40 mm pancake lens hood?

[Dave Johnston]

I would say that it almost defeats the purpose of having a pancake lens, but some people are compulsive about lens hoods.

[Keith B]

I would say that it almost defeats the purpose of having a pancake lens, but some people are compulsive about lens hoods.

That would be me. I have lenses or lens/body combos I have dropped on 4-5 different occasions and the lenses (glass & shell) have always come away without a scratch all thanks to hoods.

With that said I probably wouldn't use a hood on a $200 pancake lens.