Olympus 9-18mm lens in Stock and reviewed on SLRgear

Good news: Amazon will have the lens in Stock on May 6!
Preorder-Order the lens on Pixmania UKAmazon JapanRedcoon ItaliaRedcoon Deutschland / Amazon DeutschlandRedcoon Poland / Pixmania PolandAmazon France / Pixmania FranceAmazon US / Adorama / BHphoto

And SLRgear tested the lens! The verdict: “For its size, the Olympus 9-18mm ƒ/4-5.6 provides impressive performance.”
The only flaws are Cromatic Aberration and Distortion. But both are easy to crrect in postprocessing.

a little bit of everything…

The author used the 25mm, 50mm, and 85mm all t/1.8 Red primes. Mounted with the Hot Rod PL deluxe adapter kit.

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17-68 T2.2 Angénieux zoom from 1956 with a Panasonic G1 (Forum Olympus France)
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Mirrorless will be like Netbook (bythom)
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Panasonic GF-1 and Sigma 10-20 4/3s Review (Davidclapp.co.uk)
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Deals:
Amazon: Olympus E-P2 + 14-42mm lens for $899!!!
BHphoto: Panasonic GH1 2-Lens Kit with 14-140mm & 45-200mm Lenses ($1,320.90)

My very first video with the Noktor 50mm f/0.95

This is my very first video taken with the Noktor 50mm lens. All images have been taken at f/0.95.
The images with the two women were taken inside a Pizzeria. My goal was to move from one person to another and see how well I can focus when recording with f/0.95 aperture. The focus ring from the Noktor is very smooth but you also have to rotate very long from 60cm (distance of the young lady) to 2-3m (distance from the “older” women). That was the main issue I had because I needed to rotate the focus ring two times (with a short stop in between). That’s why you see the delay when I try to focus from on person to the other. The good news is that images do look pretty decent. Focusing the eyes of the person is easy when you shoot indoors (on the Olympus E-P1 screen).
One thing I did not like was the position of the focus ring which is close to the mount. I would preferr to have the aperture ring close to the mount and than the focus ring and not viceversa.

My first impression is that the Noktor lens is far more usefull for video purposes than photography (at f/0.95). I will add more videos soon.

Let me know what you think and what you want me to test for you!

“How I saved thousands buying FD lenses” (by Tyson Robichaud)

Tyson Robichaud just tested four Canon FD lenses on his Panasonic GF1!

Following lenses have been reviewed (click on the link to check the lens price on Ebay):
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Canon FD 55mm f/1.2 SSC ($400 on Ebay)Canon FD 55mm f/1.2 SSC ($400 on Ebay)Canon FD 55mm f/1.2 SSC ($400 on Ebay)Canon FD 55mm f/1.2 SSC ($400 on Ebay)Canon FD 55mm f/1.2 SSC ($400 on Ebay)Canon FD 55mm f/1.2 SSC ($400 on Ebay)Canon FD 55mm f/1.2 SSC ($400 on Ebay)Canon FD 55mm f/1.2 SSC ($400 on Ebay)Canon FD 55mm f/1.2 SSC ($400 on Ebay)Canon FD 55mm f/1.2 SSC ($400 on Ebay)Canon FD 55mm f/1.2 SSC ($400 on Ebay)

Canon FD 100mm f/4 macro ($100 on Ebay)Canon FD 100mm f/4 macro ($100 on Ebay)Canon FD 100mm f/4 macro ($100 on Ebay)Canon FD 100mm f/4 macro ($100 on Ebay)Canon FD 100mm f/4 macro ($100 on Ebay)Canon FD 100mm f/4 macro ($100 on Ebay)Canon FD 100mm f/4 macro ($100 on Ebay)Canon FD 100mm f/4 macro ($100 on Ebay)Canon FD 100mm f/4 macro ($100 on Ebay)Canon FD 100mm f/4 macro ($100 on Ebay)Canon FD 100mm f/4 macro ($100 on Ebay)

Canon FD 400mm f/4.5 SSC ($100 on Ebay)Canon FD 400mm f/4.5 SSC ($100 on Ebay)Canon FD 400mm f/4.5 SSC ($100 on Ebay)Canon FD 400mm f/4.5 SSC ($100 on Ebay)Canon FD 400mm f/4.5 SSC ($100 on Ebay)Canon FD 400mm f/4.5 SSC ($100 on Ebay)Canon FD 400mm f/4.5 SSC ($100 on Ebay)Canon FD 400mm f/4.5 SSC ($100 on Ebay)Canon FD 400mm f/4.5 SSC ($100 on Ebay)Canon FD 400mm f/4.5 SSC ($100 on Ebay)Canon FD 400mm f/4.5 SSC ($100 on Ebay)

On his website you can see very nice images taken with each one of the four lenses.
And what is the final statement?
“All in all, I have to say that I have been impressed with the return for such a small investment.”

Thanks Tyson!

P.S.: Two different Canon FD to microFourThirds adapters are available on amazon

First Noktor portraits at f/0.95

I found some time to take some shots when I was out for lunch today. The first thing I noticed is that it is very difficoult to focus correctly when you are in hurry and in outdoor conditions. Probably an electronic viewfinder would help a lot. I will redo some portrait as soon as I have more time. So do not judge the lens based on my shots!
Here some portraits (feel free to download the images but please not use the pictures for any commercial purpose)

Images taken with the Olympus E-P1 (.jpg / normal settings) + Noktor 50mm f/0.95


And finally my lunch! :)

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