Does the HK-26 hood fit the AF-S VR 300/2.8G ?

SOLVED! Does the HK-26 hood fit the AF-S VR 300/2.8G ?

Does the longer HK-26 hood from the AF-S 300/2.8 D II fit the VR I which has the much shorter HK-30 hood meant for only 200 mm? Can anyone give an affirmative answer based on first hand experience.


Please no maybes, perhapses, it-shoulds or my-cousin-said-sos.

I have gathered some more info. All the HK-19, HK-22 and HK-26 (and HK-30 but it is shorter) hoods have the exactly same dimensions and exactly the same lens mounting interface and hence they are all interchangeable. The short HK-30 hood was introduced with AF-S 200-400/4 and its appearance with 300VR seems like an odd afterthought*.


The last question I have left is whether the HK-26 fits the AF-S VR 300/2.8G backwards for transport? Anybody has tried this first hand?




* Funnily enough the HK-30 is officially listed by Nikon as the alternative hood for 200VR. It is lighter (carbon fibre vs. metal), a bit narrower and 1 centimeter longer than the odd flaring tinpot HK-31 that came with my 200/2 VR2. This fact alone rises a question of why did this short hood come with the 300VR in the first place? And yes, I use the lighter HK-30 with my 200VR2 but would like to use the longer HK-26 with my 300VR.

maybe, perhapse, it-should and my-cousin-said-so

The think I would be concerned with the length being to long with a shorter lens. the longer the lens the longer the hood you can use without it getting in the shot are wide angle. Probably why most people just buy/use the recommended hood,

Don Kuykendall said:

maybe, perhapse, it-should and my-cousin-said-so

The think I would be concerned with the length being to long with a shorter lens. the longer the lens the longer the hood you can use without it getting in the shot are wide angle. Probably why most people just buy/use the recommended hood,

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I know all this, as you might have guessed. Thanks anyway for your reply despite it being off topic.

Seeing as no one else was responding I thought any response would be better than no response. And you are new here with not many posts se no, we don't know what you might know


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Thanks all for participating. This question is now closed, since I have first hand knowledge about HK-26. The hood indeed does fit the 300VR1 both forward and backward.

And the too-short HK-30 suits better the 200VR2 which has the stupid tin-pan hood HK-31.

Vignetting is not affected in either case -- naturally -- and flare is better controlled.