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Advice on possible zoom lens purchase

Started Aug 1, 2017 | Discussions thread
Androole Senior Member • Posts: 1,455
Re: Advice on possible zoom lens purchase

traveler_101 wrote:

I am looking for a lens for wife's birthday. I don't use zoom lenses with my E-P5 and am not that familiar with the options. She has a E-M10 and started with the kit zoom (14-42 R) which is no longer acceptable to her critical eye. She has been using the 40-150/4.0-5.6 which she likes, but it leaves her without a normal range lens.

I suppose the best solution would be the 12-40 PRO but it's a little too costly. I am in Norway right now so I have to deal with prices here. Anything mail ordered from abroad will be taxed at 25% in addition to other fees.

What about a 14-150 II? Is that an improvement on the 14-42 and as good as the 40-150 in their respective ranges?

If you can think of another solution please let me know.

Another intermediate option in price and performance between the Olympus 14-42 and the 12-40/2.8 is the Panasonic 12-60. Corner sharpness is not much better than the Olympus, but central sharpness is improved (particularly at the wide end), and it gives a much more useful range, being both wider and longer.

Since it's been bundled with the G85 and GX8, there are a lot of new "kit take-offs" available for sale. They are brand new lenses, but easily sell for $250 USD, or half the MSRP.

Just another option.

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