Good point, Andrew. I had not thought of the element moving with the focus
action.
Chris
On 14 Feb 2010, at 20:38, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Yeah - I've done 'work' like that - sort of 'very late yard duty'.
> At least you were allowed a drink!
> But you raise a worry. I've got hoods on but it bothers me. I start to
> wonder, did they not supply them for a reason. In the olden days, the
> hood was attached to a solid bit of lens front but now, with these
> dinky little things, they are screwed into the front element assembly
> which doesn't seem too sturdy. Especially the Oly 14-42mm mFT - I
> worry about it getting a knock. It gets very upset if I accidentally
> push it against a window as I like to do with other lenses and the
> other day, for a night shot, I forgot - had the PEN on a windowsill
> resting on the base and on the lip of the hood. The focus couldn't
> actuate properly and it grumbled at me with a message that the lens
> was unhappy.
> Would it not have been nice if, with the 20mm, the hood attached to
> the body? It doesn't project far when focussing!
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