After having received the very nice-looking Lizard-skin OM-1MD I
bought from Jim Couch the other day, I for the first time was exposed
to the Olympus Metal lens hood for 50mm lenses. Wow, what a well-built
piece of equipment.
You know, it's little things like these; I find it amazing what
plastic pieces of junk I got with all of my C*non L-series lenses.
Even with the $2500+ 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L IS USM (a spectacularly built
lens) the lens hood could have been found in a lucky packet - a
complete piece of crap.
The OM metal lens hood is actually a beautiful piece of industrial
design, and it was clearly made to last. It has engraved and coloured
markings indicating on which lenses it fits - yet a $2000 C*non lens
has the markings painted on. It was clearly also designed to be
reversible over the lens, without really increasing the storage size
of the lens. Give a plastic hood one wrong twist, and it's broken...
(not that I ever broke one, but the plastic bits holding it to the
lens are incredibly flimsy.).
The irony? Well, take an expensive Four-Thirds prime like the
Panaleica 25/1.4. Ships with a plastic piece of junk.
Anyway, just a rant over how much better they used to build these
things - I am soundly impressed, by something as trivial as a lens hood.
I am enjoying the OM system more and more...
P.S. Does anybody know if Olympus ever made a metal lens hood for the
24/2.0? I'd really love one!
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