Disgusting glue spots on Nocticron 42.5mm created by its lens hood

Glues do fail from time to time, but this is still upsetting. I wonder what caused everything to smudge and run like that.

What was the glue actually holding? Flocking?

 

Oh man thats awful. I hope Panasonic makes it right for you. If at first they refuse if you make enough noise online they might notice... (has worked for some people before).

 

I'm pretty sure others had to go and razz them on their Facebook page to get a response... I don't think posting here helped much in getting directly in contact with Panasonic.

 

i thought i was the only one! At first when i finally pulled off the stuck hood,i thought the marks were scratches Thankfully they weren't, but still a disappointing situation. Now I leave the hood off until I can come up with some solution. Yeah, not good for the small fortune I paid for it

 

If this turns out to be common to many of these lenses then Panasonic need to be considering offering a recall - this lens is circa £1100.00 in the UK !
I believe Amin has one of these ? any problems with yours ?
Regards
Rob

 

not a good thing I agree... seems a weird thing for Panasonic to do... did you buy this new?

I guess that t the optical part of the lens still works?

thats all that really counts

K

 

Does the hood just slide onto the lens barrel or something? I tried searching for images, but couldn't find anything showing how it works. It looks like an inexpensive eBay, screw-on, metal lens hood would be the way to go.

Ah, a better search reveal the mystery. I'd go eBay.

 

That is certainly pretty poor, but if it's likely to be a common and repeating thing, I'd be looking for an alterative. I wonder why they didn't just use the reversible bayonet style?

 

Which is funny, because premium Leica lenses (and even some not-so-premium lenses) have built in hoods of the twist-lock type that retract and extend but are not removable. They should have gone that route. Even my old Raytheon (Leica-Midland) 50mm lens works that way.

 

The variations in hood designs and mountings within the Micro 4/3 system is terrible. To be fair, pancake lenses are restricted in offering a hood mount due to their size, but every other lens should utilise an efficient, reversible plastic bayonet hood.

 

I agree, I really hate screw-on hoods! They just scream to scratch up/leave marks on the lens barrel! My Oly 75mm/1.8 is the same thing--metal screw on hood.

 

If you want to replace whatever Panasonic uses for the hood liner, you could try this material (the adhesive backed stuff): http://www.fpi-protostar.com/flock.htm. I bought some sheets years ago and it's been one of the handiest materials ever. It's designed for light absorption in telescopes and the like, but also doubles as an excellent buffer material for situations like with the hood. I've used to for makeshift lens caps etc.