow, because of the wide angle. Anything deeper will cause vignetting at the wider end.
This is good...

http://www.amazon.com/GSI-Quality-28-80mm-3-5-5-6-28-90mm/dp/B003E6XXV0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1273646083&sr=8-3-spell

You can also use a petal lens hood....

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-EW78D-Lens-28-200mm-3-5-5-6/dp/B0000AE66S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1273646083&sr=8-1-spell

This can be made deeper as the bits that would intrude into the image have been removed.

If you want to experiment before buying a particular style of lens hood, take a look at this site.
Printable lens hoods. Clever.

http://www.lenshoods.net/

Canon Rebel 550D /T2i

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