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dave5252
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Olympus E620 Digital SLR Camera with:
* 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ED Zuiko Lens
* 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 ED Zuiko Lens
Both the lenses have 58mm filter threads.
The camera is GREAT. The lenses are SUPER.
I'm very uneasy about changing the lenses with the hood attached to the lens. The lens hoods are very cleverly designed. They can be taken off the lens, reversed, and put back on the lens compactly during storage. The hood uses a bayonet-style attachment to hold the hood is in position on the lens for storage and shooting. The bayonet-style attachment 'loosely' holds the hood in place, but does not 'secure' it to the lens.
I'm used to lens hoods that are threaded onto the filter thread. I'm used to prime lenses, not telephotos. I change a lens with caps in about 15 seconds, but not with these hoods attached. I take them off, change lenses, and put the hood on the lens that on the camera. I'm wondering:
* Is this hood design safe to leave the hood on the lens while changing?
* If I replace the hood with a threaded hood, what do I need to consider?
* Did Olympus design this style of hood, rather than a threaded hood, to try to reduce potential damage to such a light-weight lens?
* Do I really need a lens hood?
* If I should just relax, because I won't need to change telephoto lenses as often as I change prime lenses?
* 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ED Zuiko Lens
* 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 ED Zuiko Lens
Both the lenses have 58mm filter threads.
The camera is GREAT. The lenses are SUPER.
I'm very uneasy about changing the lenses with the hood attached to the lens. The lens hoods are very cleverly designed. They can be taken off the lens, reversed, and put back on the lens compactly during storage. The hood uses a bayonet-style attachment to hold the hood is in position on the lens for storage and shooting. The bayonet-style attachment 'loosely' holds the hood in place, but does not 'secure' it to the lens.
I'm used to lens hoods that are threaded onto the filter thread. I'm used to prime lenses, not telephotos. I change a lens with caps in about 15 seconds, but not with these hoods attached. I take them off, change lenses, and put the hood on the lens that on the camera. I'm wondering:
* Is this hood design safe to leave the hood on the lens while changing?
* If I replace the hood with a threaded hood, what do I need to consider?
* Did Olympus design this style of hood, rather than a threaded hood, to try to reduce potential damage to such a light-weight lens?
* Do I really need a lens hood?
* If I should just relax, because I won't need to change telephoto lenses as often as I change prime lenses?