Author Topic: Olympus 9-18 on Panny GF1. Anyone? (Read 1551 times)

Rick Waldroup · « **on:** January 12, 2011, 07:55:20 AM »

I will be purchasing a GF1 in the next couple of weeks and several lenses. I am intriqued by the Olympus 9-18 zoom because of it's size. Also, I shoot mostly with wide angle lenses. Does anyone here have any experience with this lens on the Panny cameras. If so, your thoughts? Thanks, Rick

voyager · « **Reply #1 on:** January 12, 2011, 02:38:01 PM »

It will work just as good as any other Panasonic lens would on the camera. The only difference is the color scheme will be a bit off.

peterb666 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 12, 2011, 05:44:41 PM »

Quote from: voyager on January 12, 2011, 02:38:01 PM

It will work just as good as any other Panasonic lens would on the camera. The only difference is the color scheme will be a bit off.

I have a mixture of Panasonic and Olympus lenses and there is no significant difference in colour rendering (at least not on my E-P1), nor would I expect there to be.

The Olympus M.Zuiko 9-18mm is a great lens and handles just about any situation well. I do a lot of shooting into the light at sunrise and sunset, and also with point sources of light such as street lights at night. I haven't encountered a lens of any brand that handles shooting into the light better. It is almost impossible to induce flare and contrast remains very strong.

Rick Waldroup · « **Reply #3 on:** January 12, 2011, 08:00:04 PM »

Thanks to both of you for the replies. I would be using it on the GF1 for street shooting most of the time and I really like the wide angle range and small size of the lens. It sounds great.

Thanks, once again.

cosinaphile · « **Reply #4 on:** January 12, 2011, 08:09:18 PM »

ive got sort of the opposite thing going on
using the panny 7-14 frequently on my ep 1 and less so on my gf1, it works great on both bodies
but with IS on the oly, im sure the 9-18 will be great i tried it out and its really nice

Rick Waldroup · « **Reply #5 on:** January 14, 2011, 03:50:37 AM »

Thanks, everyone.

Olympus 9-18 on Panny GF1. Anyone?