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Pancake Lens

Started Jul 2, 2017 | Questions thread
alcelc
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If for video mostly...

likely the pair of PZ zooms would be the best. 14-42 PZ is a pancake design (on parking condition).

However, it might not be the sharpness among the other 14-XX standard zoom class lens but its power driven zoom is very stable, steady, smooth and silence (although it is not recommended to zoom too much for a video clip).

If for general shooting purpose, 12-32 f/3.5-5.6 might be considered. It could be very sharp under reasonable lighting condition. But due to the small design its zoom action might not be as smooth/silence as a PZ.

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