Its sweet little lens...I like mine. Unfortunately, the gear heads have totally driven up the price of the Oly 18, so I'll just have to rely on my Canon 17-40L for times when I need wider than 21mm. Good luck with it.
Anden wrote:
Sweet little lens! So small and light! I cross my fingers and hope that it will perform well on the 5D which should be here any day now!
Pointless thread. Really.
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Congrats Anden
Are you getting the 5D Mk II?
I think I'll be liking my Zuiko 21 too once I get an adapter that actually works with it. The Fotodiox consumer grade adapter came without a pin to engage the aperture lever. I've been unknowingly shooting wide open with it. Just found out I can hold down the DOF preview button on the lens, but have yet to use it stopped down.
With so many scientific yet non-pictorial opinions about optics here I wanted to share my experience with this little gem. I bought this little beauty because after testing everything Canon sold including the t/s lenses I was having a tough time making sharp rectilinear architectural photos with my 5D. Sharpness is a wonderful thing... but in making photos for publication I find distortion in lenses more difficult to fix. This Zuko is the straightest most rectilinear lens I have used. That includes the Super Angulons I used on view cameras for decades. I just finished a construction materials catalog that was shooting July, August, September, October and early November. Most of the product ends up a grid so I needed a lens that wouldn't distort the shapes. The lack of distortion from this tiny lens is remarkable! With hyperfocal distance at f8 from here to forever I usually set the lens at infinity at f8 (the sharpest stop from my testing) and only worry about keeping my shoes out of the photo. I might buy another as insurance because this baby is my go-to lens... The moneymaker. Check out this sample- http://www.genesmithstudio.com/page35.htm
I was never that happy with my copy - it was no sharper than my 16-35L and had blue CA in the far corners which was impossible to remove. It was small though so it would have made a good travel lens if the performance was worth it. I may have to try another and it may be a case of later generations being better than earlier ones as with my 24mm 2.8 which has far better performance.
I've been unknowingly shooting wide open with it. Just found out I can hold down the DOF preview button on the lens, but have yet to use it stopped down.