You hand-held the shots is it? Really quite sharp this Rokinon 7.5mm. Love the greens

A bit too wide for me too

I think 9mm (after converting the 12-32 with a wide-angle converter) is the widest for me at the moment, can't accept the distortion at the background sometimes, but this can be easily corrected in pp.

Most of the shots from my 9mm (converted 12-32) are surprisingly straight enough unless you observe closely, very little straightening needed. But for the 7.5 I am pretty sure you will need straightening or 'de-fish' is this the term photog use (like someonesim) to straightening a hugely distorted image he he..learn a new word

Lenses are better investment in the long run than cam bodies which is true in the old days but apparently this trend has become rather blur/obsolete in the digital world as newer more modern versions are produced, even more so for cam bodies. One lens I find that defies this is the Panny 20/1.7, still a gem in our m4/3 world, hey it is the one and only 20mm lens! I have my 1st 20mm in 2009 and I still have one in my bag, 8 years later Though I don't shoot it much this days.


Ya our curiosity sometimes got the better of us and we just had to have a hands-on, itchy mah...

This post has been edited by bobds78: Apr 5 2017, 09:27 AM

You should be joyful like a kid in a candy store for the first time he he So lucky you got something back for spending only one hour, i envy you already. I normally spend hours and hours doing research and dong a lot of reading before deciding. See, your lucky already, one hour only? Very well spent

Such a simple photograph yet it won the hearts of the judges. The timing of the shot is spot on. The composition is so warm so homely so "kampung-ish" and the main subjects stand out so prominently that they catch onlookers instantly. Simple yet tell so much story

Thanks for the nice info bro! Size is still of paramount importance to me. So 12mm f2.0 it is. Black version of course he he

Not a pixel-peeper myself so I am ok with the Oly 12/2.0. I just couldn't wait to get my hands on the Oly 12mm.

GF8 no doubt despite it being a 16mp sensor only but its newer, smaller and has much more lens selection. But if you can get a cheaper A5000 then why not?

Good idea


Even better

Is this with kit lens or just cam body alone? If combo with kit lens I would say its a fair price. If cam body alone then it's rather pricey, you still have to top up to get a lens.

I had received my 12/2.0 a couple days ago (after a long wait of nearly 10 days ), a black handsome unit, and had tested it for AF speed and the clutch manual focus, both working perfectly.

The lens looks smaller than I expected, probably because its without the hood. I am looking for after-market lens hood for this baby and not the ori one which costs a bomb.

Here's the link:

OLY 12mm f2.0

They are running a promo now.

You can get the same lens from Lazada, too, same seller.

Sure can but the best lens for portraiture from the m4/3 camp is said to be the portrait king Oly 75mm f1.8, can make really really delicious bokeh

LAOWA 7.5mm f2.0 rectilinear lens woohoo!!

Laowa 7.5mm f2.0

The following link is from a reviewer at last year's 2016 Photokina using a prototype of the lens and seems he has some positive views of the lens, have a read:

3d-kraft on Laowa 7.5mm f2.0

Now accepting pre-orders at venuslens pre-orders. I have ordered mine (the lightweight version), I just couldn't resist this lens which I have been waiting for quite some time to come along. I haven't seen any rectilinear lens for m4/3 at that wide and at f2.0!! I am heavily poisoned

Price: US$499 (+/- RM2.1k) for the standard version and US$519 (+/- RM2.2k) for the lightweight version.

This post has been edited by bobds78: Apr 30 2017, 08:47 PM

This is google's translation of rectilinear:


"rec·ti·lin·e·ar
ˌrektəˈlinēər/
adjective
adjective: rectilinear; adjective: rectilineal

contained by, consisting of, or moving in a straight line or lines.
"a rectilinear waveform"
Photography
relating to a straight line or lines.
"rectilinear distortion"
Photography
(of a wide-angle lens) corrected as much as possible, so that straight lines in the subject appear straight in the image.

Origin
mid 17th century: from late Latin rectilineus (from Latin rectus ‘straight’ + linea ‘line’) + -ar1.
Translate rectilinear to
Use over time for: rectilinear"

Here's an early in-depth review by Photozone of Germany:

Laowa 7.5mm f2.0 MFT Review/Test

I have been resisting fish-eye due to their heavy distortion and now came the Laowa 7.5mm f2.0, made-in-china, coupled with such small size, how can I resist? I have always been a big fan of UWA, my 12-32+GW1 setup making this a 9mm is already the max I would go, although there are clearly some distortion.

I was earlier thinking about either the 12-40 or the 12-35 but still couldn't accept the bigger size that's why I got the smallish 12/f2.0. The Laowa 7.5/f2.0 is quite close in size to the 12/f2.0.


I say why not the 12-100 since you can shoot portraits with it and cover some mid-telephoto shots too Unless you really need the brighter f2.8 which I doubt it.

This post has been edited by bobds78: May 1 2017, 12:13 AM

I go for the lightweight version too, but the pricing seems a bit funny, lightweight doesn't mean cheaper a better material is used perhaps?