Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-40 mm F2.8 PRO Lens, Universal Zoom, Suitable for All MFT Cameras (Olympus OM-D & PEN Models, Panasonic G-Series), Black

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From landscape to portraits or macro shots, it offers you everything you need in various situations. At one point, someone else was so concerned for the camera and lens that they started covering it up for themselves.

Then I believed the original Olympus OMD would be better, but I got it and then again got turned off. Engineered to meet every need of professional photographers, especially together with a compact, lightweight design for stress-free shooting even in harsh weather conditions. The placement is convenient as it's right near or under your thumb when using the proper camera holding technique to support the lens in your hand. It probably would be helpful if Olympus figured out some way to put a “check lens focus ring” indicator up on the display when the autofocus system gets grayed out that.If you’re shooting on a Panasonic body, the Panasonic lens probably gets the nod simply because it has OIS and the Olympus does not. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work.

The Panasonic has more chromatic aberration, though, though their lens corrections do a better job in a number of areas. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. At the end, traditionally, we present crops taken from photos of our testing chart, saved as JPEG files along with RAW files, used for the analysis above. uѕе оf thеѕе lеnѕеѕ hеlрѕ tо еffесtіvеlу ѕuррrеѕѕ а rаngе оf орtісаl аbеrrаtіоnѕ thrоughоut thе zооm rаngе. The compact size of the new Olympus 12-40mm lens should be a big draw for these users, as well as others who are constantly on the go, shoot in harsh environments or simply need a rugged, fast zoom lens in a small package.Interestingly, as you stop down, CA appears to increase at 35mm, but we see an opposite behavior at 40mm. For sure there is no more stealth factor, as the lens is pretty big, and there are no lens markings for hyperfocal focusing or zone focusing, but there are a few advantages. And after getting a Olympus TZ1, I just understood that Olympuses just weren’t for me, even though they were perfectly fine cameras. By pulling the focus ring you can switch over to manual focusing without tweaking your camera-settings.