Olympus 9-18mm Shots and Short Review from DC

Based on those pictures, I think you can keep the lens! they look great to me.

 

I wouldn't be returning the lens based on that evidence.

 

Can you tell me about your processing on these images? What mode did you use on the camera? The pictures look amazing.

 

Lord help us if you actually got "good".

Great images and a fine example of what this lens can do.

Gordon

 

I agree that you did extremely well and that's not being patronising. It's not a question of being a good or bad landscape photographer, you simply have to learn how to use a wide-angled lens and there's a lot of trial and error. What soon becomes apparent is that the angle and height from which you point the camera has a profound effect on the look of the final image. Don't expect that to look much like the viewfinder or LCD preview, because there is a lot of inherent distortion built in and it's not your fault or that of the lens. Stick with it and use it for different kinds of scenes. There is a common misconception that wide-angles are meant for landscapes. Sometimes they actually make them more difficult to take because of the empty space you need to fill in your composition and distance to the main points of interest. In some of your examples, you made the pictures more interesting by including more detail than would normally have been possible due the extra available width.

 

They look good shots to me. I think you should keep it. The 9-18mm is one of the best MFT lenses around and certainly the best value.

I think it is more that you are uncomfortable exploiting the UWA and that is part of increasing your skills as a photographer. Practice, practice, practice.

If you still feel unconfortable with UWA lenses, why not join a camera club or seek some local photographers to go on field trips and learn off others.

 

I think you should keep it! Great post!

 

keep it, definitely!