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Michele Zamunaro
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Reviews of cameras, lenses, tripods, heads and other accessories written by Michele Zamunaro


Microsoft Translator  The following opinions have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator.

olympus_m9-18Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm f/4.0-5.6

Pros: Focal guessed, sharpness, lightness.

Cons: Construction, obsolete design.

Opinion: I turned around a life because of the cost not quite accessible, but in the end I found an opportunity and I launched in the purchase. At first touch it is plasticous, and does not give the feeling of robustness that give the 14-42 II R or the 14-150 II which are also plastic them but of newer design. The design is in fact the first series of optics that date back to the dawn of the M43 system. From an optical point of view instead is a bomb: always sharp with beautiful colors: a handyman. I especially love the focal: Being an admirer of the 35mm equivalent I love that from wide angle can get to 18mm (36 eq) because it covers all my possible needs. It's not bright and if that's not a problem when you make landscapes at 9mm it's a bit more at 18mm, but you can't have the full barrel and the drunken wife. Only problem: At some point the internal flat has been damaged and I had to send it to service: 200 Euri. It burned me a little, but to date there is no other lens with the same focal and size as this in the Panorama M43 (the 8-18 pana is a bison in comparison). My dream? That they do it in version "II" like the 14-150: therefore always plastic, but with the addition of tropicalization. If they did I would change it the same day.

sent on April 29, 2019


olympus_15body_capOlympus 15mm f/8 Body Cap

Pros: Size, price.

Cons: Sharpness and aberrations at the edges.

Opinion: Taken a little 'out of curiosity, when I put it on my e-pm1 made it pocketable like a card! It is a lens that works in hyperfocal to f8 so it's always better to use it during the day. For landscapes or other types of color photography it shows its defects: sharpness only good in the center and poor at the edges, evident chromatic aberrations. But used to do street in b & w ... here it finds its meaning! In hyperfocal you do not have to think about fire, just aim and shoot. The effect is always a bit 'Lomo, but in this genre is always good. I do not recommend it to the maniacs of the definition, but certainly to those who can appreciate its creative aspects. Now I do not own it anymore since my M.Zuiko 17mm f1.8 can use it equally in hyperfocal to f8 with better quality. Obviously (and unfortunately) with a quadruple footprint!

sent on February 13, 2018


olympus_mzuiko_17_f1-8Olympus M.Zuiko 17mm f/1.8

Pros: Sharpness, color rendering, solidity, constructive quality, lightness, manual fire mechanism.

Cons: Flare resistance, lack of hood, PDC ladder unusable.

Opinion: I went to this wonderful lens coming from the Lumix 25mm f1.7 because the latter was a focal point that was "close". Excluding speeches linked to the equivalent 35mm focal plane (of which I fell in love), I must say that this touch already at touch gives a great feeling: the body completely in metal, feel cold, gives a feeling of robustness. The mechanism that activates manual focusing by folding the ring is one of those features that do not interest you, but when you try it you can not do it, embellished by the PDC scale and end of the turn that make you feel clearly. It is a pity, however, that the scale of the PDC is incredibly small and unusable: a rotation mm and we are changing tens of meters from the PDC. Perhaps it would be the case of "demolishing" more the rotation: after all it is still a drive-by-wire that "pretends" to be a mechanical movement and therefore in the design phase could improve this point. thecolor rendering and contrast even in unfavorable light conditions (eg backlight) that always "saves" the result of a photo. At this point, the Lumix 25mm f1.7 clearly surpasses even though frankly I do not know whether this depends on the optical quality or the best compensation that an Olympus body does on the proprietary optics. In any case, the result is very interesting. Unfortunately, it is subject to flare, not in a dramatic way to tell the truth, especially with very pointy and angled light sources, while with slightly more diffused lights it suffers much less. beyond the (usual) lack of the hood as well as the Olympus tradition, to which I have now habited, I still do not like the lack of a bayonet hook for it. Frankly the screw fixing system on the rim or using the thread for the filter I do not like as a solution. For the rest is a lens I leave on my PEN almost always and has become my most frequent traveling companion. rn

sent on October 24, 2017


olympus_m14-150iiOlympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-150mm f/4-5.6 II

Pros: Compactness and lightness considered the 28-300mm equivalent focal, weather sealing, ergonomics.

Cons: Not excellent sharpness over 100mm, sufficient brightness, lack zoom lock.

Opinion: I chose this point to have an all-around in the mountain walks, where you have the need to do a scene with wide angle, how can you have the need to photograph a 100 meters away deer. In the field of versatility so excels beyond comparison. At longer focal it lose some sharpness, but it is always much more than acccettabili levels. The only drawback that drives me crazy is the lack of zoom lock (present instead in the Tamron 14-150 which is not weather sealed): in the mountains harbor the camera hanging by a special support to the walls and on time after a while 'I find myself way with the zoom all extended downward. I noticed, however, that going walking in the most inaccessible places, while walking on trails or roads fairly even jokes this phenomenon greatly decreases. Excellent value for money, will never take away from my "arsenal".

sent on November 29, 2016




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