That's a very enjoyable gallery from Canterbury, Frank. I love the bits of
flare here and there, and the light as a whole played well in your favor,
unless I am greatly mistaken and you are just crazy good at PP!
Joel W.
On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Frank <wijsmuller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, my favorite m43 lens is the m.zuiko 9-18mm (with filter btw). It is
> small, light-weight and delivers good quality. The 7-14mm tests better, but
> it remains to be seen if that is significant in everyday use. I've read
> over issues with blue halo's around artificial light sources on Olympus
> camera's. At the end of the day, the 7-14mm is close to twice the weight of
> the 9-18mm, and has a vulnerable front lens. If you buy second-hand, it
> could be twice the price as well. I paid EURO 300 for mine (quite a good
> price
> here), and I can't buy a 7-14mm for less then EURO 600.
>
> For my style of photography, the 9-18mm has a more usefull range since I
> would use the 7-9 range less often then the 14-18mm.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> Best, Frank.
>
> PS Just to get an impression: most of these pictures from Canterbury <
> http://wijsmuller.eu/index.php?/category/95> were made with the 9-18mm on
> the e-m5. Some of them were with my wifes camera (e-pl2 with 14-150mm). I
> should look in programm that allows more exif info though...
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2014-02-05 Mike Lazzari <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > > I am looking at either the 14mm/2.5 Panny or the 17mm or the 12mm/2.0
> DZ.
> > The dedicated wide converter is said to be very good and still under
> > your total budget. Turns it into a 10~11mm I think.
> >
> > I'm looking for a small zoom to replace the big 9~18 + adapter on my EM5
> > and I looked at that combo. However I would sacrifice some quality with
> > the micro 9~18. The micro 7~14's defeat the smaller size requirement and
> > reputedly aren't in the same league as their big cousin.
> >
> > I had hoped to sell the 9~18 to help finance a micro wide so going the
> > route of prime + adapter defeats that option. Of course I could then
> > sell the 20mm as a duplicate but couldn't realized much from that sale.
> >
> > I'll be interested in hearing how the little lens works out.
> >
> > Mike
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