Archive of 4/3 DSLR camera & lens reviews from biofos.com

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OLYMPUS DSLR

standard or budget grade lens section

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ZD9-18mm UWA | ZD14-42mm compact | ZD14-45mm | ZD17.5-45mm | ZD18-180mm

ZD25mm Pancake | ZD35mm Macro | ZD40-150mm | ZD40-150mm compact | ZD70-300mm

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ZD 9-18mm Ultra Wide-angle

ZD 9-18mm BIOFOS review here

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ZD 14~42mm

ZD 14-42mm BIOFOS review here

ZD 14-42mm Official Manual (PDF file) here

ZD 14-42mm Lens information Chart A5 size (PDF file) here

ZD 14-42mm as part of the E-400 system chart (PDF file) here

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ZD 14~45mm

ZD 14-45 vs 14-54 & 17.5-45 BIOFOS review here

ZD 14-45mm lens Depth of Field chart (PDF file) here

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ZD 17.5~45mm

ZD 17.5-45mm BIOFOS review here

ZD 17.5-45 vs ZD14-45 & ZD14-54 (a comparative review) here

ZD 17.5-45mm Zoom lens architecture here

ZD 17.5-45mm Zoom lens specification here

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ZD 18~180mm

ZD 18-180mm BIOFOS review here

ZD 18-180 Official Manual here

ZD 18-180 Zoom lens general details here

ZD 18-180 Zoom lens architecture here

ZD 18-180 Zoom lens specification here

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ZD 25mm x f=2.8 Pancake Lens

ZD 25mm x 2.8 BIOFOS review here

ZD 25mm x 2.8 Official Manual here

SAMPLES: There are two zip files from Chris Brown in which he compares the new ZD25mm Pancake against the ZD14-42mm standard zoom at 25mm across the apertures. Download them to study. Chris's explanation: "The zip files have the layers split from a .psd file. The background is f22, layer 1 f16 etc., in one stop decrements; I have included the pancake f22 file to illustrate the whole view. MF with S-AF on the roof at the beginning of each run. Set to SHQ, natural, sharpening etc default."

Pancake sample crops here.

ZD14-42 sample crops here.

Pancake f=22 overview image.

Thanks to Chris for taking the time to do these test shots and for sharing them.

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ZD 35mm Macro

ZD 35mm x 3.5 Macro BIOFOS review here

ZD 35mm x 3.5 Macro Official Manual here

ZD 35mm x 3.5 Macro lens general details here

ZD 35mm x 3.5 Macro lens architecture here

ZD 35mm x 3.5 Macro lens specification here

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ZD 40~150mm NEW model

ZD 40-150mm does it work with EC14? BIOFOS review here

ZD 40-150 NEW versus OLD; BIOFOS review here

ZD 40-150mm BIOFOS review here

ZD 40-150mm Official Manual (PDF file) here

ZD 40-150mm Lens information Chart A5 size (PDF file) here

ZD 40-150mm as part of the E-400 system chart (PDF file) here

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ZD 40~150mm OLD model

ZD 40-150mm does it work with EC14? BIOFOS review here

ZD 40-150mm BIOFOS review here

ZD 40-150 OLD versus NEW; BIOFOS review here

ZD 40-150mm Official manual/data sheet (PDF) here

ZD 40-150mm Budget Telephoto Depth of Field sheet (PDF) here

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ZD 70~300mm

ZD 70-300mm - No specific information yet.




Posted 26/Feb/2005; updated July 2008 Copyright © 2004/05/06/07 John Foster