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Panasonic G85 from an Olympus user

Started Nov 20, 2016 | Discussions thread
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Re: Kit lens and built-in flash

Ron Joiner wrote:

Michael Meissner wrote:

I was doing a quick picture of our cat sitting under the Christmas tree, and I grabbed the G85 with the kit lens (Panasonic 12-60mm) lens attached. I had the lens hood mounted normally, and I noticed that was a shadow where the lens hood blocked the flash.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, reversing the lens hood for indoor shots fixed the problem, but would have thought the engineers would have made the flash high enough that the kit lens hood would not interfere.

Of course, until the 14-150mm mark II and 12-40mm came out, Olympus 'solved' the problem by not providing lens hoods. However, generally the cameras with the FL-LM1 or FL-LM2 had the flash high enough that the standard lens hood for the lens did not seem to block the light.

My pet peeve as well. I just reverse the hood but should not have to as you say.

I often use the G7 with the 14-140 lens and often get caught out by this when I haven't got my Nissin flash with me. Luckily I seldom take more than one or two flash shots without chimping to check exposure, so notice it almost immediately. No bother just to remove the hood and put it in my pocket. The least of my problems usually.

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