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Oly 12-40mm or Panny 12-35mm? Best lens for GX7?

Started Mar 13, 2015 | Questions thread
OrdinarilyInordinate
OrdinarilyInordinate Veteran Member • Posts: 3,741
Re: Generally Panasonic lenses work best with Panasonic bodies

Indeed, I don't think there's anything wrong with using lenses from either manufacturer on either bodies.  There are plenty of excellent photo examples of Olympus cameras using the Panasonic 12-35mm lens, and GX7 has IBIS to use the Olympus 12-40mm lens.  I've also read that some Panasonic videographers like the Olympus lens for the pull focus option and some other aspects I can't recall now (perhaps the manual focus ring to use with a gear rig thing, whatever it's called )

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