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What Pana Lens is worth considering Over Olympus lens if you use OLY body?

Started Jul 26, 2015 | Discussions thread
Maklike Tier
Maklike Tier Regular Member • Posts: 462
Re: What Pana Lens is worth considering Over Olympus lens if you use OLY body?

Robert Evagelista wrote:

Trying to compare the closest Focal Length and Aperture Lenses Between Pana and Oly.
It appears that the Panasonic Lenses OIS is significantly driving the cost of each Lens purchase.

Question
1.What Pana Lens is worth considering Over Olympus lens if you use OLY body?
I found 1 focal length range is cheaper in Panasonic.
That is the Panasonic 14-42 f/3.5-5.6 (165 USD) vs Olympus 12-50 f/3.5-5.6 (500 USD)

Well, if price is the only criteria, pick the cheapest!

I sold my Pana-Leica 25mm f1.4 and bought an Oly 25mm f1.8 because technically it's sharper accross the frame, but I kinda miss how the PL25 renders and wish I'd kept it, despite it's significant size difference.

The new Oly PRO line of lenses are bigger than the Pana f2.8 equivalents, so if size and weight is an issue, then the Panas are going to be better for you.

It also depends on where you buy from. For some reason, Olympus gear here in Australia is the cheapest anywhere in the world, so the Panasonic stuff has to be significantly better for Oly users to choose Panasonic over Olympus because the price different is almost universally substantial.

I'd consider getting a Panasonic 20mm f1.8 pancake though, simply because there is no alternative. That would be a handy lens to have.

 Maklike Tier's gear list:Maklike Tier's gear list
Olympus PEN E-P5 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 14-42mm 1:3.5-5.6 II R Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm F1.8 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm F2.8 Macro Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 25mm F1.8
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