I'm also on the market for a wide lens for my E-PL1, what put me off (a
little) is the small aperture of the Olympus 9-18 at the long end. Instead
of reading what DP say may be it is better just to look at their samples:
http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/reviewsamples/albums/olympus-m-zd-9-18mm-f4-5-6-review-samples/slideshow
I will wait until early next year to see how their 12mm performs.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Wajsman"
> It is when I see language like this that I become worried.
>
> QUOTE:
> The M Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mmm F4-5.6, perhaps unsurprisingly, has broadly
> similar optical characteristics to its Four Thirds cousin, which is no bad
> thing. However there is some penalty for the compact design: the extreme
> corners are a little soft, especially at the wide end, and chromatic
> aberration is noticeably increased.
>
> Compared to the highly-regarded Panasonic Lumix-G 7-14mm F4, the Olympus
> also holds up pretty well; in general it's at least as sharp in the center
> of the frame, but softer in the corners, and at 14mm it's sharper right
> across the frame. On Panasonic (but not Olympus) cameras the 7-14mm
> benefits from correction of lateral chromatic aberration; however when
> tested on the E-P2, it exhibits less objectionable fringing than the
> 9-18mm anyway.
> QUOTE END
>
>
> Knowing that sites like dpreview hardly ever directly say that a piece of
> equipment is bad (they do not want to bite the hand that feeds them, after
> all), for me this is codespeak for the lens being a dog.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
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