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M5: why 15-45 instead of 18-55 as kit?

Started Sep 29, 2016 | Discussions thread
M02 Contributing Member • Posts: 603
Re: M5: why 15-45 instead of 18-55 as kit?
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wadia13 wrote:

Hi, I understand the EF-M 18-55 is the better lens vs the 15-45 and the M3 uses the 18-55 vs M10 using the 15-45 as kit (with the M3 being higher-end than M10). So now we have the even higher-end M5 (vs M3) but it uses the 15-45. Any thoughts why? Or is the 15-45 actually the better lens?

It's an interchangeable lens system so you can use any lens on any camera. I don't have the 15-45 yet, so I can't comment on the image quality, but 15mm on the wide end is significantly more useful than 18mm. What I would really like to see is something like a 15-45 f/2.8.

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