As you may have noticed I have bought a new lens for the Olympus EP1, I have been trying to get wide on it without spending too much dosh, the 12mm is ok on there but it becomes a not so wide 24mm and there was that bloody fisheye which was soft as shit. I have been secretly (or maybe not so secretly) lusting over the Panasonic 7-14mm since I got the EP1 and watching them sell on eBay for about $800 used, so I thought I’d check the price on B&H and there it was new for not a whole lot more, so I bought one.
I do feel slightly dirty about the whole thing. I did say I wouldn’t invest more money into the Micro Four Thirds mount because it “would be dead in a couple of years” and I could have bought a shit load of film for $800, especially since Kodak are in the throes of death and I may have to give up my beloved BW400CN for shitty XP2. Plus I feel bad for the Xpan which has pretty much been ignored since September, I must do something about that. The lure of digital has been strong recently also, people taking awesome photos on their Fuji x100s as well as Leica M8s and M9s. So I sat down and told myself that an EP1 is very similar to an x100 and I can’t afford a M9 and if I get the 7-14mm it’s wider than the 12mm on a M8. And... SO THERE!
I like the 7-14mm. It’s wide and as you know, I like it wide. I took it to the aquarium the other day and it performed quite well in the low light but I what I really want to know is why they make it a zoom? Has anyone actually used this lens at 14mm? And what I wouldn’t give for a little vignetting! Just a bit. Oh and hyper-focal focusing would be nice also. Video on this lens is very exciting, I have shot a few already and I will definitely shoot more. So yeah, it’s a pretty kick-arse little lens and I’m quite happy with it.
In other news... nothing really. It was my birthday the other day. Ambre and I are going to Tasmania later this year and I’m still thinking about going into the Outback sometime soon. Work is surprisingly busy for this time of year. That’s about it!
Sunday, 22 January 2012
Panasonic 7-14mm
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alright, so I have the 9-18 which is not quite as wide, but I wondered about the zoom thing too. Here's my response, I'm glad my 9-18 zooms to 36mm equivalent simply because when traveling, I don't always have the right lens on the camera at the right time. If it were a prime wide (don't get me wrong, I'd love a small, fast, prime) I'd miss even more shots when I have that thing on the camera.
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