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Olympus E 9-18mm f/4.0-5.6 Zuiko Lens for Olympus Digital SLR Cameras | 
| Brand: Olympus
Category: Photography
List Price: $699.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
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Optical Zoom: 2
Maximum Focal Length: 18
Minimum Focal Length: 9
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
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MPN: 261058
Model: 261058
UPC: 050332164130
EAN: 0050332164130
ASIN: B001EZ46F0
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| Features:
| • | Compatible with all 4/3 cameras | | • | Includes 9?18mm (18?36mm 35mm film equivalent) zoom, lens hood, front & rear lens caps, user registration & user manual |
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Product Description
ED 9-18mm f4.0/5.6
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
Beautiful wide angle lens - a must for landscape photography! July 15, 2010
I just bought this lens yesterday and I'm already in love. It's compact, it's affordable, it's lightweight and the images are truly stunning. It's quick and quiet. Sharp lens and fast at 4, focusing is nothing short of excellent. The FOV is excellent for cramped spaces or wide areas, it gathers it all. I can take a photo of the entire inside of the front seats of my car. Awesome!
I love landscape photography and always wanted something a little wider than my 14-54. This is the lens to buy. Great for travel. Olympus puts together an affordable light package, (I have an E620 and E1) built for travelers on the go. Easy to carry without the weight. Praise be to Olympus!
Olympus Zuiko 9-18 mm - a must have lens April 6, 2010
I've been using this lens for the past 8 months and am very happy with it. I was bouncing between this and the 7-14mm Zuiko, but settled on this for now - though at this focal length the extra 2 mm gives about 18 degrees of additional FOV. Image Quality is very good - crisp, acceptable CA, very good color rendition, very slight barrel distortion, but that is easily corrected in PP. I picked up two B+W filters - UV and polarizing. The polarizing filter causes some visible color shifts across the image due to the field of view, but I like it in most instances. The B+W UV is a good all around filter since there is a lot of glass sitting out there and you don't want to have it banging around.
Close focus is excellent and gives a dramatic view when at 9mm.
Just about what I expected. January 22, 2010
I wanted a lens that was effective on the wide angle end. This is mostly for interiors and landscapes. Speed isn't a particular factor for this use.
The construction, as all Olympus lenses I have owned since my OM-1 in 1980, is very good and solid. I have always been surprised at how much larger the 4/3 lenses seem to be compared to my little OM-4T. But I digress... It's well made positive interface with the camera, the lens hoods come on and off easily both from deployed and storage positions.
The image quality is great. Of course. At the wide end there is a little distortion but the olympus master2 software cleans that up very effectively. The long end is good enough to use as a moderately wide prime.
If there were something I would change, it would be to make the wide end 7mm. But, hey! That's asking a bit much at this price-point, isn't it?
It's light enough to be comfortable on my E-500 body. I hope to be upgrading this soon. Maybe an E-30 mainly for the larger-brighter viewfinder which will also make the experience better with this and most other lenses. The built-in level will also be a big help at the wide end and hand-held for panorama work.
I think this is a great lens in it's range and well worth adding to the camera bag.
If it's an Olympus ZD lens, you know it's perfect November 20, 2009
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Olympus glass is out of this world... literally. The camera aboard the international space station is made by Olympus.
If this lens were to cost twice as much (as many equivalent lens by Nikon and Canon do), it would still be a bargain.
The 9 and the 18 stand for the zoom range, from 9mm to 18mm. 9mm is known as wide angle, or ultra-wide angle. In relation to old lenses used for 35mm cameras, this lens spans 18mm to 36mm.
The glass is exceptional, yielding little distortion even at the widest angle. Color aberration, only present at the extreme edges, is virtually non-existent (I have compared the color aberration to my lenses that cost over $1100 and found no difference).
If you photograph indoors a lot, this is the lens for you. If you photograph architecture a lot, this is the lens for you. It's even good for landscapes and makes magnificant panoramas (as long as the scenery is not too far away).
I like this as a "people" lens; you can sling your camera around your neck and "shoot from the hip" at virtually any time. You don't need to peek through the viewfinder. In sunlight or open shade, even without using auto-focus, this lens will be in focus from about four feet to infinity, meaning you are able to photograph crowds of people as you walk amongst them. That person that you see standing three feet in front of you? Yes, their entire image from head to toe is within the frame.
As a street lens, it yields a very intimate view of life.
Outstanding lens for a very reasonable price November 15, 2009
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Wide angle lenses are extremely useful for shooting large objects (like buildings) in congested areas. You simply cannot stand far enough away to get the whole thing in the frame if you are using a normal lens. This sort of lens is also great for shooting indoors when you want to photograph a large group in a small space.
One quick word about focal lengths on 4/3 cameras. A 9-18mm lens on a 4/3 camera will provide the same viewing angles as an 18-36mm lens on a 35mm film camera because the sensor is smaller than a 35mm film frame. So 4/3 will have a 2X "crop factor." 18mm is considered very wide. 36mm is almost a normal view. You probably already know this if you are reading this review, but some new 4/3 users may not be aware of it.
With this lens Olympus has given us an alternative to the $1700 7-14mm f/4.0 at less than 1/3 the price. It's not quite as wide, and the build quality isn't as high, and it isn't weather sealed, but it's also only $500. The important thing is that image quality is really excellent.
I really love using this lens. It is lightweight and focuses quickly on my E-30. And it lets me reach way under my 14-54mm lens when I need something wider. The difference between 9mm and 14mm is HUGE; much more than you might think. A 14mm lens gives you a 75 degree angle of view. Move to a 9 mmm lens and you now have 100 degrees of horizontal view. Those 5 extra milimeters give you a 30% wider view!
The other end of this lens - 18mm is "narrow" enough to be very useful as a walk around lens for street photography. So you can go from "pretty wide" to "normal" without swapping lenses when you are visiting tourist spots or new cities. This is one of my favorite lenses and I get good results using it. See my sample images!
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