Quote:Of course it is "amazingly tiny", it is a 12-24mm f5.3-7.5 APS-C equivalent (or 18-36mm f8-11 FF equivalent), it better be tiny compared to the Fuji 8-16mm f2.8.
12mm vs 8 mm, not really a lens to bring up in this thread
The Olympus 7-14mm f2.8 makes a bit more sense. At 105.8 x 78.9mm and 534 grams it is almost the size and weight of the Sony 12-24mm f4, and yet is equivalent to a f5.6 FF lens.
I find the EF-M 22mm f2 perfect for travel work, and the EF-S 10-18mm f4.5-5.6 IS STM perfect for UWA travel wide angle landscape shots. Also not lenses to bring up in this thread
I'm talking about size of an UWA here. Sure, it's not 12 equiv, but others have compared it to 16-35, so why not a 18-36?
Now, I now perfectly well it's equivalent to a 18-36 f8-11 and that's the beauty of it: such a lens DOS NOT EXIST in any other system.
That's what matters.
When travelling and shooting landscapes, I'm perfectly happy with a slow lens as I'm shooting landscapes (which don't move all that much ;-). With Olympus' IBIS you can shoot this thing at around 1 sec. So again, a combo such as an E-M5 II + Oly 9-18 doesn't exist ANYWHERE else. For the size factor it's simply amazing, regardless of what you think.