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Advice on possible zoom lens purchase

Started Aug 1, 2017 | Discussions thread
Steven Wandy Veteran Member • Posts: 5,635
Re: Advice on possible zoom lens purchase
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Two other options - if your wife doesn't mind swapping lenses for the long end - are the two Panasonic 12-60 lenses. I had the EM10 and felt that the Olympus 12-40, while a wonderful lens, was a bit too large and heavy on that body.

I originally had the cheaper Panasonic 12-60/3.5-5.6 and was pretty satisfied with the results - definitely better than any of the Olympus 14-42 lenses I have had (and still have the 14-42EZ lens). When they released the "pro" version of the 12-60/2.8-4, I jumped on it. Smaller and lighter than the Olympus 12-40/2.8 (so it felt better on the Pen-F that I now have) and the image quality (to my eyes) was great. Perhaps not quite the 12-40, but it is cheaper and as I said, smaller and noticeably lighter. And the zoom range is great also.

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