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Does anyone have the Voigtlander 12mm lens and what is their opinion of the image quality?
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From some images Ive seen (no means definitive) the new Panasonic 7-14mm is better wide open than the Olympus. This could have something to do with G1/GH1 in-camera corrections to the new optics. Plus it's smaller (considerably) and about 35% cheaper. It should be very interesting to see them compared in a test.Thanks guys. I've got the Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f1.1 and love it, which is why I'm thinking of the 12mm. I've considered the 7-14mm, but it's around twice the price of the Voigtlander 12mm, when it finally arrives.
I've already got the Olympus 7-14mm and don't use it as much as I thought. A 22-24mm equivalent would be ideal. I can also get the Voigtlander cheaper here than the US, about the same as from Chiif Camera, so it's not so bad.
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The Australian Panasonic site lists the 7-14mm at a higher price than the Olympus 7-14mm. The correction that the G1 does with the 7-14mm is much the same as what you can do in Photoshop and it removes a lot of the image in doing so.From some images Ive seen (no means definitive) the new Panasonic 7-14mm is better wide open than the Olympus. This could have something to do with G1/GH1 in-camera corrections to the new optics. Plus it's smaller (considerably) and about 35% cheaper. It should be very interesting to see them compared in a test.
I agree, the 11-22mm is a great lens.The Australian Panasonic site lists the 7-14mm at a higher price than the Olympus 7-14mm. The correction that the G1 does with the 7-14mm is much the same as what you can do in Photoshop and it removes a lot of the image in doing so.
One reason that I don't carry the 7-14mm about that much, except for special circumstances, is the fact that the front element is very exposed and the Panasonic one is about the same.
If Olympus brought out a m4/3s equivalent of the 11-22mm, then that would be a great lens.
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Ray