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Whats up with Panasonic 14mm and 20mm on Olympus

Started Mar 5, 2016 | Discussions thread
Skeeterbytes Forum Pro • Posts: 23,186
Re: Here's the deal

ahaslett wrote:

bluevellet wrote:

The 14mm is a tiny, fast-focusing albeit optically average lens.

The 20mm is a good optical performer, but it has banding issues at high ISOs on some Olympus bodies and its noisy and slow to focus. C-AF is useless with it.

That's it! If you an instinctive prefocusser with an EM1 and don't mind a bit of noise from the lens, a used P20mm is one hell of a lens for the money.

Andrew

Pretty much. The 20 is one of the early m43 lenses and suffers in comparison to newer lenses WRT focusing and a noisy motor. The banding is annoying, given one reaches for a fast prime when shooting in low light, but luckily it seems limited to a few cameras.

Still a useful lens provided one approaches it fully aware of the limitations.

Cheers,

Rick

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