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Improved kit lenses!

Started Mar 12, 2015 | Discussions thread
Impulses Forum Pro • Posts: 10,039
Re: Improved kit lenses!

I can certainly agree regarding the 12-32.  It's a very good lens but I had to get it from Japan.  On my EM10 or EM5mkII it fits nicely in a medium jacket pocket.

JL

Had to? I bought my 12-32 from Japan but that's largely because I'm impatient; in fairness, it took something like 6 months post-GM1 release for Panasonic to start selling it separate in the US, this was long after it was available in EU/Asia... Rather maddening, at least I was lucky it was announced just before I had made up my mind to get the 14-42 PZ!

Sold my 14-42 II for $100 to a guy on the forum who said it was visibly sharper than his PZ on the GX1, dunno if SS was the culprit there or a combination of things but I pretty much never used it so I might as well get a little $ for it... The irony is I ended up getting a GM1 (body only, duh) about a year after I bought the 12-32. Still came out slightly ahead tho!

I think the value of a good kit lens is very underrated by enthusiasts, as in the value and overall importance for the system (not their use).

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Panasonic GX850 Sony a7R IV Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 75mm F1.8 Panasonic Lumix G 42.5mm F1.7 Sony FE 20mm F1.8G +31 more
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