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Oly 12-40 Pro 'out'..Panny 14-45 'in'..well maybe.

Started Jul 12, 2015 | Discussions thread
jalywol
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Re: Oly 12-40 Pro 'out'..Panny 14-45 'in'..well maybe.

Dave in Wales wrote:

I'm considering letting the Oly go and replacing it with a Panasonic 14-45mm f3.5-5.6.

Why, because the 12-40 is just TOOOO BIG AND HEAVY.

I had the 12-40mm with my EM1, and I found I never used it, even though it is a fabulous lens.  I ended up using the 12-32mm on the cameras instead.

Interestingly enough, when I went to the Sony A7 with the 24-70mm, the total weight of the EM1/12-40mm combo was within 10 grams of the A7/24-70mm combo...but the Sony felt lighter in hand simply because of how the lens was weighted in terms of its length and center of gravity.  I think that may actually be what you are having an issue with as much as anything else.

I don't really need f2.8.

I've had the the Panny 14-45 before, years ago, beautiful little lens.

'Little'...isn't that what M4/3 is supposed to be all about?

I'd also recommend you take a look at the 12-32mm.  I liked it better than the 14-45mm, myself, and it's really tiny, also.  It does have a fair bit more barrel distortion wide open than the more expensive lenses, but that's fixable in PP, and it has a nicer color rendition than the 14-45, to my eyes anyway.

-J

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