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14-42 II or 14-42 II, which is better

Started Feb 3, 2015 | Discussions thread
Allan Brown
Allan Brown Veteran Member • Posts: 3,179
Re: 14-42 II or 14-42 II, which is better

Jere Landis wrote:

Hey all you lens nerds, which do you prefer and why? Panasonic 14-42 II or Olympus 14-42 II R. There's so many conflicting reports about which performs better. Please, just these two for comparison.

I have not tried the Panny 14-42II but I did have the Panny 14-42 I version and the Oly 14-42 IIR. In this comparison, the Oly was the better of the two.

However, I was not really satisfied with the Oly and sold it and the Panny and bought the Panny 14-45 which, in my opinion, is the better lens. Since then, I also bought the Panny 12-32.

The 12-32 lives on my EPL5 while the 14-45 is on my other cameras.

In your case, I would go for the Panny 14-42 II and forget about the Oly.

Allan

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