( 10 reviews )
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Posted: Dec 26 2008
While there may be wider options available from Olympus and other vendors, this lens is quite flexible in shooting architecture, landscapes, nigthscapes, streets, museums, insides of low-lit cathedrals and even portraits (at tele-end of 44mm eFoV). I also have Canon EFS 10-22m which though wider, is not as flexible in variety of scenarios as 11-22. Image quality rivals primes. With an aperture of F2.8 and image stabilized body, this lens can take some incredible handheld lowlight shots. On E520 and other bodies with IS, it is possible to take handheld shots as slow as 1/2~1/5 seconds at 11mm. Neither Canon nor Nikkon offers anything similar. Highly recommended and extremely under appreciated among non-Zuikoholics. A current and future collectible.
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Posted: Aug 16 2008
At 22mm/f11 this lens is perfect for the kind of portraits, where you need high depth of field, e.g. on the front cover of my Suntan Book (see link below), the family members are lined up behind each other. For panoramas the low distortion and large depth of field make panoramas possible, where closeup and far-away elements are combined. Adding a infrared filter delivers snow white greenery. Using camera shift or 2 cameras and 2 of these lenses, 3D is crispy clear. Especially for 3D, closeup and faraway elements need to be in the picture. Again, at f11 they are all in focus. A fantastic lens for artistic photography! Following are some links of my books created with this lens and a E300: Suntan: Skin Tone Color Adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop Panoramic & Stereoscopic Photography in Color and Infrared: A Step by Step Guide Florida - Focus on Anna Maria Island - Panoramic & Stereoscopic: Hypnotizing Sceneries 3D Stereoscopic Portraits - Photography by Rolf Bertram - Posing by Audrey Michelle: Color and Infrared Flexible: Posing by Audrey Michelle
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Posted: Apr 20 2008
I have had this lens a short time now, and the weather has not permitted much in the way of outdoor use. The shots that I have been able to take, including some indoor available light and flash, have been superb. Extremely sharp optics with excellent FOV. This lens will probably stay on my L1 body for all-around use.
