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

Started Mar 2, 2013 | Discussions thread
sigala1 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,911
Re: Is Olympus 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3 any good?

sanath444 wrote:

It is available locally for $250, supposedly unused. I like the 12mm wide end but not f6.3 at 50mm and the large size of lens, specially when mounted on my E-PM2. I have Oly 14-42, Sigma 19mm, Sigma 30mm and Konica 50mm 1.8

I like the 14-42 II better. It's half the size and weight, and I think that at 14mm the 14-42 II has better image quality than the 12-50.

For daylight photography, f/6.3 isn't really an issue. Nor is it an issue indoors if you use a flash you can bounce off the ceiling and you put your ISO up to 400 or even 800.

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