Deciding on whether to buy a product like OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9-18 mm f/4.0-5.6 Wide-angle Zoom Lens or perhaps OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12 mm f/2 IF Wide-Angle Prime Lens? You’re in the right place as we’ll take you through all of the specs, features and look at the quality, pricing and reviews of both to help you make the decision on which one to go for.

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OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9-18 mm f/4.0-5.6 Wide-angle Zoom Lens vs OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12 mm f/2 IF Wide-Angle Prime Lens

OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9-18 mm f/4.0-5.6 Wide-angle Zoom Lens specs

OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9-18 mm f/4.0-5.6 Wide-angle Zoom Lens
 OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12 mm f/2 IF Wide-Angle Prime Lens specs

OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12 mm f/2 IF Wide-Angle Prime Lens
Lens type: Zoom

Lens type: Prime

Lens category: Wide-angle

Lens category: Wide-angle

Compatibility: Micro Four Thirds mount

Compatibility: Micro Four Thirds mount

Image stabilisation: No

Image stabilisation: No

OPTICAL FEATURES

OPTICAL FEATURES

Focal length: 9 – 18 mm

Focal length: 12 mm

35 mm equivalent: 18 – 36 mm

35 mm equivalent: 24 mm

Maximum aperture: f/4 – f/5.6

Maximum aperture: f/2

Minimum aperture: f/22

Minimum aperture: f/22

Focusing: Manual & autofocus

Focusing: Manual & autofocus

Minimum focusing distance: 0.25 m

Minimum focusing distance: 0.2 m

CONSTRUCTION

CONSTRUCTION

Elements and grouping: 12 elements in 8 groups

Elements and grouping: 11 elements in 8 groups

Diaphragm blades: 7

Diaphragm blades: 7

Filter diameter: 52 mm

Filter diameter: 46 mm

Silent focusing: Yes

Silent focusing: Yes

Special features: MSC technology for movie shooting

Weather sealed: 0.2 m

GENERAL

Special features: – Snapshot focus mechanism
– High-speed AF with MSC technology (Movie & Stills compatible for reduced noise)

GENERAL
Box contents: – Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9-18 mm f/4.0-5.6 Wide-angle Zoom Lens
– Lens caps

Dimensions: 56.5 x 49.5 mm (D x L)

Box contents: – Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12 mm f/2 IF Wide-Angle Prime Lens
– Lens caps

Weight: 155 g

Dimensions: 56 x 43 mm (D x L)

Weight: 130 g

Price: £469

Price: £539

Number of Reviews: 9

Number of Reviews:

Review Score: 9.1 / 10

Review Score: 8.6 / 10


When deciding on whether to buy OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9-18 mm f/4.0-5.6 Wide-angle Zoom Lens or OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12 mm f/2 IF Wide-Angle Prime Lens, a very important consideration is the price. So we’re going to spend a bit of time looking at the price of both.

To start with, we looked at the price of the 850 products in the same category as OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9-18 mm f/4.0-5.6 Wide-angle Zoom Lens, which is the Lenses category. Of these 850 products the average price was £196.11, the most expensive was £3049 and the cheapest was just £0.05. We then looked at the price of the 850 in the same as the OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12 mm f/2 IF Wide-Angle Prime Lens, which of course the average was £196.11, top price was £3049 and cheapest £0.05.

We then looked specifically at the average price of products from Olympus and Olympus, the average was £468.50 for Olympus, £468.50 for Olympus. The max for each was £846/£846 and minimum was £157.97/£157.97

Price analysis of OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9-18 mm f/4.0-5.6 Wide-angle Zoom Lens

Price analysis of OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12 mm f/2 IF Wide-Angle Prime Lens

  • OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9-18 mm f/4.0-5.6 Wide-angle Zoom Lens
  • Ideal for landscape and architecture
  • Compatible with Micro Four Thirds mount
  • Aperture range: f/4.0 – f/22
  • Silent focus
  • The Olympus EZ-M918 9-18 mm f/1:4.0 Wide-angle Lens broadens the shooting frame, allowing you to capture images from an ultra wide perspective. Optical performance The ultra wide-angle zoom lens attaches to your Olympus PEN or OM-D compact system camera, providing more scope for creative compositions. An ultra wide-angle frame allows you to shoot landscape scenes in full form. Ideal for close-up and scene photography, the 9-18 mm lens produces fantastic still images in an eye-catching angle. Ensuring maximum detail with an outstanding creative performance, the compact lens is suitable for everyday photography – a lens well worthy of having at hand. The EZ-M918 delivers a speedy contrast autofocus system, capturing fast-moving subjects in sharp focus without missing a pivotal photo moment. With MSC technology the wide-angle lens drives a silent focusing performance, you can shoot movies without picking up unintentional focus noise. The ultra-compact Olympus EZ-M918 9-18 mm f/1:4.0 Wide-angle Lens sports a 49.5 mm length, making it an ideal piece of travel kit.
  • Product codes: 4545350029654
  • OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12 mm f/2 IF Wide-Angle Prime Lens
  • Ideal for landscape and architecture
  • Compatible with Micro Four Thirds mount
  • Aperture range: f/2.0 – f/22
  • Silent focus
  • The Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12 mm f/2 Wide-Angle Lens is a high-grade lens, ideal for capturing wide-angled photos in an equally wide range of settings. Capture more from your photography Compatible with Olympus PEN and OM-D compact system cameras with a micro four-thirds mount, the Olympus M.ZUIKO Digital ED has an equivalent 24 mm focal length in 35 mm terms, making it an extreme wide angle lens, ideal for capturing supreme architectural shots. Suitable for shooting landscapes with optical clarity and precision, the Olympus M.ZUIKO Digital ED is highly versatile in that it will capably handle low light situations and can be used in places where flashes or tripods are not allowed or are impractical. Featuring the ZERO (ZUIKO Extra-low Reflection Optical) coating, the Olympus M.ZUIKO Digital ED Lens will ensure that distracting and unwanted reflections are kept to a minimum to provide you with superb quality shots time and time again. Fantastic focusing Featuring a snapshot mechanism, which is activated by simply pulling the focusing ring back, with distance and depth field indicators allowing you to focus your image without looking at the camera screen, the Olympus M.ZUIKO Digital ED make focusing fast and intuitive. With high speed autofocus, suitable for both movie and stills photography, and silent focusing technology so you won’t be disturbed by a noisy motor whir, the Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12 mm f/2 Wide-Angle Lens will provide you with ample opportunities for capturing some cracking images.
  • Product codes: 4545350036416

What’s better OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9-18 mm f/4.0-5.6 Wide-angle Zoom Lens or OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12 mm f/2 IF Wide-Angle Prime Lens?

There are obviously a number of differences between OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9-18 mm f/4.0-5.6 Wide-angle Zoom Lens and OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12 mm f/2 IF Wide-Angle Prime Lens, but there are several things that you can use when comparing the two. The first of these, which we’ve already covered, is price. Make sure you spend a bit of time deciding how much you are willing and able to spend on your product to really get a good idea if the £469 cost of OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9-18 mm f/4.0-5.6 Wide-angle Zoom Lens is closer to the expectation you had than the £539 pricep point of OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12 mm f/2 IF Wide-Angle Prime Lens.

Once you’ve nailed down everything there is to know on the price of both, the next step is to really study the reviews. Taking the time to read reviews of both will really help you to decide which is a better product between OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9-18 mm f/4.0-5.6 Wide-angle Zoom Lens and OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12 mm f/2 IF Wide-Angle Prime Lens. We looked at the reviews over at Currys PC World for both products and found that OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9-18 mm f/4.0-5.6 Wide-angle Zoom Lens scores 9 out of 10 from 9 reviews. Whereas OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12 mm f/2 IF Wide-Angle Prime Lens scores out of 10 from reviews.

It’s also really worthwhile spending the time to look at the key differences between the two products. For that you can use our comparison table about which looks at the main features of both products to give you a clear idea of where one product perhaps benefits over another. When comparing the two it’s a really good idea to have an idea in your mind of the key features that you need from your Lenses as this will help you to narrow down the products that do or don’t meet your criteria.



OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9-18 mm f/4.0-5.6 Wide-angle Zoom Lens



Rating:
9.37 out of
10