It's probably saving costs on labelling and packing the hood.
I use the dome hood, that Andrew recommended ages ago for use on my 20/1.7, on
my Fuji X100S. It works a treat as a hood, but also it has a small enough
aperture that I can go without the lens cap without worrying about protection
for the lens.
Chris
On 24 Apr 14, at 06:35, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I used the JJC hood for the 9-18mm and 12-60mm (same hood). I cannot
> understand why Olympus doesn't just throw that one in - it's a $2 plastic
> casting dammit!
> With the 20/1.7 I bought the nifty dome cap from japan exposures - not cheap
> but very pancake. It works fine on the 14mm as well, no vignetting - I
> checked tho' I don't own that one. However it is now on the 25mm PannyLeica
> and works well there as well, with a 37mm Oly lens cap closing the hole.
> I like dome hoods. Cosina Voigtlander made a one for an early lens, about ten
> years ago. My first was a homebrew made out of the large front inner ring of
> a busted Tamron 90mm f/2.5 Macro, reversed and screwed into the front of a
> 52-55mm step-up ring and then used on a Canon 50mm f/1.8 on reduced sensor
> (that lens has a clumsy genuine hood and adapter set up). It didn't vignette
> on the 1.6x sensor, even with a UV filter behind it.
> Andrew Fildes
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