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Myth Busted - Olympus UWA

Sebzy · 2007-11-25 14:11:49

Every so often the Olympus users get bashed here on the forum with comments like "the 4:3rds system cant handle ultra wide buy FF for that" etc... Well just came across this article where it compares the following Tamron 7-35mm Canon 16-35mm MKII Olympus Zuiko 7-14mm…

25-11-2007 2:11pm

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Every so often the Olympus users get bashed here on the forum with comments like "the 4:3rds system cant handle ultra wide buy FF for that" etc...

Well just came across this article where it compares the following
Tamron 7-35mm
Canon 16-35mm MKII
Olympus Zuiko 7-14mm

http://photocamel.com/forum/blogs/paul-shields/19-comparison-wide-angle-lenses-tamron-7-35mm-canon-16-35mm-mkii-zuiko-7-14mm.html

interesting results from the Tamron.

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#2 25-11-2007 2:20pm

Fajitas!

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Surely Sigma will work their 4.5mm and 9mm lenses in aswell...

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#3 25-11-2007 2:23pm

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I'd never bash an Olympus user.

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#4 25-11-2007 2:28pm

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Not for lack of UWA's anyways

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#5 25-11-2007 2:33pm

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Actually Al, I own two Olympus cameras.

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#6 25-11-2007 2:35pm

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Oh, I know!

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#7 25-11-2007 3:43pm

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Can't recall much Oly bashing, their wides dump on most other makes anyway. They have some fantastic glass.

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