Olymore

Enjoy it. I'm sure it will make you a better photographer.

entoman, I'm sure many do need FF but for many it will be complete unnecessary and as much because people like having 'the best' .
I think in many ways it is like cars.
Some people spend large...

To all FF users please stop assuming we need FF IQ.
Smaller formats like APSC and m43 produce quality that exceeds the capabilities of most photographers and are able to produce good results at...

Because only 10% of the ILC market is Full Frame. The other 90% is smaller formats (ignoring a tiny number of MF cameras) . And the FF camera market is full of owners who already have large...

And Leica lenses cost a lot more still. It is more costly to produce smaller high quality lenses than larger ones as you are constrained by the size and weight. Frequently they require exotic lens ...

Though learning does matter it is also a fact that many people (especially men) have poor colour vision and can't distinguish between colours very well. And this gets worse with age as well. Xrite ...

Actually 1mm per minute is an extreme level of rainfall akin to being in a shower. Normal torrential rainfall would be around 25mm  or 1 inch per hour, similar to a thunderstorm.

Actually that's no longer the case generally. Smartphone sales in the developed world are falling as, like digital cameras a few years ago, the technology has matured. Now people are finding far ...

I've heard this said a lot but I think the fairer sex just notice them more as they're more sensitive. It's probably why they find us so irritating as well :-) Another possible explanation is that ...

Think of all those lochside hotels and holiday cottages that HAVEN'T been built due to midgies. They're a landscape photographers best friend. As it's always "breezy" in Scotland and they can't fly ...

Yes, I was being facetious. I was referring to the endoscope business. From what I've read, the accountancy fraud was done for the best of intentions. The company may have gone bust otherwise and ...

Well it certainly doesn't have much to do with their core business either unless it is particularly lubricating cream. The point stands that the  accounting scandal shouldn't have made the four ...

The Olympus accounting losses that were covered up actually occurred in the early 1990s. Olympus made lost money on property investments during the property boom that occurred in Japan in the late ...

Well you said... "I know, everyone says how great it is. Well, it's not! " That to me reads that you're saying they're wrong. I apologise if I misinterpreted your remark.
Anyway, best to leave it...

As mentioned previously, if you'd said that your lens or the copies you'd used were bad and hadn't stated that all other reviewers were wrong, I certainly wouldn't have posted a response as it...

Yet many review sites (as you yourself said) said it is a good lens. Maybe they and all the individuals that say it is good are wrong and you are right. Or perhaps the truth is that some copies are...

Yes. Some lovely photos there. Sunrise is 08:45 and sunset 15:45 at this time of year in Scotland. And the sun is 11 degrees above the horizon at noon so (when the sun comes out) you can pretty ...

I really think the Olympus 9-18mm lens is under appreciated. It is really small and the sort of lens you can easily slip in a pocket and carry just in case. The lens is also a pretty good performer ...

No, and if you'd said "my copy of the lens is awful' or similar then I wouldn't have commented. You also went on to to state everyone who likes it is or has given it a good review is wrong.
I don't...

Your copy of the 17mm F1.8 is awful.
I wish people would stop condemning a lens based on their sample(s) alone.
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2013/09/there-is-no-perfect-lens/

In an ideal...