very interesting photo that shows off the sensor and lens. may i ask a couple of questions: what about the em1 vaults it so far ahead of the em5 for you? also, what went into your choice of the 4/3 11-22lens as opposed to the native m4/3 9-18 or the ED 12-60?
thanks
tony
- When I tried an E-M5, I found its layout of buttons and dials a poor fit to my hands. The built-in grip felt too shallow, the whole camera just came off feeling cramped and difficult. Also, it's auto-focusing performance with my existing FT lenses was poor. The E-M1 viewfinder is significantly improved over even the good one in the E-M5, the body's grip and redesigned buttons and dials are immediately comfortable and fall to the right places. The on-sensor PDAF drives my FT lenses' focusing very nicely. I can use it with or without the battery grip comfortably.
- I've owned the ZD 11-22/2.8-3.5 since 2007. It's one of my favorite lenses. Very sharp right to the corners, even wide open, from 11-22mm. Virtually no rectilinear distortion at all in the 15mm and up range, very little (and easily correctable simple spherical distortion) below that. Weather-sealed and nicely balanced ... this is a great lens, like having four excellent primes in one.
The ZD 12-60/2.8-4 always feels front heavy, and just plain heavy, to me. It has mustache-shaped rectilinear distortion in the 12-20 range which is hard to correct. When I was shooting with the SLRs, I much preferred to have the trio of Summilux-D 25mm f/1.4 ASPH, 35mm Macro, and 50mm Macro along with the 11-22 for wide work rather than the 12-60.
I have no experience with the M.Zuiko 9-18mm. Since I have the 11-22 already, I'm more inclined to complement the 11-22 with a prime lens than to replace it with a 9-18mm.
🙂
Godfrey
