rsmithgi
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Damn. They raised the price to even higher than it was before. Last time it was $500 after being $640 for the longest time.
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Are there no decent affordable m4/3 standard zooms?
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Impulses
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Impulses
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They do that all the time for some refurbs, it goes up and down without any rhyme or reason. I've seen the 12mm up for $480, 540, and $600 something. Might have to do with stock on hand or something...
Ugh. Now I feel like waiting.....
JaKing
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DG, if that's what you are seeing, there is something very wrong somewhere!
I have all sorts of lenses from the humble 14-42 EZ, 12-50 macro, to 14-54 MkII and 12-100. All do a creditable job ...
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Again, if you don't mind gray market, you can get a new one for $100 less from overseas.
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OlyPent
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You can buy a used 12-40mm in excellent like-new condition for $500 or so off Ebay. Buy from a seller with good feedback and you'll have no issues.
d3xmeister
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It isn't. Like others have said, you either had bag lenses, or bad camera.
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OlyPent
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Take three shots, all the same, open aperture between the three lenses at 40, 40 and (no choice) 32mm and post them.
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In other words, you can tell the difference.
Of course, most kit lenses can only get to f4 in a small part of their range.
Thomas Kachadurian
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No one has mentioned the original Panasonic g 14-45. You can buy them used for $150.
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JaKing
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IMO&E, these two lenses are similar in performance.
They form part of my various carry around kits, along with my 12-50 and E-M1 MkI and MkII bodies. I do not use multiple bodies, rather that I choose one or the other depending. Same deal with lenses.
Here are a couple taken with my 14-42 EZ pancake zoom. I like this lens for its tiny size and weight (93 gms ... ). Turns either of my mFTs bodies into an oversized P&S ;-) .
Ai Wei Wei sculpture at the National Gallery of Victoria
Ai Wei Wei sculpture at the National Gallery of Victoria
40-150R: Grevillea flower spike, uploaded by WiFi and edited using Snapseed on one of my Android tablets
Neither lens is a direct competitor with some of my other lenses (FTs 14-54 MkII, 7-14 11-22, f/2 50 macro, 50-200 MkI; mFTs 12-100), however they do a good enough journeyman job IMO.
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They form part of my various carry around kits, along with my 12-50 and E-M1 MkI and MkII bodies. I do not use multiple bodies, rather that I choose one or the other depending. Same deal with lenses.
Here are a couple taken with my 14-42 EZ pancake zoom. I like this lens for its tiny size and weight (93 gms ... ). Turns either of my mFTs bodies into an oversized P&S ;-) .
Ai Wei Wei sculpture at the National Gallery of Victoria
Ai Wei Wei sculpture at the National Gallery of Victoria
40-150R: Grevillea flower spike, uploaded by WiFi and edited using Snapseed on one of my Android tablets
Neither lens is a direct competitor with some of my other lenses (FTs 14-54 MkII, 7-14 11-22, f/2 50 macro, 50-200 MkI; mFTs 12-100), however they do a good enough journeyman job IMO.
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br, john, from you know where
My gear list and sordid past are here: https://www.dpreview.com/members/1558378718/overview
Gallery: http://canopuscomputing.com.au/gallery2/v/main-page/
rsmithgi
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I got tired of waiting for a sale and picked up one for $640. I'm glad I did. I have a feeling a sale is coming this weekend.
BruceRH
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My 14-42 IIR is decent for the price. At long focal lengths, its needs to be stopped down to f8 or f9 to get decent. But it's pretty decent when stopped down. That's all you can ask for in lens that's only an extra $100 with the camera, sometimes only an extra $50. It's not reasonable to expect that lens to be bitingly sharp at its widest f-stop.
The 12-40 PRO is actually a good value relative to the cost of buying a bunch of primes. I don't own it, but everything I've read about it is pretty good.
You are right, there's nothing in between worth buying. The 12-50, for example, was a real stinker of a lens.
The 14-42 EZ lens, it's my understanding that has the same optics as the 14-42 IIR, it's just smushed into a smaller package.
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JaKing
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Tommi K1
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Yes... Way too many pixel peep their perfect images for lens faults and are in a search for a noise that isn't visible and blame sensor when it doesn't capture sun and the deepest shadow equally.
Problem is that people don't do real world photographs and instead keep their images on computer screens and doesn't even rescale them correctly for that purpose.
I just 10min ago bought a 12-50mm just for fun to see "how bad it is". I think that it will be excellent performer if not getting clearly faulty sample.
Problem is that people don't do real world photographs and instead keep their images on computer screens and doesn't even rescale them correctly for that purpose.
I just 10min ago bought a 12-50mm just for fun to see "how bad it is". I think that it will be excellent performer if not getting clearly faulty sample.
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