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Olympus starting to include lens hoods

Started Oct 28, 2015 | Discussions thread
Impulses Forum Pro • Posts: 10,039
Re: Olympus starting to include lens hoods

Paulmorgan wrote:

NCV wrote:

It was about time that did.

Aa lens hood is an integrale part off a lens in my opinion.

Its a specialized lens needing a specialized hood.

Do you get hoods with the Panasonic 14 and 20mm ?

All my Panasonic lenses came with a hood.

I had to pay for the one on my Olympus 60mm.

The Panasonic pancakes don't come with hoods, at least my 20 & 12-32 didn't. The 20mm did come with a nice padded nylon baggie tho, I liked it enough I bought a second for the 12-32. I've used a step down ring on the 20mm as a pseudo hood, haven't bothered with anything on the 12-32... Got the JJC auto cap and haven't even tried it.

All other Panasonic do tend to come with hoods tho, and bags. Heck, even $200 Sigmas and Samyangs do... It's a pretty cheapskate move on Olympus part not to include either with older lenses. I bought the JJC for my 9-18 but went with some random/Contax screw in metal hoods for the 45 & 12... The 12's OEM hood is way too bulky anyway, not sure I'd use it even if free.

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