Panasonic 7-14mm lens tested at Photozone


One day after posting the Olympus M.Zuiko 9-18mm review Photozone also published the Panasonic 7-14mm test! The Panasonic lens performs a little better but you also have to keep in mind that it cost 30-40% more than the Olympus lens!
Check out the price of the Panasonic lens on Amazon / Adorama / BH
and the price of the Olympus lens on Amazon / Adorama / BH

Read the review: http://www.photozone.de/olympus–four-thirds-lens-tests/530-pana_714_4

Olympus 14-150mm vs Panasonic 14-140mm vs Leica 14-150mm

The Photofan forum user “collective” compared the Panasonic 14-140mmPanasonic 14-140mmPanasonic 14-140mmPanasonic 14-140mmPanasonic 14-140mmPanasonic 14-140mmPanasonic 14-140mmPanasonic 14 -140mmPanasonic 14-140mmPanasonic 14-140mmPanasonic 14-140mmPanasonic 14-140mm vs Olympus 14-150mm vs the almost forgotten but still unbeaten (from the image quality) Panasonic-Leica 14-150mmPanasonic-Leica 14-150mmPanasonic-Leica 14-150mmPanasonic-Leica 14-150mmPanasonic-Leica 14-150mmPanasonic-Leica 14-150mmPanasonic-Leica 14-150mmPanasonic-Leica 14-150mmPanasonic-Leica 14-150mmPanasonic-Leica 14-150mmPanasonic 14-150mmPanasonic-Leica 14-150mm lens.

If you click here (at photofan) and scroll down a little bit you will see a 100% crop image comparison. The Panasonic-Leica lens is still the sharpest lens of all three!

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via: Fotoactualidad

First image samples taken with the Loreo 3D lens

The LOREO 3D Lens for MicroFourThirds

Don B. sent us following email:
“I recently bought one of the m43 Loreo3D lenses that I read about on 43rumors. After looking on the web I noticed that a lot of the image examples that people put up aren’t as 3D as they should be (if at all) because the camera has to be absolutely level (left to right not up and down) or they won’t “fit” together right. The level indicator on the Pens makes this perfect every time. I also created a quick bash script to convert the images from the standard format, which needs special lenses to view, into the cross eyed format which for me has a much more dramatic 3D effect and doesn’t require anything but practice.

I attached the (very basic) script which is for a Linux system with imagemagick installed (Click here to download it). Place it in the same directory as the loreo format images and when run from a terminal will convert all JPG files to cross eyed format (assuming a full resolution 4/3 Pen image size). I also attached 2 sample cross eyed 3D photos shot with my ep2. They are a little harder than most cross eyed images to see for me but once you can align them correctly when crossing your eyes the 3D depth is awesome. It’s easiest to see them if viewed full screen on your monitor moving your head closer and farther to find the sweet spot.

I can’t wait to shoot some video and convert it to the cross eyed format.”
Click on those pictures to enlarge:

You can order the lens here: http://www.loreo.com/pages/shop/loreo_products_online.html

Thanks D.B.!

Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 9-18mm gets reviewed at Photozone

Yesterday dpreview tested the new Olympus 14-150mm lens and today Photozone reviewed the Olympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mm on the Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1. Following sentence brings it to the point: “Olympus M.Zuiko 9-18mm f/4-5.6 ED is an engineering masterpiece.“.

Read the review: http://www.photozone.de/olympus–four-thirds-lens-tests/529-oly_m918_456

If after reading the review you want to buy the lens here you have some direct links to online-shops with the lens in Stock:

EUROPE:
Amazon Deutschland / Amazon UK / Amazon France / Pixmania UK / Redcoon Deutschland / Redcoon Italia / Pixmania Poland

US:
Amazon / Adorama / BHphoto

ASIA:
Amazon Japan

The new Olympus 14-150mm gets tested by dpreview

DPreview tested the lens and it performed very well (if you consider the very wide zoom range). Like other Olympus MicroFourThirds lenses it suffers from average Chromatic Aberration which in any case is easy to correct in post-production. I bet Olympus is working to add CA correction via firmware update.

Read the review: http://dpreview.com/lensreviews/olympus_m_14-150_4-5p6_o20/
Reminder: Also SLRgear reviewed the lens 10 days ago!

You can preorder the lens at Amazon / Adorama / BH

Panasonic G2 roundup


Panasonic G2: The Directors Cut

Today we found some Panasonic G2 related news:

1) Dkamera.de compared the Panasonic G2 with the older G1 sister: Take a look to the image quality, resolution and color comparison

2) AF test on Fotoactualidad

3) Image samples on Ganref

4) Panasonic G2 in Stock status:
Amazon US: Black and Blue G2 in Stock
BHphoto: Blue G2 in Stock
Amazon Deutschland -> In Stock
Amazon UK -> In Stock
Amazon France -> In Stock
Amazon: In Stock

5) Reviews:
Pocket-link
trustedreviews
DCwatch
DCresource
Imaging Resource
CNET
Ascii.jp (google english translation)
Quesabesde

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