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I hate to ask a question that has probably been asked before, but I can't seem to find the answer anywhere. I'm a Canon geek, but just bought the Olympus PEN E-PL1 Micro 4/3 Digital Camera & 14-42mm Lens. I can't find anywhere what size filter fits this lens. I found on Amazon one made by Olympus, but it was $40, and there is no way I'm going to pay that much for a filter.

So, please be patient with me, but can somebody please tell me what size filter gores with the 14-42 lens?

Thank you.
 
MichaelDC said:
I hate to ask a question that has probably been asked before, but I can't seem to find the answer anywhere. I'm a Canon geek, but just bought the Olympus PEN E-PL1 Micro 4/3 Digital Camera & 14-42mm Lens. I can't find anywhere what size filter fits this lens. I found on Amazon one made by Olympus, but it was $40, and there is no way I'm going to pay that much for a filter.

So, please be patient with me, but can somebody please tell me what size filter gores with the 14-42 lens?

Thank you.
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Strange, do Canon lenses not have the filter size printed on the front of the lens? It's right there in front on your new lens. For the Olympus 14-42 mkI it's 40.5mm.
 
MichaelDC said:
I hate to ask a question that has probably been asked before, but I can't seem to find the answer anywhere. I'm a Canon geek, but just bought the Olympus PEN E-PL1 Micro 4/3 Digital Camera & 14-42mm Lens. I can't find anywhere what size filter fits this lens. I found on Amazon one made by Olympus, but it was $40, and there is no way I'm going to pay that much for a filter.

So, please be patient with me, but can somebody please tell me what size filter gores with the 14-42 lens?
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It's always written on the front of the lenses.

If the lens is not to hand then the specs pages show what it is http://www.four-thirds.org/en/microft/lense.html

Regards......... Guy
E-PL1 info.... http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~parsog/olyepl1/01-epl1-menu.html
 
HA! I did a search on Amazon for a 40.5 mm lens filter and in the search results right beside the Olympus brand $40 filter was a Tiffen for $7.99 with free shipping! Hooah!

Thank all of you for your helpful responses!

MDC
 
37mm is for the Mk2 version of the lens, with an e-PL1 he will have the earlier version.
 
MichaelDC said:
So, please be patient with me, but can somebody please tell me what size filter gores with the 14-42 lens?
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40.5mm, it says on the front of the lens, like every other lens I have ever seen.
 
I didn't know to look there. I'm not home at the moment, but when I get there, I'll look. However, that said, when I did a search on Amazon for 40.5mm lens filters, the Olympus brand specifically for the PL-2 came up. It would be helpful if they put the specifications for the filter in the description, but I suppose that cuts into their competition.
 
MichaelDC said:
I didn't know to look there. I'm not home at the moment, but when I get there, I'll look.
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If you want to look sooner, your lens is at the bottom left. Filter size is after crossed 'O' sign, it's in millimeters.


MichaelDC said:
It would be helpful if they put the specifications for the filter in the description, but I suppose that cuts into their competition.
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Who is to put specifications? Which competition?
Here is a page from Olympus USA site, it says 40.5mm filter diameter
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1463&page=specs

Besides, $8 filter is most likely bad.
 
To reiterate, please be patient with me. I'm learning. Much appreciation for all the help on this thread. I've ordered an $8 Tiffen filter and will be blissful in my ignorance.

M
 
MichaelDC said:
Yes, why?
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I posted link to the most helpful review of this item. A quote from that review:

"However, I had to return this item since they DON'T contain any anti-glare/reflective coating on them. When shooting towards a light source (light bulb, tv, sun, etc) a green reflection of the light source would appear on the recorded image. The green reflected image was caused by a reflection bouncing off of my lens's green tinted anti-glare coating which was bounced right back into the camera by this filter. If your lens isn't coated in an anti-glare coating the result will be even worse.

Instead I picked up Quantaray filters from a local Wolf Camera that were coated with the anti-glare. They only cost a little more, and the green reflection is now gone. Make sure you look for a filter with the anti-glare "
 
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