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

Started Jul 12, 2015 | Discussions thread
Michael J Davis
Michael J Davis Veteran Member • Posts: 3,755
Funny you should say that!

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 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 love the 12-40 but I realised recently when I put my EM5 +12-40 next to my G1 +14-45 and felt the weight difference.

Yesterday I was at a conference and didn't want to lug a heavy camera round, so took the EM5 and 14-45, plus the Oly45 f1.8 for low light shots with my conference papers.  For the really low light even the 45 was not fast enough (3200ISO) but with a little better light the 14mm at f/3.5 was only half stop slower than the 12-40, and I think remarkably sharp. It worked well.

However I'm keeping both the 12-40 for the range and close focussing facility (& weatherproofing), and the 14-45 for lightness and convenience.

Mike

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