To quote DPR -
"Of course the biggest decision facing potential buyers is whether to
choose this lens ahead of the Panasonic Lumix G 7-14mm F4. Our tests
show that optically, there's little between the two, especially for
owners of Olympus cameras that don't correct chromatic aberration
(although for users of Panasonic bodies, automatic CA correction with
the 7-14mm may well be an important factor). Instead the decision can
safely be made on other criteria, with the Olympus winning on
portability, the ability to use filters, and price."
Consequently, I just ordered the mZ 9-18mm. (If I want to go really
wide, I have a Sigma 12-24 for my 5D2!) I can deal with CA in
Lightroom as I do with the 25mm which suffers from it badly - I
always assume that any ultrawide will have this problem to some
extent. At the same time I bought a 40-150mm with MFT-2 adapter from
B&H for $190, because that's the price of the adapter alone here and
the combo is still smaller and much cheaper than the Panny equivalent
I think. Close enough for size anywho, and more flexible.
Also consequently, I have a regular 9-18mm available if anyone is
interested....boxed, as it came. It needs to make about AU$500 so if
you're in the US, get it from Amazon or B&H instead!
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 10/05/2010, at 6:49 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> I've just had a quick look at the dpreview test (http://bit.ly/b3g6IN)
> and it doesn't look that bad, to my relatively uncritical eye. But
> since the Panny 7-14 looks only slightly larger I should be tempted
> by that, especially if money were no object.
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