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

Started Aug 4, 2015 | Questions thread
krylovsk Regular Member • Posts: 146
Re: Panasonic 14-42 Mk2 As Walk-Around Lens For G7?
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When I bought into M43 almost a year ago, I learned that the Lumix 14-42II has a very good reputation for a kit lens and took a GX7 with it. I've been shooting with it exclusively for several months and after adding a couple more lenses (Olympus 25/1.8, 9-18/4.0-5.6) still pretty much satisfied with it.

In fact, it has become my measure of the acceptable sharpness for a lens, where everything below its level starts looking soft (e.g., cheaper legacy glass). The Oly 25 is of course sharper, but the 14-42II is still very good by my standards and gives me plenty of sharpness freedom in PP. One thing I noticed after adding more lenses to my kit though is that I often need more work in PP with the 14-42II, especially on WB for indoor and sunny shots. It tends to provide slightly warmer output which I generally like, but getting rid of it sometimes can be tricky. That is, for an amateur like me, of course.

Here is a shot of the Montserrat mountain @42/f5.6, stitched from 3 shots in LR demonstrating that yellow-ish look. In this case it's not bad at all, gives it a golden hour look, although the shot has been taken at around 14pm.

Lumix 14-42II @42/f5.6, stitched from 3 shots in LR

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