Got rid of my Sony RX100 – will E-PM2 with kit lens address its shortcomings?

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Re: Got rid of my Sony RX100 – will E-PM2 with kit lens address its shortcomings?
In reply to bowportes, 4 months ago

bowportes wrote:

tjdean01 wrote:

If you jump into m4/3s you're going to gain a lot of size especially if you don't want to be changing lenses.

If you get a PM2 though, Panasonic makes a PZ 14-42mm X (28-84mm equivalent) lens which is about half the size of the kit zoom and although this isn't the sharpest m4/3 zoom lens out there it will for sure outperform the Sony.

Also, look closely at the G15 or XZ-2. From the samples I've seen I actually considered buying one of them (and decided on the Olympus, actually) until I bought a PEN.

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I use the Panasonic PZ 14-42mm X on an EPL5. It's a nice, versatile, small combination. The image quality from the PZ 14-42 is comparable to that of the other Panasonic and Oly kit lenses, but the PZ is essentially a pancake (when not expanded for use) -- much smaller to drop in a bag or coat pocket than the Oly kit lenses.

The Panasonic PZ 14-42mm looks a great option to keep the size down and I've had a look at kit deals with the PZ 14-42. Of course that means a Panasonic body rather than an Olympus, but I can get a deal with the GF5 and a PZ 14-42 lens for the same price as the Canon G15.

That would seem like a great option, but unfortunately I've been reading on Imaging Resource that there is a problem with this lens at or near it maximum telephoto length with blur.

I've done a search on this forum and can't find much talk about it, so I've started a thread on this issue to see how much of a real world issue this is.

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