Chris, I was tempted to buy the 9-18 too, but after reading the reviews and
looking at the samples at dpreview, I concluded that too many compromises had
been made to achieve the small size and opted for the 7-14 instead. I will pick
it up next week.
Cheers,
Nathan
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On May 19, 2010, at 7:44 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> I only went in to look ...
>
> But Campkins Cameras in Cambridge had the FT to mFT adaptor so I bought it
> for my GF-1. But first I tried a 40-150 on it to check that it would focus
> properly. I came home and tried my 12-60 and 50-200 (non-SWD) and neither
> would work in AF, demanding instead that I switch to MF. The little GF-1
> looks wacky with either lens fitted.
>
> But Campkins also had a mFT 9-18 and that is a tiny lens! When collapsed
> it's only slightly longer than my 40/1.7 and quite a bit less in diameter. I
> really fancy that, but for the price (£649 in Campkins!).
>
> Chris
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