CAMKIX

Every CAMKIX accessory reviewed here

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  CAMKIX Two rubber collapsible hoods plus a petal, 55 mm

  Eleven euros for two collapsible rubber hoods with three positions each, a tulip petal hood and a cap — the only hood here that can live on the lens permanently.

  Shape

  TWO, which is the point of the pack: two collapsible RUBBER hoods, cylindrical when extended, and one TULIP PETAL hood the fourth bullet names for wide-angle lenses, describing it as giving maximum shading without vignetting. Buying the two shapes together is how the shelf’s first question gets answered by having both

  Lenses named

  None individually — any 55 mm thread. The first bullet does the useful thing instead: it tells the buyer to verify the lens thread size before ordering and says the ⌀ value is on the front of the lens or under the cap

  Fitting method

  A thread, implied by 55 mm compatibility and never stated as such. On a rubber hood the thread matters less: the body flexes, so an imperfect orientation is absorbed

  Filter access

  Not addressed, though a cap is included — which suggests the cap fits the hood’s own front rather than the lens beneath it

  Reversibility

  SOMETHING BETTER: the third bullet describes a rubber hood that folds out in THREE STEPS for different levels of shading and collapses fully flat — so, in its own words, it can be left on the lens and is therefore always available. A hood that never comes off is a hood that gets used, which is the whole problem with hoods

  Material

  RUBBER for the two collapsible hoods, in the title and the first bullet. Rubber is the material that makes the three-step folding possible, and it also absorbs a knock that would crack ABS. The petal hood’s material is not named

  Amazon reference

  B07VH75Z98 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)

  EAN

  0711099327137

  • A rubber hood that collapses flat and can stay on the lens permanently
  • Three extension steps, so the shading suits the focal length in use
  • No individual lens named, so the petal’s scallops are cut for no particular angle

  Best for: A 55 mm lens used across a zoom range, where a hood that folds flat and never leaves the lens beats a deeper one left in a drawer.

  ≈ $8 / £8 / 11 €

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  CAMKIX Two sprays, two microfibre cloths — no blower

  Seven euros for two sprays and two microfibre cloths — a lens and screen kit with no blower, which is the first tool the job needs.

  Kit contents

  FOUR ITEMS: two cleaning sprays and two microfibre cloths, in the title and the first bullet. It is the smallest kit on this shelf — the 17 € K&F has four kinds of tool and the 30 € UES has seven — and what it omits is the part that comes first

  Blower valve and nozzle

  NONE. There is no blower in this kit, and that is the significant absence: the hub above and every cleaning procedure start by blowing loose grit OFF the glass, because wiping it instead drags it across the coating. A cloth used before a blower is how lenses get scratched

  Cloth type and count

  TWO microfibre cloths, in the title and the first bullet, with no size, weave or washability published. Two is the right number — one damp, one dry — and nothing else about them is stated

  Fluid composition stated

  NOT STATED. The second bullet claims the spray removes dust, streaks and fingerprints and that dust and streaks stay away longer afterwards, and never says what is in it. Alcohol content is the question — it matters for coated optics and for OLED screens — and neither is addressed. The 30 € UES on this shelf publishes an ALCOHOL-FREE pure-water cleaner

  Swab sizing

  NONE. No sensor swabs, so this kit cleans the outside of a camera and never the sensor

  Packaging

  Not described. The 30 € UES supplies a waterproof hard case and the 17 € K&F a bag-friendly set; this page says nothing

  Amazon reference

  B013UBXVI8 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)

  EAN

  0711099323870

  • Two sprays and two cloths, so one cloth stays dry
  • Eleven lens makers named as safe, and phone and tablet screens included
  • No blower, which is the tool a cleaning routine starts with

  Best for: A bag that already contains a blower, where a spray and a spare cloth are what is missing.

  ≈ $7 / £6 / 7 €

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  CAMKIX Nine step-up rings, 37 to 82 mm

  Nine rings from 37 to 82 mm for 11 €, one more step than the Belmalia set at the same price, and the extra one is at the small end where kit lenses live.

  Mounts joined

  NONE. Like the 11 € Belmalia and the 23 € K&F on this shelf, this is a filter-thread set: nine rings that let a larger filter sit on a smaller lens. The mount adapters here are the 95 € Canon and the 185 € Nikon, and they do a different job entirely

  Contacts present

  None, and none is possible at the front of a lens

  Functions claimed

  One, and the first bullet puts it as an economy rather than a feature: a new lens of a different diameter does not require a second set of filters. The second bullet states the mechanism — a larger filter onto a smaller thread

  Optical elements

  None

  Tripod foot

  Not applicable

  Aperture ring

  Not applicable

  Build

  Resistant anodised aluminium, in the fourth bullet, with the claim that these last much longer than plastic adapter rings. No stacking is mentioned anywhere — the 11 € Belmalia set advertises screwing its rings together, and this page leaves the possibility unstated

  Amazon reference

  B077XGL35R (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)

  EAN

  0711099326055

  • Nine steps from 37 mm, covering the small threads an eight-ring set misses
  • The same 11 € as the Belmalia set for one ring more
  • Steps up only, like every ring set that is not the 23 € K&F here

  Best for: A bag mixing a small prime or kit zoom with larger lenses, where the 37 mm end is the thread that actually needs adapting.

  ≈ $12 / £9 / 11 €

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