Your favourite standard kit lens from the 6 available

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Re: Your favourite standard kit lens from the 6 available
In reply to dholl, 6 months ago

dholl wrote:

There are at least 6 different standard kit lenses (not including superzooms). So far as I can make out:

Panasonic 14-45mm OIS (best reviewed and still most expensive on the used market)

Absolutely regret selling this one.  Assumed I would be able to get another for cheap.

Panasonic 14-42mm OIS (generally considered very average)

Feh

Panasonic 14-42mm II OIS (the pancake one)

It is tidy.

Olympus 14-42mm (the first one, pretty decent and small)

Horrible.  Wobbled.  No hood and wonky filter size.  Was destroyed by a friends kid and I was secretly glad.

Olympus 14-42mm II (much the same as the first one I think)

Never used.

Olympus 14-42mm II R (not sure what the R means here)

Actually pretty nice.  Good feel.  Doesn't wobble.  The lens hood cover (that ring thing) thing that falls off my 45mm f1.8 constantly actually stays on the kit lens.

I think the 14-45 OIS is the best of the bunch.  But I wouldn't put it on a camera that had anti jiggle built into the body.  Just too big.  So on an Oly I'd use the 14-42 II R.

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What is your favourite (regardless of body used) and why?

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