Thanks very much, Manuel.
I use the dome hood that Andrew found and the Lumix lens cap sits in my camera
bag alone.
I still don't see the colour of the lens as bronze: I think it's grey . . .
Chris
On 31 Jan 2011, at 14:31, manuel viet wrote:
>
> Well, I just checked mine on the e-p1. I think overall it's a pretty nice
> fit.
> Proportions look and handle better than the kit zoom, but you might consider
> 2
> issues if you're really sensitive to those things :
>
> - The lens cap is awful, even on the panny body. Looks like a bilboard, with
> an enormous 'lumix' crossing it. So may wish to replace it by a flat black
> one
> (46 mm ø).
>
> - The black/bronze scheme of the lens will certainly neatly match the overall
> black aspect of the e-p(L)2, but the '20' label is off centered on the lens
> barrel at the right of the red mount mark, too big and - sigh - YELLOW !
> OMGWhatweretheythinking !??! But you only see it from a top look, not from
> the
> front, so it's no really big deal. And you can always tape it over if you
> really wish so.
>
> Otherwise, handling balance is perfect, and of course, as everybody can tell
> and has already reported, image quality is... supernatural ? ... magical ?
> ...
> (my english is missing expletives to convey what I really think). The only
> meaningful comparison I have at hand is, the pictures are as good as the ones
> I made with my Canonet New QL17, if not better. So sharp you can still cut
> your eyballs on them at 100% viewing, with incredible contrast and colours.
> It's head and shoulders above anything else you can attach to µ4:3 bodies, to
> the point where you can spot at first glance images made with the panny 20 in
> collections of pictures once you have a bit of training.
>
> This lens is the center of my µ4:3 system. I could change everything around
> it, swap bodies or whatever, but the 20 is truly unique. I think if the look
> was a complete mismatch with Olympus bodies, I would petition Olympus to
> death
> for remedy instead of Panasonic. Yes, it's *that* good.
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