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Is Olympus 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3 any good?

Started Mar 2, 2013 | Discussions thread
MikeInRomsey
MikeInRomsey Regular Member • Posts: 292
Re: Is Olympus 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3 any good?

Got the 12-50 lens on the Olympus EM-5 last year and it is an excellent lens with a broad range of 24 - 100mm in 35mm terms. It also has a close focussing ability albeit not a true macro capability. Alas it is significantly longer than a 14-42 or 14-45 kit lens and does make the camera totally unpocketable. If you are buying the lens as part of the camera package it is probably worth it but I would prefer a good quality 14-42 power zoom lens for portability.

Compared to the Fuji 18-55 kit lens it probably has a similar bulk but the Fuji wins on F2.8 at the wide end.

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Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 ASPH OIS Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-140mm F3.5-5.6 O.I.S Panasonic 20mm F1.7 II
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