A meeting with the Pattaya Ghost in Starbucks TukCom (who manage to provide me with a mug). The Ghost has succumbed and is now the proud owner of an EPL-3; and, following a trip to Bangkok, also the proud owner of a Panasonic 20mm and Olympus 45mm. Sticking some good photos on Facebook too, so he seems to be happy with his new purchase.
Whilst in Bangkok I asked him to pick up a hood for my Olympus 45mm. An outrageous price of 1,400 baht; but I suppose that’s what you pay for a brushed metal piece of gorgeousness, except it turns out to be a silver painted lump of plastic. Not impressed; but as I don’t have a filter on the lens it will keep it away from harm.
Lens protected, I have a quick wander in the local market (a few photos already posted) and decide the GX1 with the Olympus 45mm is pretty much an ideal combination; just wish the hood had been half the price.
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2012-01-21| Bob says1,450 baht, actually. And I was sucker enough to fall for it too!
The filter, by the way, was only 700.
2012-01-27| Sugel saysOlympus are being rather cheeky expecting us to pay £30 for this - most manufacturers would have just included it in the box with the (albeit wonderful) 45mm 1.8 micro 4/3 lens. Yes it is a perfect fit and looks the part but when all’s said and done it is made of cheap plastic and there are ebay versions for half the price or less, even ones perfectly color matched to the lens like this “official” hood is. I have used the lens for a while now without the hood as it happens, both indoors and outdoors and in the Autumn conditions I was shooting in, even on a bright sunny day, I didn’t see flare or loss of contrast being an issue at all, so I’m not sure how essential a purchase this would be as avoiding flare would be the main reason for buying this.