Is the Panasonic 8mm too expensive? Get the Samyang 8mm f/3.5 for $300

• June 3, 2010
• reviews
• 12 Comments

GF1 + Samyang 8mm from ADAM MADA on Vimeo.

One of our readers R.B. found a “solution” for all of you thinking that the new Panasonic 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens is too expensive.
If you don’t care about size or manual focusing you could go for the Samyang/Falcon/Bower/Rokinon/Opteka 8mm Fisheye that sells for $300. It produces sharp images and has no vignetting. Used with a $20 adapter for Micro 4/3 u get a nice fisheye image at half the price.

Click here to get the lens on eBay (and yes it is crazy that the same lens has so many names!):
– Opteka 8mm f/3.5Opteka 8mm f/3.5Opteka 8mm f/3.5Opteka 8mm f/3.5Opteka 8mm f/3.5Opteka 8mm f/3.5Opteka 8mm f/3.5Opteka 8mm f/3.5Opteka 8mm f/3.5Opteka 8mm f/3.5Opteka 8mm f/3.5

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– Bower 8mm f/3.5Bower 8mm f/3.5Bower 8mm f/3.5Bower 8mm f/3.5Bower 8mm f/3.5Bower 8mm f/3.5Bower 8mm f/3.5Bower 8mm f/3.5Bower 8mm f/3.5Bower 8mm f/3.5Bower 8mm f/3.5

Thanks RB!

Panasonic 7-14mm tested (dpreview)

• May 28, 2010
• reviews
• 6 Comments

According to Dpreview the “Panasonic 7-14mm offers more consistent sharpness across the frame at 9mm”
Anyway, the Olympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mm “is noticeably sharper in the central region at 14mm”

Read the review: http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/panasonic_7-14_4_o20/

Direct links to the lens:
Amazon / Adorama / BH / Amazon Deutschland / Amazon UK / Amazon France

New reviews (Panasonic G10, Olympus 9-18mm and more…)

• May 28, 2010
• reviews
• 0 Comments

The Panasonic G10 has been reviewd by PocketLink. They found the image-quality to be better than the quality from the Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10 (which has the same price-tag)
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Olympus 9-18mm sample images and comparisons (FourThirds-User)
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Panasonic SC-BT330 Review (Trustedreviews)
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10 review (CNET UK)
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Olympus µ tough-6020 test on Forum-Olympus-France (google english tranlsation)

First image samples taken with the new Olympus 14-150mm lens!

• May 28, 2010
• news, reviews
• 3 Comments

As you know by end of June Olympus will release the new Olympus 14-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens (preorder on amazon for $599).

Inside the forum photofan.jp there is one of those lucky guys that had the chance to test the new lens (google english translation). He says that focus speed is fast and very quiet. The lens it selft is very lightweight, zoom ring is very large and focus ring is very smooth.

I will post here two of the images he has taken with the lens. The first image has been taken at 14mm and the second at 150mm. Click on the image to enlarge!

Click here and scroll down to see the image samples: photofan forum

UPDATE: “Olddo” just sent us the link to the original image samples on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/olddo
Thanks!

found via Fotoactualidad.

Preorder the lens on:
Amazon / Adorama / BH / Amazon Deutschland

New Olympus 9-18mm review on Letsgodigital

• May 26, 2010
• reviews
• 6 Comments

Letsgodigital just posted their latest Olympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mm review. They confirm that CA (Chromatic Aberration) is high but sharpness is excellent.

In the meanwhile one owner noticed a “extreme softness on the right side” (dpreview forum). Hope this is a problem with that specific sample and not a general issue.

Other 9-18mm reviews:
– slrgear
– dpreview

Click here to check the current price of the lens: Olympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mm

Luminous Landscapes tested the NEX-5 (and didn’t like it)

• May 25, 2010
• reviews
• 14 Comments

If you need to know why the NEX-5 can’t overshadow MicroFourThirds cameras read the preview on Luminous Landscape. They are very satisfied with the cameras image quality but: “Sony’s engineers and marketing people had a mandate when it came to the design of the NEX-5, and unfortunately the needs of the more advanced photographer were not part of that brief.”

Read more: Luminous Landscape

Rolling shutter effect comparison between the Panasonic GF1, Sony NEX-5 and Samsung NX-10

• May 23, 2010
• reviews
• 11 Comments

Check out the three video on youtube (click here). It is easy to see that the Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10 is the worst camera here. The NEX-5 and the Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1Panasonic GF1 are almost on par with the GF1 having the less worse results (in my opinion).