New Olympus 9-18mm review on Letsgodigital

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

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

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).

New reviews (E-PL1 + G2 + G10)

Digitalcamerainfo tested the Olympus E-PL1. You can read all the 21 pages of the review or jump to their final conclusion page.

Asahicamera tested E-PL1 (google english translation)

The shortest Panasonic G2 review  ever posted is made by T3.com :)

A more detaiiled G2 review has been made by pocket-link. Also the japanese blog journal.mycom.jp posted a G2 review (google english translation). Ganref posted few G2 image samples.

PCmag tested the minor brother of the G2….the Panasonic G10.

That’s it!

New Noktor 50mm f/0.95 samples

For ten days, I have been testing the Noktor 50mm f/0.95 lens. I bought the lens from Noktor and they were as kind to send me sample number 000000002 ;)
I have to say that I am not disappointed at all with the lens. I expected much worse results at f/0.95. The lens is very good at medium apertures and it is nice to have the f/0.95 aperture when you absolutely need it. Of course it is soft but it is very nice for “creative” use. The real strength of this lens is when you shoot videos. Videos taken with f/0.95 aperture are sharp -> take a look here on vimeo.

After a few days of testing I can give you some images taken with the Noktor 50mm f/0.95 Lens. By the way, now the lens is on its way to photozone.de where it will be tested!

Let’s start with the classic aperture test. Click on picture to enlarge:

I also tried to shoot at full aperture in daylight and the effect you get is quite “interesting” :)

This lens is very useful when you want to capture details:

And when you shoot landscapes at f/0.95 you get results like this:

The 100% crop of the last picture looks like this:

Shooting in fairly dark situations. The following three pictures were taken in very dark rooms. With no other lens I would be able to take these shots!

Some other pictures:

Should you buy the lens? It depends. If you don’t need the f/0.95 aperture there are plenty of cheaper lenses. If you want sharp f/0.95 pictures get the expensive Leica Noctilux 0.95.
Buy the lens if you want to make videos with it (yes it is good enough!), or if you like the “creative” effect at f/0.95.

Cheers!