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kit 14-42 or used prime wide such as Panasonic 14mm?

Started Oct 3, 2014 | Discussions thread
Hen3ry
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Re: kit 14-42 or used prime wide such as Panasonic 14mm?

Hi Adam

A difficult choice, actually. My experience with the Oly 14-42 II R was that it was pretty much on an IQ par with the Panny 14.

However, I tended to use the 14 as my walk around lens on the E-PL3 with the 45 or 40-150 in my pocket/pack.

The 14's advantages were:

  • Very compact size and light weight
  • The extra stop - f2.5 vs f3.5
  • Better rendering of lights within the frame, e.g. a bit of starry stuff where the zoom produced a blob (which was actually more accurate, of course!).

The 14-42's advantages were:

  • Very light and compact when compared with most other lenses - but it stuck out twice as far as the 14
  • The extra length if you wanted it out to 42.

I have now switched to the Panny G6 and also switched my walk around lens to the Panny 12-32. I like that bit of extra width and the option for a bit of zoom in a very compact package. I back it up with the Panny 45-150 in my pocket/pack.

Cheers, geoff

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