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Panasonic 14-42 Mk2 As Walk-Around Lens For G7?

Started Aug 4, 2015 | Questions thread
JeanPierre Martel Veteran Member • Posts: 3,304
Re: Panasonic 14-42 Mk2 As Walk-Around Lens For G7?

Terminal Boy wrote:

What's the general opinion on the 14-42mm MK2 (especially the recent cosmetically upgraded one) as a walk around/general purpose lens?

When I'm on my daily commute or just mooching around London, I find myself needing something tighter when I fit my 15mm PL and something more open when the 30mm Sigma is mounted.

I'm fully aware that the correct answer is "get the 12-35mm f2.8", but the Fun Budget won't stretch that far this year...

Olympus and Panasonic make two kind of standard zooms: the Pro ones (rainproof F/2,8 zooms) and the "ordinary" ones.

If the Pro ones have the best IQ, the image quality of the "ordinary" ones will vary between good (the M.Zuiko 12-50mm) and very good (most of the other ones, including the Lumix 14-42mm II).

In a nutshell, the wide difference in prices for µ4/3 standard zooms is not proportional to their IQ. For example, the Lumix 14-42mm II might have something like 85% of the IQ of the Lumix 12-35mm F/2,8 at a small fraction of the price.

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Olympus E-M5 II Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 75mm F1.8 Leica Nocticron 42.5mm Olympus 40-150mm F2.8 Pro Olympus 8mm F1.8 Fisheye Pro +17 more
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