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15-45mm vs 18-55mm M lenses

Started Dec 8, 2016 | Discussions thread
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biggles266 Senior Member • Posts: 1,305
15-45mm vs 18-55mm M lenses

Hi, I just got a 15-45mm M lens with an M10 on a big sale. I was planning on selling the M10 but keeping the lens to use with my M3, replacing the 18-55mm I already had. The main reason for doing so was of course the extra 3mm at the wide end. Of course I can do some testing and comparing of the lenses myself, but at this busy time of year I'm not going to be able to do that properly for a while, so I googled for a comparison and for reviews of the 15-45mm.

I was mildly surprised to find that the 15-45mm wasn't particularly highly rated, that it was just more of an "OK" lens. I had thought that all M lenses were pretty good. My favourite site slrgear.com didn't have graphs of its sharpness, which I usually like to analyze and compare between lenses. I also didn't really find any web sites with a good direct comparison between the two lenses.

Can people in this forum tell me the general consensus about the 15-45mm lens vs the 18-55mm. In terms of image quality - sharpness, contrast, etc. Are they supposed to be generally equal or is one considered better than the other? (I've already noticed that the build quality of the 15-45mm feels more plasticky, which is disappointing, since I normally like the feel of M lenses, but build quality is admittedly quite low on my list of priorities.)

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