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Panasonic 14-42mm ii with a hood and a polarizer?

Started Jun 8, 2016 | Questions thread
assaft
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Re: Panasonic 14-42mm ii with a hood and a polarizer?

greenjp wrote:

I have a 52mm, 3 position collapsible rubber hood with a polarizer on the front that I use with all my lenses via step up rings - a Panasonic 20 1.7, Olympus 45 1.8, Panasonic 45-150, and the 14-42 v2 same as yours. I find this works pretty well but it does render the other hoods redundant. I still use them when I don't want the polarizer. Here it is on the 20mm.

Thanks for the suggestion. Actually I have the same hood, but for a 46mm filter thread, and I'm using it with the 20mm and 45mm too. I still don't have the P 14-42 ii. Yeah, it's a doable configuration. I remember using it with a CPL attached to the lens, and the hood on top of that. So the hood rotates when the filter rotates. I was curious about the OEM Panasonic hood since it looks more effective (the petal design) and more robust

If I remember tonight I'll try putting the polarizer on the step up rig and mount to the 14-42 with the bayonet hood attached and see if I can answer your question more directly.

Thanks, I'll appreciate that.

jeff

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