18-180 arrived + sample pics

[blackfox]

the 18-180 four thirds lens that I have been pondering over in the other thread arrived this morning . taken a few test shots to ensure its o.k .. all appears to be working fine ,cant really fault it and as suspected its going to cover a nice range from wide to mid focal lengths for me and cuts out the need for other lenses . will test it out some more today ,but so far so good plus I got it at a good price to . couple of sample shots .. granddaughters car and fuchsia bush

[blu-by-u]

Try the moon at full zoom. That should show the amount of details.

[blu-by-u]

These are entry level. can't expect them to have the same IQ as pro stuff. BUT you have the advantage of EC14. while none of the mft entry level can have any multipliers.

[MJ224]

Where is the Mondeo Jeff? You won't get good piccies from a VW...

[blackfox]

thats the granddaughters car LOL

[blackfox]

proper testing this afternoon 18mm/77mm/180mm pleased with the results.. all from same spot cant fault this lens at all
castle 18mm by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr

castle 77mm by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr

castle 180mm by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr

[djrwhittle]

What did you have to do to these to get them to upload here Jeff? I still haven't figured out how to do it. Looks a nice lens btw.

[blackfox]

Patience mark not yet posted

[blackfox]

Derek I process the shots ,then upload to my Flickr account then download to here , if though you want to post direct ensure your pictures are resized to 1600 pixels on the long edge

[pdk42]

Looks pretty good to me!

[blackfox]

and a gull atop a lampost at 180mm pleasantly surprised with the sharpness
gull 180mm by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr

[blackfox]

and a few more just testing out its abilities and to see if theres anything to watch out for . so far extremely pleased with the results and I cant figure out why it wasn't a more popular lens .. unless it performs better on modern sensors

[Ian]

I have this lens - I'll have to dig it out

Ian

[blu-by-u]

Pick and shovel? you sure you didn't leave it in UK?

[biggles3]

I'm delighted to see that the 18-180 brigade has yet another convert. It is one of Olympus' under-rated gems - and very affordable. That being said, AF responsiveness is undoubtedly helped if it's attached to any of the E-M1s.

[Otto]

Ffordes has one in at £149 which seems pretty fair, especially on the evidence of the pics here.

[blackfox]

they did have two ,I nearly went with them but got one a fair bit cheaper ..which looks like I chose the better deal

[Phill D]

I used to have one of them too. It was a great little all rounder. Only got sold when I got a 14-150 Pan/Leica.

[blackfox]

TBH I can’t fault the A/F on my 1-mkiii didn’t really notice any slowness or hunting it just clicked into place , perhaps it was a lens waiting for a camera rather than the other way round .. I used to have a 12-60 f2.8 before might get another once this is paid for…have to keep a eye on my spending as SWMBO has caught on to the fact I’m buying again 😂😂😂

[pdk42]

Reading some reviews from back when, it seems it got decent write-ups. TBH, until this thread I'd never heard of it. It's a useful range for sure.