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Best very compact normal zoom for Oly OMD E5 when 12-40 is too big

Started Jun 15, 2015 | Discussions thread
Loga Senior Member • Posts: 1,981
Re: Best very compact normal zoom for Oly OMD E5 when 12-40 is too big

You could also try a prime or two for walking. The pana 14 f2.5 and 20 f1.7 is very small and performs very well. You choose the focal length. If you are not on a budget, you can buy both, and easily keep one in your pocket while the other is on the cam.

Cheers,

L.

tombell1 wrote:

Morning everyone. I have the 12-40 which is clearly excellent however when walking sometimes i would rather go VERY SMALL.

S accepting that there is compromise if you HAD to choose to take the Panasonic 14-42 vario PZ and the tiny Olympus 14-42 EZ . The former seems to have the better optics but there may be problems with CA and vignetting wheras the latter may have some advantages.

i appreciate the 14-42 11 and 14-45 are better but it is SMALL i am looking for here as when top notch is demanded i would go back to the 12-40

thanks

Tom

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