Thanks for your thoughts, comparisons, and shots. I bought this lens used in mint condition about a month ago. I'll use it for all the use cases you mentioned, including in the Himalaya next month. I've practiced vlogging with the 9-18mm lens using an OM-5, experimenting with focal lengths and especially checking facial distortion at the widest angles. I'm also trying with video to first focus on me, then scenery behind me, and seeing if I can smoothly exit the frame and turn the camera forward, towards the scenery or trail ahead, perhaps with a zoom-in, and later re-enter the frame smoothly. I turn the flip-out screen during this process too. I'm not sure yet if I can succeed, meaning I may need to stop the video filming, and restart it. I've also practiced quickly assembling a bipod from my trekking poles (two wrappings of rubber bands to join them at the grips). Affixing a short aluminum extender rod to my camera's 1/4" tripod mount, I then stuff the rod between the poles such that it is squeezed and stabilized between the pole grips. This is working well. I can stabilize for at least 2.5 seconds with a 150mm focal point on a different lens, and the IBIS produces sharp photos with no shake. Maybe I can combine this stabilized platform with the filming maneuver in the second paragraph above. Any thought on this process? The short length and light weight of the 9-18mm lens facilitates this.
hello. is the focus ring electronic only (focus by wire) or can does the focus ring work when not attached to camera? i have lumix as well as sony aps-c and if manual focus works without power i can use with adapter on sony. thanks. Also, would you say it is rectilinear?
@@dutchaperture When you move camera, it got some motion blur compare to 9mm. By the way,I using 40inch, 144hz monitor to watch this video. I wonder if it could be the reason.
I enjoyed your video. Nice and simple and told me all I need to know about this lens.
Thank you for your kind words!
Great, just got this lens, not sure the quality yet, but absolutely love the compactness, which is very unique in wide angel lens (with zoom).
Fully agree re compactness. Expect you will like the quality as well @kyletang870 !
Great to see so many photos
Thank you Carl!
Thanks for your thoughts, comparisons, and shots. I bought this lens used in mint condition about a month ago. I'll use it for all the use cases you mentioned, including in the Himalaya next month.
I've practiced vlogging with the 9-18mm lens using an OM-5, experimenting with focal lengths and especially checking facial distortion at the widest angles.
I'm also trying with video to first focus on me, then scenery behind me, and seeing if I can smoothly exit the frame and turn the camera forward, towards the scenery or trail ahead, perhaps with a zoom-in, and later re-enter the frame smoothly. I turn the flip-out screen during this process too. I'm not sure yet if I can succeed, meaning I may need to stop the video filming, and restart it.
I've also practiced quickly assembling a bipod from my trekking poles (two wrappings of rubber bands to join them at the grips). Affixing a short aluminum extender rod to my camera's 1/4" tripod mount, I then stuff the rod between the poles such that it is squeezed and stabilized between the pole grips. This is working well. I can stabilize for at least 2.5 seconds with a 150mm focal point on a different lens, and the IBIS produces sharp photos with no shake. Maybe I can combine this stabilized platform with the filming maneuver in the second paragraph above.
Any thought on this process? The short length and light weight of the 9-18mm lens facilitates this.
I happily subscribed just now. 🙂 Thanks for your thoughtful work.
Thank you for your kind words!
I love your original thinking! I would recommend you try it and share the results on UA-cam. I for one would be very interested to see it!
hello. is the focus ring electronic only (focus by wire) or can does the focus ring work when not attached to camera? i have lumix as well as sony aps-c and if manual focus works without power i can use with adapter on sony. thanks. Also, would you say it is rectilinear?
5:17 Why 18mm look blur when shooting video compare with 9mm?
Thanks for your comment @niay79! I could not see the blur though!
@@dutchaperture When you move camera, it got some motion blur compare to 9mm. By the way,I using 40inch, 144hz monitor to watch this video. I wonder if it could be the reason.
Your pictures look dark and shadowy...