Is that the clamp on hood with the rear chrome ring?
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Dawid Loubser wrote:
> 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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