Mario G

Alpha particles wouldn't really be dangerous as emitted directly by the lens, since they are blocked by a few cm of air or by the outer layer of the skin. But what would be dangerous are the...

Yeah, that's also how I was thinking it (I just assumed the basic kit of first camera + 14-42 lens, in addition to each of the 3 options above - although to be fair the weight of the 14-42 lens...

Yeah, the doubling of battery (and chargers to carry around when travelling) and having photos from two memory cards to merge them back later might be a bit annoying...

By actually double checking...

Yeah, the doubling of battery (and chargers to carry around when travelling) and having photos from two memory cards to merge them back later might be a bit annoying... but still this is...

I was interested in the old 14-140, but didn't get it eventually since it was too much of a compromise on every aspect... too expensive, too heavy, worse IQ on both wide/tele ends compared to the...

But c'mon, they are completely different lenses... after all, the Sigma f/1.8 zoom is a quite groundbreaking lens, whereas this Pana 14-140mm is something that exists already in other ways - and as...

Fair enough, or maybe this will make people realise it the hard way that it doesn't quite work as they expected, and push them to switch to proper cameras and lenses ;-)

If my calculations are right, this 10-12x telephoto adapter will slow down the lens by 3.3-3.6 stops at best, which would turn the original f/2.4 into a rather slow f/7-f/8... Considering also the...

I also think GPS data would be much more useful for travelling. I wouldn't count too much on in-camera databases (since they would necessarily need to be limited in size and might get obsolete...

These new kit lenses have been getting slower, the older 14-42mm is f/4.6 at 25mm...

The weirder thing is that the spec says 42.5mm but then the lens has a large "43" on it... they could at least stick with either of the two, just for the sake of consistency...

@ManuelVilardeMacedo: thanks I was just noticing it indeed, I must have skipped it thinking that it wouldn't match well with a Pana body... though I'm just reading reviews that seem to say that...

I was actually missing the Olympus 12mm F2.0 which seems quite good - but also a Pana (and maybe Tamron and others too too) lenses of that kind would be quite good to have.

I'm also happy with my PL 25mm F1.4 for that focal length range, which I think is now decently covered (we could also count in, slightly wider, the Sigma 19mm F2.8 which is not too fast but at...

I reported the issue to amazon and they handled the case very well by sending me a replacement G3 straight away, giving me one month to return the defective one.But I just had the chance to check...

Ok, thanks guys.I was just wondering whether this sort of speckle was common in these lenses (like dead pixels on LCDs) and a replacement might just have the same or even worse issues...

A few days ago I got my new Panasonic G3 with the standard lens 14-42mm. I however found some small impurity/defect in the form of a tiny dot that shines when seen from most angles, and appears to...