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Super dwarfish but obviously very decent.

Sylvain

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This lens makes me want to buy into m4/3. If Olympus would just come out with an EVF camera. Or maybe when the G2 reviews are out and prices drop.
Interestingly both the 9-18mm as well as the Pana 7-14mm are not distortion-corrected. The charts look pretty much the same in LightZone (which does not apply auto-correction). Possibly the higher price tags help to do the real thing.

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[quote name='Klaus' date='12 June 2010 - 07:55 PM' timestamp='1276368931' post='453']

Interestingly both the 9-18mm as well as the Pana 7-14mm are not distortion-corrected. The charts look pretty much the same in LightZone (which does not apply auto-correction). Possibly the higher price tags help to do the real thing.

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Is this a hint that there will be a Pana 7-14 review soon??
Yep.

Sylvain

[quote name='Klaus' date='12 June 2010 - 07:55 PM' timestamp='1276368931' post='453']

Interestingly both the 9-18mm as well as the Pana 7-14mm are not distortion-corrected. The charts look pretty much the same in LightZone (which does not apply auto-correction). Possibly the higher price tags help to do the real thing.

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Klaus, dpreview indicated in both 7-14 & 9-18 reviews that distortion were corrected and their supplied distortion grids seem to prove it.

Olympus at 9mm we go from +4.7 to +1.41% ; Panasonic at 7mm we go from +3.4% to -0.14%.

Or am I reading something wrong?



Greetings,

S.
[quote name='Sylvain' date='13 June 2010 - 12:25 PM' timestamp='1276424727' post='464']

Klaus, dpreview indicated in both 7-14 & 9-18 reviews that distortion were corrected and their supplied distortion grids seem to prove it.

Olympus at 9mm we go from +4.7 to +1.41% ; Panasonic at 7mm we go from +3.4% to -0.14%.

Or am I reading something wrong?



Greetings,

S.

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Hmmh, I don't get 0.14% from the Pana lens here. I will give it a try with a different RAW converter. Maybe LightZone applies auto-correction by now.
[quote name='Sylvain' date='13 June 2010 - 12:25 PM' timestamp='1276424727' post='464']

Klaus, dpreview indicated in both 7-14 & 9-18 reviews that distortion were corrected and their supplied distortion grids seem to prove it.

Olympus at 9mm we go from +4.7 to +1.41% ; Panasonic at 7mm we go from +3.4% to -0.14%.

Or am I reading something wrong?



Greetings,

S.

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Hmmh, I don't get 0.14% from the Pana lens here. I will give it a try with a different RAW converter. Maybe LightZone applies auto-correction by now.

Sylvain

After a quick check, other reviews go in dpreview direction. I suppose Lightzone corrects them now.



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[quote name='Klaus' date='13 June 2010 - 12:15 PM' timestamp='1276427750' post='466']

Hmmh, I don't get 0.14% from the Pana lens here. I will give it a try with a different RAW converter. Maybe LightZone applies auto-correction by now.

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