>
> Anyway, just a rant over how much better they used to build these
> things - I am soundly impressed, by something as trivial as a lens hood.
>
One must be fair, though. The Zuiko primes, when new, were not inexpensive
lenses. Price-wise they were competitive with the other brands in the same
era and occasionally more. We're spoiled in that we can buy these lenses now
for a song.
I have an Olympus lens hood for the 24/2.8. Nice piece of craftsmanship,
but a failed design in that it requires you to remove the hood to put a
lens-cap back on. Maybe I need to convert to clear lens-caps. ;)
I'm most impressed, though, with the lens-hood for the 35-80. Now that's an
interesting piece of engineering and I rather like the rubber hood vs. the
plastic hoods used now.
On a side-note, I got one of those aftermarket tulip hoods for my 100/2.8.
I've been using round rubber hoods since day one on this lens, and I finally
wore out my third one. I like the tulip hoods so I thought it might be a
good addition. Well, yes and no. It was just fine, and I had no complaints
until Saturday when I used a polarizer with it. Oops--the hood rotates.
I'll be buying another new round rubber hood....
AG
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