Does the standard lens with the Nikon D60 fit a 52 or 55mm flower hood?

I just bought the Nikon D60 but won’t be getting it until my birthday. I am buying a flower hood over the net but I don’t know if I need the 52mm or the 55mm
Just remember, it came with two lenses. On the box it says 18-55mm and the additional says 55-200mm… does that help or not?

Answer by winker
If the lens is separatable, it should have the size printed on the rim. Since you don’t have the camera yet, go to the Nikon site and look up your lens or your camera. See what accessories there are available for it. You should then be able to tell what lens hood goes with it.

Answer by fhotoace
The 18-55mm lens uses 52mm filters and lens shades (if your are buying a non-Nikon “flower hood” there is a possibility that you will get vignetting at 18mm and not a lot of lens shading at 55mm). The only way to know is to go into a camera store and test the flower hood before you buy … unless they are guaranteed to be used on your lens.

Answer by George Y
Both the 18-55mm and the 55-200mm take 52mm filters and hoods. The 18-55mm really works better with the circular OEM hood, as the front element rotates as it focuses, defeating the design of a flower hood. Look for the HB-33 instead.

http://cgi.ebay.com/HB-33-Lens-Hood-for-NIKON-AFS-18-55mm-f-3-5-5-6G-IF-ED_W0QQitemZ150229461827QQihZ005QQcategoryZ78999QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

There are aftermarket flower hoods available, but they require you to rotate them after you focus, a really awkward extra step.

The 55-200mm uses the Nikon HB-34 flower hood. I’d recommend that one over one calculated for generic wide angle lenses, as the others won’t give you the best angle of coverage, leaving you with the possibilites of more glare on the front element.

http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-HB-34-Lens-55-200mm-Nikkor/dp/B0009HN588

What do you reckon? Answer below!

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I’m plotting on buying a Nikon D60 soon.
I just want to know how public feel about this camera.
Was it well worth the money? What do you not like about the camera? Etc.

Thanks ahead of time.

Answer by Slighly Amused
I like mine. I haven’t found any real problems yet. Overall though I really don’t care for digital.

Answer by singletrack65
It’s probably one of the best you can get for the money. Nikon has some features List doesn’t (wireless flash w/o a $ 300 module) and List has some Nikon doesn’t (Live view on XSi for about $ 150 more), so they’re both excellent. Go with what you like, but D60 is a very excellent choice.

Of course there are better camera, but then there are better photographers with cheap cameras & lousy ones with pro cameras too.

Update: The difference between the D40 & D60 is $ 100. For that extra money you get 4 extra megapixels, a VR lens, an extra 1/2 frame per second (not much, but it’s there), and the wireless flash capability (about $ 80 for an SU-4 or nearly $ 500 for an SB-900 to add that to the D40). You can contend the value of moving up to a D90, but the D60 is a much better deal than the D40. $ 100 won’t buy much of a lens (even if a 55-200 VR can sometimes be bought for $ 150 with the camera – When Nikon makes the offer).

As far as lenses go, if you don’t mind focusing manually you have plenty of lenses to choose from. If you want auto focus you have fewer to choose from, but there are still plenty & there will be more.

Answer by fhotoace
I guess the fact that is will only use 27 current AF-S lenses and additional AF-S and AF-I lenses made since 1992 may maybe be a drawback if you owned a bunch of ancient manual Nikon lenses from the 1960′s.

If you know what small difference between a D40 with a 6 mp sensor and the D60 with a 10 mp sensor, you can save a lot of money by buying the D40 and using the saved money toward a second lens or memory cards

It is the newest, current Nikon “entry level” camera which has a lot of brilliant features on found on cameras years ago when a lot of us started out with our “first” camera.

It should last you five to six years before you will want to upgrade to a newer camera for the technology it will have.

Answer by FotoZ 4 FX
I don’t care what most public aver about lenses… I am using a D100 (older version digital) and have all my ancient lenses (manual focus right up to my $ 12,000 IF AF-D 600mm f/4 non-digital) lens working with it. What may be ‘dedicated’ for your D60 isn’t necessarily the only lens you can use with it (no matter what ANYONE in this forum claims).

I do a lot of flora and fauna photography, I shoot models for a living and travel all over this country using lenses that ‘don’t work’ on my D-100 – and they do.

I have a lady friend who also has used my non-digital long lens on her D60 and it functions for her. You may baggy some elements of the full range of use but for me, I’m pleased with the Nikon surpassed lens quality.

But, that’s just the babblings of a photographer who doesn’t fall for hype.

Take my opinion as that,… my opinion. You will like your D60… and that’s all I have to say.

Answer by Cami F
I like my D60, the only business so far that I dont like and if I may maybe go back and do it over I would have saved up a small more and gotten something else is that it doesnt have AEB for HDR photos. But you can do HDR a few different ways so its not THAT terrible. The camera is positively small, lightweight and is a excellent price for fantastic pics. Well worth the money IMHO.

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