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Advice on possible zoom lens purchase

Started Aug 1, 2017 | Discussions thread
averagejoe576 Regular Member • Posts: 498
Re: Advice on possible zoom lens purchase

traveler_101 wrote:

It's mostly about image quality. She finds the 14-42 lacking and prefers the 40-150. She would be happy to continue to use the 40-150 and receive a replacement for the 14-42. On the other hand, I'm sure she wouldn't mind an all-in-one 10x zoom. She is no fan of changing lenses.

This points to the Panasonic 14-140 II. (The Olympus 12-100 is out of the running - too big, too heavy and too expensive).

Have lens changing as well, and sooo much prefer a superzoom over a normal+tele. The 14-140 II is superb, for a superzoom that is, but prob will loose out to short range zooms for sharpness. Take a look at some sharpness tests on sites like imaging-resource to get an idea of what to expect sharpness-wise, 14-140 review

bsas wrote:

I just love my Pany 14-140 II (f3.5-f5.6) too much to not recommend it.

If you have patience you can find them on sale or on used market cheaper... But it is HARD to find since everyone that has that lens never sells it

Ok, but does it work well with an Olympus camera? What do you do with the lens stabilisation?

I think you can choose IBIS or Lens IS. I assume e-p5's 5-axis IBIS better than the Lens IS, so you will be better off IS wise than if you have the lens on a Panny body. I've not heard of any other issue's using it on an Oly body.

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