Good news: Amazon will have the lens in Stock on May 6
Preorder-Order the lens on Pixmania UKAmazon JapanRedcoon Italia
Redcoon Deutschland / Amazon Deutschland
Redcoon Poland / Pixmania PolandAmazon France
And SLRgear tested the lens! The verdict: “For its size, the Olympus 9-18mm ƒ/4-5.6 provides impressive performance.”
The only flaws are Cromatic Aberration and Distortion. But both are easy to crrect in postprocessing.
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Dear Admin,
is there any word on when it will be available here in Europe, specifically Germany. I’ve ordered at my local camera store but still havent heard anything. Plus I go on holiday on the 13th of this month. I really want this lens before then =/
Hi BBernhardt!
Many stores do say that the lens will be available between 2-3 weeks. I really don’t know if you will make it until the 13th 🙁
I´ve also been heavy searching for this lens in Europe but I couldn´t find it anywhere yet
Pity the SLRgear review has two errors:
minor error:
“M.Zuiko lens series is designed specifically for Olympus’ PEN series of digital interchangeable lens bodies.”
big clanger:
“The lens is compatible with regular four-thirds camera bodies via an adapter.”
Adrian – I don’t think the first one is error. Zuiko lens is compatible with any Micro Four Thirds body (including Panasonic ones), but it is probably designed specifically for Olympus Pen series, still.
But yeah, there’s no way to use this on any Four Thirds camera body