I agree. While I'm happy with the Panny (except for the weird banding thing in
certain conditions), I would have preferred to have essentially the same lens
with the Zuiko magic pixie dust sprinkled in it.
Paul Braun
Certified Music Junkie
"It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." -- David St. Hubbins
"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Harlan Howard
On Jan 25, 2013, at 10:12, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Why can't Olympus make a decent little lens like the 20/1.7? It's about time
> they got legendary again with their digital lenses, as it were.
>
> I have the dome hood form my 20/1.7 fitted on my X100, sometimes.
>
> Chris
>
> On 25 Jan 2013, at 05:06, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> That's HUGE! The Panny is a panny, remember. With my little Japanese little
>> dome hood, it stays that way. I think Flt. Lt. Retd. 'Redhawk' Barker got
>> one as well.
>> I have a home-brew dome hood for a 55mm filter lens too - it's the reversed
>> front cast metal retaining ring of a busted Tamron 90mm f2.8 Macro, the
>> second, plastic version. Screw it into a filter ring and it makes a great
>> compact hood. Used it on a Canon 50mm f1.8 when used on an APS-C sensor -
>> 52-55mm step-up ring, B+W UV filter, dome. Perfect.
>> Andrew Fildes
>> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> www.soultheft.com
>> Author/Publisher: The SLR Compendium - http://www.blurb.com/books/3732813
>
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