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I have E1+14-54+50-200+FL50 and want to go wider.
after reading so many opinions from this website. I still can't make decision.
1. Optical distortion:
some users from Japan has posted 7-14 report.
http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/review/2005/03/22/1182.html
or you can go to this web site for 11-22 14-54
http://homepage3.nifty.com/outer-maru/1122-2835/04.htm
you can go to this web site to translate it
http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/
for 11-22, there is almost no optical distorion on 11mm.

I am not sure where optical distorion begin ( definition:you can easily see the optical distortion) on 7-14. it's 9mm or 10mm?
2. price:

7-14 is about twice the price 11-22. going down wider to 11mm as 10mm, 8mm has different story? I mean if I am a prosumer not a pro, is it very hard for me to make a pictures in life not just for special purpose. Some net friend said it's for special purpose.

I want to spend right money on the right lens. and don't regret it.( my country has no return policy. that's why i can not try it out everywhere)
3. is there any one has the picture of the cover of the 7-14?
how to protect it?
 
I would say 7-14 if you can afford it. Think about it, you cover 14mm to 28mm in 35mm equiv while the 11-22mm will give you 22-44... If you have the 14-54mm, you already cover a lot of the range of the 11-22....

That way your 14-54 starts exactly where the 7-14 ends. You have more coverage.
  • Raist
 
Hi Gerliu,

Check out the review by our friend Jon R. -

http://www.4-3system.com/?id=55

I'm planning on buying the 7-14 also. I think the 11-22 has too much over lap with the 14-54, although I've heard it's of great quality.

Tony
gerliu said:
I have E1+14-54+50-200+FL50 and want to go wider.
after reading so many opinions from this website. I still can't
make decision.
1. Optical distortion:
some users from Japan has posted 7-14 report.
http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/review/2005/03/22/1182.html
or you can go to this web site for 11-22 14-54
http://homepage3.nifty.com/outer-maru/1122-2835/04.htm
you can go to this web site to translate it
http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/
for 11-22, there is almost no optical distorion on 11mm.
I am not sure where optical distorion begin ( definition:you can
easily see the optical distortion) on 7-14. it's 9mm or 10mm?
2. price:
7-14 is about twice the price 11-22. going down wider to 11mm as
10mm, 8mm has different story? I mean if I am a prosumer not a pro,
is it very hard for me to make a pictures in life not just for
special purpose. Some net friend said it's for special purpose.
I want to spend right money on the right lens. and don't regret
it.( my country has no return policy. that's why i can not try it
out everywhere)
3. is there any one has the picture of the cover of the 7-14?
how to protect it?
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http://www.myfourthirds.com/user.php?id=579&page=user_images
 
I think the 11-22 should be thought of as a replacement for the 14-54 for people who "see wide" as it covers the FOV equiv of 22mm to "normal" with a fast, sharp lens. The 7-14 is slower and you still end up using the 28 - normal range of the 14-54 which is where it's weak? And also have to carry 2 lenses. The other thought is you can afford to buy the 11-22 AND the 1.4X converter and cover FOV equiv from 22-61mm with one lens and use this converter with the 50-200 as well. I don't have the 14-54 (I have the 14-45) but it hasn't left the shelf since I bought the 11-22 and I personally feel it's as wide as I need. If I do want something wider, I use my peleng 8mm fisheye.
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Stacey
 
Stacey_K said:
I think the 11-22 should be thought of as a replacement for the
14-54 for people who "see wide" as it covers the FOV equiv of 22mm
to "normal" with a fast, sharp lens. The 7-14 is slower and you
still end up using the 28 - normal range of the 14-54 which is
where it's weak? And also have to carry 2 lenses. The other thought
is you can afford to buy the 11-22 AND the 1.4X converter and cover
FOV equiv from 22-61mm with one lens and use this converter with
the 50-200 as well. I don't have the 14-54 (I have the 14-45) but
it hasn't left the shelf since I bought the 11-22 and I personally
feel it's as wide as I need. If I do want something wider, I use my
peleng 8mm fisheye.
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Stacey, I never thought of such option. I think you are right, the teleconverter may make the 11-22mm pasable as far as having good coverage. I still like the idea of zooming from 28mm to 108mm though :-) (14-54 lens).
  • Raist
Stacey_K said:
Stacey
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Raist3d
e-volt 300, and some Zuiko lenses. Fuji F710, Panasonic FZ20
Gameplay Programmer - vid games industry
 
If you think you need F2.8 at the wide end go with the 11-22mm. If you don't go for the 7-14.

I'd say the 7-14 has every advantage except speed.
Steve
 
yeap those are still my opinions as nikondude pointed out on the fourthirdsphoto.com site, but now I have the 7-14mm. I bought it though not to carry the lens around... But to use for indoor shots for pano's. The 11-22 is a great lens. This whole gallery just about is with the 11-22mm
http://www.tspore.smugmug.com/gallery/680438
A few pictures are from my wife's Casio.
some towards the end with the 50-200 (I think)
I would buy a 11-22 over the 7-14.
here are a few shots with the 7-14mm
http://tspore.smugmug.com/gallery/680459

One thing that the 7-14 does allow is the ability to get a lot of the shot in really close.
here are 2 examples:





But I would rather be able to use a polerizer and/or a IR filter.

--
Tony Spore


http://www.allplaces.net/gallery
 
You can't get around that! That's it's whole beauty! There's wedding photographer guys on here say they use it like 90% of the time when working.. and I know what they mean.

Its a very original idea tho (using 11-22 & EC 14 in lieu of 14-54)

Then again, zooms aren't the be-all-and-end-all are they? You can use primes and 'move' :-)
my best
 
gerliu said:
I have E1+14-54+50-200+FL50 and want to go wider.
after reading so many opinions from this website. I still can't
make decision.
1. Optical distortion:
some users from Japan has posted 7-14 report.
http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/review/2005/03/22/1182.html
or you can go to this web site for 11-22 14-54
http://homepage3.nifty.com/outer-maru/1122-2835/04.htm
you can go to this web site to translate it
http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/
for 11-22, there is almost no optical distorion on 11mm.
I am not sure where optical distorion begin ( definition:you can
easily see the optical distortion) on 7-14. it's 9mm or 10mm?
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I'm really not seeing much optical distorsion with the 7-14, look at the pictures in the middle of the page. There is however lots of keystoning in many of the pictures due to the extreme wide ange perspective and not keeping the film, I mean sensor, plane parallel to the subject.
gerliu said:
2. price:
7-14 is about twice the price 11-22. going down wider to 11mm as
10mm, 8mm has different story? I mean if I am a prosumer not a pro,
is it very hard for me to make a pictures in life not just for
special purpose. Some net friend said it's for special purpose.
I want to spend right money on the right lens. and don't regret
it.( my country has no return policy. that's why i can not try it
out everywhere)
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11mm is really pretty wide for Four-Thirds, dipping into what would normally be described as ultra-wide. Yes there is considerable overlap with the short end of the 14-54, but 11mm has a considerably wider feel than 14mm and the overlap means you may notneed to change lenses quite as often. The 11-22 is also faster than the 7-14.

I agree with you net friend that the 7-14 is really a special purpose lens, intended for things such as interior architecture and landscape work.

My solution is I purchased the 11-22, and will purchase the 8mm fisheye when it becomes available.
gerliu said:
3. is there any one has the picture of the cover of the 7-14?
how to protect it?
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Regards,
Scott

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As we celebrate mediocrity all the boys upstairs want to see
How much you'll pay for what you used to get for free
  • Tom Petty
 
EMale said:
You can't get around that! That's it's whole beauty! There's
wedding photographer guys on here say they use it like 90% of the
time when working.. and I know what they mean.

Its a very original idea tho (using 11-22 & EC 14 in lieu of 14-54)

Then again, zooms aren't the be-all-and-end-all are they? You can
use primes and 'move' :-)
my best
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Raist3d
e-volt 300, and some Zuiko lenses. Fuji F710, Panasonic FZ20
Gameplay Programmer - vid games industry
 
What are you going to shoot?
 
Hello. I do not own both lenses yet. I am also thinking which one to buy. I've used the Sigma 12-24 on my film camera though and here is my 2 cents:

While the 7-14 opens dramatic perspective,it may also be too hot to handle. Landscapes may include too much sky, foreground or your own feet. Extra care should be given to the exposed front element. For Architecture...it's godsend.
11-22 combined with the 50-200 or 40-150 is unbeatable for travel photography.
 
thank you very much for all your opinioin.
Hopefully the web site link do some help for Oly fans although it is Japanese.
i think i will go for 7-14 for no regret if I want more wider.
 
Jón Ragnarsson said:
Think 14/11 = 1.27, that is really something. It's a more of a
difference than between 500 and 600mm, and since it is on the wide
end, it 'feels' more.
But what am I talking, I can't make up my mind either between the
11-22 and 7-14.
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Use both for a few days. Pick one. Sell the other to me at 1/2 price.

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Cheers,

Jim Pilcher
Colorado, USA

'I have not failed. I've merely discovered 10,000 approaches that do not work.' -- Thomas Edison
 
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