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Small Gem Kit lens for M 4/3

Started Jul 11, 2014 | User reviews thread
Hugh J Regular Member • Posts: 406
Re: Small Gem Kit lens for M 4/3 (Loose Mount?)

DF58 wrote:

That is what we tried today. They had got another GX7+14-42Kit Zoom in with a view to replacing mine. It showed the same problem.

We tried the mid-long zoom (metal mount) and it was much much more solid. Which would tend to point towards something systemicly wrong with (as a minimum the batch of) the kit zooms. They expect another batch in in a few weeks.

We are puzzled however. Manufacturing variability (which is our current suspicion) is now very rare. We wondered if this was the price to be paid for getting the camera down to a certain price point and that the people attracted to it were previously "point and shooters" (with no experience of lens mounts) and have not complained?

DF

Bad luck, I guess. My GX7's kit lens with a plastic mount was solid with no play at the mount. I replaced it with the same lens but with a metal mount, and the only difference is the metal mount is smoother when attaching/detaching from the camera.

It's worth the effort to get one that is in spec. I had my reservations with the price, made in China, and slightly wobbly front barrel, but in use this is a surprisingly sharp lens.

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