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Olympus ZD 7-14mm coverage, taken with Olympus E-410
The Four Thirds standard effectively multiplies the focal length of all lenses
by two times, so the ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 7-14mm offers a coverage equivalent
to 14-28mm on a 35mm or full frame system. Even considering the two-times
factor, that's pretty wide-angle by any standard, and as mentioned earlier,
Olympus claims it's the World's widest digital zoom lens.
To illustrate this coverage in practice we shot the same scene
with the 7-14mm and the latest 14-42mm ZUIKO DIGITAL kit lens within moments
of each other using an Olympus E-410; the camera was mounted on a tripod to ensure a consistent position.
Below are the results from the 7-14mm ZUIKO DIGITAL lens, and
even before comparing them against anything else, the wide end of the zoom
clearly shows a massive field being captured. This provides wonderfully creative
opportunities, whether capturing enormous landscapes or exploiting the 10cm
closest focusing distance to get right up to your subject. When zoomed-out,
you can enjoy enormous depths of field even with relatively wide-open apertures,
and the coverage is also handy when you simply can't step back any further.
While this wide-end is obviously quite extreme, zooming-in to the 'long' end
delivers more typical wide-angle coverage, including the popular equivalent
focal lengths of 24 and 28mm; this makes it a flexible focal range for wide-angle
fans.
Olympus ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 7-14mm 1:4.0 coverage |
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7-14mm at 14mm, f8 (28mm equivalent) |
Below are the results from the 14-42mm ZUIKO DIGITAL kit lens, clearly illustrating
the differences in coverage between this standard 3x optical zoom and the
specialist 7-14mm model.
Olympus ZUIKO DIGITAL 14-42mm ED 1:3.5-5.6 coverage |
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| 14-42mm at 14mm, f8 (28mm equivalent) |
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14-42mm at 42mm, f8 (84mm equivalent) |
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