Canon lens hood availability

[davepuma]

I ordered a ET 65B lens hood months ago from cameras2u (it actually took me ages to remember where I ordered it from). They have telephoned and emailed me a few times to tell me it was still out of stock. Does anyone know of anywhere that has it in stock at a decent price. WEX seem to have it at £32.99 but I saw it at £18 IIRC. One site I visited this evening, says in stock then has something in the small print saying that is incorrect. Why is it so hard to come by, it's only a lens hood?!! Alternatively, can anyone suggest a decent substitute lens hood for the EF70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM ?

[GarryF]

have a look at digitalrev on ebay, I got a canon hood for 70-300 last week, took around a week to arrive

Also check one stop digital, they are supposed to be pretty good.

Ebay will have lots of non canon versions too.

[wabbitt]

Whilst you are waiting for your lens hood to arrive, why don't you use these free ones in the short term.

They are free and disposable

Here they are

[iGiDK]

HK based ebay seller Kea Photo usually has a wide selection of legit lens hoods for sale

[jenufa]

Amazon UK have it in stock

[davepuma]

Cheers guys, ordered one from digital rev.

[Tobers]

For reference, I went through the same pain for a hood for my 17-55. In the end I bought one labeled "For Canon" from somewhere in HongKong via eBay for about £4. Looks just the same, build quality not quite so good but OK for the purpose, and arrived in about 4 days.