Its a mattbox + reg frenchflag from cinetactics.com. No vignetting and very portable.

I got one of the cheap ones off Ebay. It doesn't block the auto focus from what I could tell. I zoomed in and out a bunch of times and it didn't have any problems focusing.

It fits well, and it came with a cover. It fit perfectly on my UV filter.

Lens Hood?
 

Hi there, thanks for posting the pictures, how is this setup working for you? Where could I buy that nifty lens hood that you've got on your HV20? Do you like your shotgun mic that you've got on there?

Thanks!

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You can get it from the above

But how do you get that 'mattebox' to attach to the tapered front of the HV20 without having that wide-angle lens threaded to the front (or whatever attachment you have on there)?

You don't. I suppose you could just get a step-up ring, say a 43mm to 75mm or something like that and then attach the shade to that. Dunno if the step-up ring would be thick enough, but it might work. Keep in mind though, because of the size of the shade, you are gonna lose the ability to use Auto-focus, the light and the flash.

Yeah, I don't like that hood anyway; I was just wondering how it might even work on the HV20 without additional hardware.

How come some people can post pictures and others cannot? I want to post a picture of the Fotodiox hood on the hv20. Looks nice. The instant focus sensor is blocked with it on however.

Received my hood yesterday!

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Ian - You can't mount the hood without a filter right? (At least you couldn't on the one I got from GoShot camera - ebay seller). So the problem is, with a standard UV filter you get reflections/flaring from the glass filter (more expensive coated ones perhaps not). With the UV they sent with the hood I noticed the flaring right away. So I returned it and ordered a 43mm hood that screws directly to the camera itself.

Actually it came with a 43mm ring, and that's how it mounts to the camera. That ring is also threaded, so you could either add filter + ring + hood, or ring + filter + hood without an issue.

Did you notice any issues with the autofocus? That hood looks great!

It seems to slow the I-AF down a little, but that's not really an issue for me.

I've also ordered one of these for my wide angle WD-H46 lens. It's not the standard H43 that Canon recommends, but with a step-up ring it's been working very well, though flare is a big issue. Hopefully this will solve it.

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Actually I recieved mine yesterday, it's the same as Ian's but in black. I mounted the supplied ring in front of my B&W UV filter and I set it so I can easily screw it on and off without re- adjusting the set screw.
I hardly notice any interference with IAF, if any......