200 F2 Lens Hood

[godfather]

This may have been covered before but I could t find anything in the search.  Does anyone know if the Nikon HK-26 hood will fit on the 200 F2 vr1, and be functional?

If not is there any other replacement hoods available?  I don’t really care for the HK-31 that comes with the lens.

Thanks for the help

[Erik Lund]

Read about it here;

http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php/topic,1817.msg21927.html#msg21927

[Bjørn Rørslett]

HK-19 or HK-30 will fit. The HK-26 might be a tad on the long side.

[godfather]

Perfect.  Thank you Bjorn and Eric.  It looks like the HK-30 is the one to get.   I cant find the HK-19 anywhere.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Glad to be of any assistance.

I swapped the factory HK-31 to HK-19 after had field tested that it in practice deserved the nickname "rain collector".  Or sleet and snow in my case. The hood filled quickly that's for sure. The much narrower HK-19 neatly escapes the problem. I had the HK-19 on my 300/2.8 at the time and just moved the hood over. Then a few days later, I returned the HK-31 to my dealer stating it was 'unusable' and got it replaced with another HK-19 at no extra cost.

The HK-30 is exactly the same as HK-19 but in carbon fibre material.

[Bjørn J]

Glad to be of any assistance.

I swapped the factory HK-31 to HK-19 after had field tested that it in practice deserved the nickname "rain collector".  Or sleet and snow in my case. The hood filled quickly that's for sure. The much narrower HK-19 neatly escapes the problem. I had the HK-19 on my 300/2.8 at the time and just moved the hood over. Then a few days later, I returned the HK-31 to my dealer stating it was 'unusable' and got it replaced with another HK-19 at no extra cost.

The HK-30 is exactly the same as HK-19 but in carbon fibre material.

If the HK-19 is much narrower I suppose it's not possible to reverse it over the lens for storage when not in use? Maybe that's why Nikon designed the HK-31 too wide. My HK-31 has also collected snow

[Erik Lund]

Yes imagine to design a lens-hood 'feature' for storing the lens and ending up with that contraption!, The complete lens volume just grows in diameter,,, Arghhhhh There is nothing in that 200mm AFS lens hood design that makes any sense at all, Sorry.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

If the HK-19 is much narrower I suppose it's not possible to reverse it over the lens for storage when not in use? Maybe that's why Nikon designed the HK-31 too wide. My HK-31 has also collected snow

True, the HK-19 cannot be reversed onto the AFS 200/2 fpor storage. However that is no problem as I always keep the HK-19 on. For long travels when the lens is rattling around in the gear matrix, I usually put a draw-string fabric 'purse' over the front. Those contraptions were usual accompanying long Nikkors in earlier days and it really doesn't matter much which one to use as they all fit if you pull the cords taut.