9-18mm Stock shots Metal rear flange. But of course the lens costs 2-3X that of the cheap kit lens.
9-18mm Stock shots See that the filter size is quite a bit bigger on the 9-18mm.
9-18mm Stock shots 9-18mm compared to the 14-42mm.
9-18mm Stock shots Without the hood the 9-18mm is quite a bit smaller.
9-18mm Stock shots 9-18mm is about as tall as the 7-14mm is wide.
9-18mm Stock shots The hood is actually a bit bigger than the 7-14mm but you can add a filter onto this lens unlike the 7-14mm, because the front element is much smaller.
9-18mm Stock shots
9-18mm Stock shots 9-18 is much smaller than the 7-14mm.
9-18mm Stock shots The E-410 and E-420 comparing the 9-18 and the 14-42.
You can see that unlink the 7-14mm the 9-18mm is not a internal focusing lens. It does travel a little bit - Bi-directional (need to remember the word like the 11-22mm. basically at 11mm it is all the way in but at 9 and 18mm it zooms out.
9-18mm Stock shots The front Element of the 7-14mm and the 9-18mm compared.
9-18mm Test shots, 7-14mm
9-18mm Test shots. 9-18mm
