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Olympus 9-18mm f/4-5.6

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Olympus 9-18mm f/4-5.6

This lens is a dedicated wide angle lens with field of view up to 100 degrees, making it perfect for landscape and scenic shots. It is small and light, which makes it great for carrying just in case you need that wide angle shot.

Roger’s Take: Comparing the ultra-wide, crop-sensor camera lenses is an extremely difficult task, so I’ll put the summary first: they all deliver excellent image quality and you can’t go wrong with any of them. To my ‘just taking pictures’ assessment they are all excellent. There are some differences though, so I’ll try to point those out so you have a better chance at choosing the one that’s best for you.
The Olympus 7-14 f/4 is the widest zoom made, and probably the best wide zoom available in 4/3. It has virtually no geometric distortion, little vignetting, and is sharp in the corners throughout its focal range even wide open. There’s a bit of chromatic aberration in the extreme corners at wide angle, but that’s about the only flaw (other than the price) one can find.
The Olympus 11-22 f/2.8-3.5 Has little distortion, excellent flare control, and very little chromatic aberration. It has decent image quality wide open, but sharpens noticeably when stopped down one stop to f/4-5.6. A very good lens.
The Olympus 9-18 f/4-5.6 Is a very small lens, which is important if its “in the bag just in case I need a wide angle”. Like the other Olympus lenses, it has very little distortion and is nice and sharp even wide open. Of course that’s more important since it doesn’t have the wide aperture of its Olympus cousins. Overall its excellent value and a very decent lens for the money.
The Sigma 10-20 f/4-5.6 has a bit larger range and provides excellent image quality, although it has a bit of barrel distortion at the wide end. Its quite sharp in the center even wide open, a bit less so in the edges until f/5.6 or f/8. Its internally focusing, so if you plan on using a circular polarizer (not always the best idea on an ultra-wide).

But like I said above: they’re all excellent. We hardly ever get anything but happy comments about any of them.

Specs:

Length
3.0"
Filter
72
Weight
0.5 lbs

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Pricing

LensRentals.com offers rentals of every length between 4 and 90 days. Some common selections are:

Rental Period Price Day Rate
4 days $32.25 ~$8.07 per day
7 days $43.00 ~$6.15 per day
10 days $58.00 $5.80 per day
14 days $75.25 ~$5.38 per day
21 days $101.00 ~$4.81 per day
30 days $126.75 ~$4.23 per day
45 days $165.50 ~$3.68 per day
60 days $193.50 ~$3.23 per day
90 days $249.50 ~$2.78 per day

The shopping cart will automatically update the quoted price as you adjust the length of your rental.

LensRentals also offers an optional damage waiver on this product, limiting your expense should it get damaged while in your possession.

Rental Period Waiver Price Total Price Day Rate
4 days +$3.75 $36.00 $9.00 per day
7 days +$5.00 $48.00 ~$6.86 per day
10 days +$6.75 $64.75 ~$6.48 per day
14 days +$8.75 $84.00 $6.00 per day
21 days +$11.75 $112.75 ~$5.37 per day
30 days +$14.75 $141.50 ~$4.72 per day
45 days +$19.25 $184.75 ~$4.11 per day
60 days +$22.50 $216.00 $3.60 per day
90 days +$29.00 $278.50 ~$3.10 per day

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