Most of my regular followers and readers know that I am a big fan of square shape lens hoods. And while I only attach a lens hood for a specific purpose (protection from rain, external force or stray light), I do like to have options when I do attach one.

Fuji gives us two options for my favorite and most used Fujinon lens, the XF 16mm f1.4. Now we can choose between the standard tulip style plastic hood (that comes with the lens) and the new optional LH-X16 square metal lens hood.

In this short video I compare the two and tell you what are the advantages and disadvantages of each one: