The hood of this lens is hilarious

While the hood may look odd, remember that it was intended for a full-frame camera where this lens would be a true 17-40mm - making a shallow hood necessary.

The big, oddly-shaped petal hood is a bit unwieldy, and has to be stored separately from the lens if you want to fit it easily into most camera bags

The hood is basically a pain in the rear due

Secondly, the hood for this lens does not work

even F3.5Lens Hood is very bulky and hard to storeRather narrow 17-40 zoom range: 17-55 would have been nicerVery soft wide open in the corners, sharpens a lot at F/4.5Could be sharper on the corners on the narrow end 24mm to 40mm and wide openFirst impressions:If you are an older photographer like me you remember the good ole days when all SLR 35mm style lens had a quality feel to them.

Wish it came with a better lens hood.

I think it may be something of a feel-good-hood if you're not consiencious about flare.

First time I bought this lens from amazon, the lens came with a used and scratched up lens hood, just like it has been negligently used

Negative:*Only thing i can really think of is that the lens hood is a little too bulky, i like the hood and i use it all the time

On a full-frame body, I have heard of some vignetting and soft corners when wide open or even close to it.- comes with the hood and bag (although the hood is quite useless on a non-full-frame body)- fast focusingCONS:- hood is useless on a crop sensor...still get some flare