Since the lens is used on a DX sensor, the "proper" lens hood for it is going to be significantly smaller in diameter, and also longer, or a mix of both. One of the things I have found on lenses that tend to flare when shot toward strong light is that without a lens shade, the lens performs poorly, but with it, there can be a huge boost to overall IQ. So...start thinking about something like a lens hood that's off of something more like the 62mm screw-in filter for the 50-135mm f/3.5 Ai-S Zoom~Nikkor lens. On 1.5x it's "not" a 35-70 in terms of what is imaged on the sensor, so the lens hood can easily be allowed to vignette quite a bit, and that will not even be recorded by the smaller sensor; you could probably use a hood designed for an older 85mm lens from one of the generic lens hood marketers, like Goldstar or made-in-China whoever. As with all zooms, a hood that will show vignetting at 35mm might well NOT show it set to 45 or 50mm. My effort here is to let you know that if you can find a NARROW-diameter lens hood that is significantly longer than the stock hood, you'll really be able to keep the lens from flaring when pointed toward the sun. "Junk bins" that were filled with screw-in rubber and plastic and metal lens hoods USED TO BE common back when camera stores existed everywhere, like phone booths used to. But now hoods are harder to find in-person and to cull through with a lens in one hand and a box of junker #3 hoods in the other hand. By basic rule of thumb: 35x 1.5 = 52.5, so a hood for a 50mm lens is going to be okay at 35mm on the lens, but that is "conservative". You might be able to find something for a 70-200 or old 85mm that will actually give more anti-flare protection and yet still NOT vignette at the 35mm setting.
