Olympus 15mm f8 Bodycap Lens Image Thread

[yktay2]

Ming Thien's review about this lens
Ming Thein | Photographer

[David]

amazing images given the 15mm lens. I will buy one for sure.

[David A]

And Pekka Potka'S review:

pekkapotka - Journal - Olympus 15mm f/8 - Walking the Dog and Having*Fun

[Ulfric M Douglas]

Originally Posted by David A

And Pekka Potka'S review:

pekkapotka - Journal - Olympus 15mm f/8 - Walking the Dog and Having*Fun

And yet in that blog he says this ;

Opitically it is okayish, I would say almost but not as good as kit zoom at the same focal length. I have not tried them head to head but will check that later.

Now I'm not saying he lying, but if that's true it flies in the face of plenty of visual evidence from a growing number of previews, reviews, blogs and threads.

[htc]

My apologies in advance. I just have great difficulties to understand the reason of the existence of that lens. Why and what is it for? What I have seen it's not so good and it's way too dark also. Even too cheap

Is the price so strong point that it goes over the 14 mm panasonic?

Or am I just thinking too short?

[David A]

All I can say is that you are not alone in asking that yet it's not a question for others. The lens has severe limitations in use and image quality yet some people are using it, making some nice but not great images with it, and having fun with it. I have one on order.

If it doesn't appeal to you, that's fine. No lens suits everyone.

[htc]

Originally Posted by David A

The lens has severe limitations in use and image quality yet some people are using it

But why on earth people suddenly accept "severe limitations in use and image quality"? What's the fun of that? I'm just trying to understand.

[Ulfric M Douglas]

When it is no longer NEW they will no longer be so kind.

[byron2112]

maybe it challenges people to create with less...

[htc]

Originally Posted by byron2112

maybe it challenges people to create with less...

That I can somehow understand trough my iPhone/Instagram combination, but there you don't have to buy top end m43 body and the ruin everything with that pin hole lens. Okay, almost everything.