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Advice on possible zoom lens purchase

Started Aug 1, 2017 | Discussions thread
CrisPhoto
CrisPhoto Senior Member • Posts: 1,749
Re: Advice on possible zoom lens purchase
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If 12-100 is out of range (which i can really understand), go for the 12-40, maybe a used one. It is a nearly flawless lens, feels great in the hand and 12mm is much wider than 14mm.

I had a lot of lenses and really liked my 12-40. Actually sold my 12-40 for a 12-100. But 12-40 was a very very nice lens, being faster as well as a tad sharper than the 12-100.

Regarding the superzoom options, if she likes the 40-150 which is really a good lens for its price and she dislikes the 14-42, she wont be happy with either option. Panny 14-140 ii is sharp at tele but soft at wide to medium range. Maybe a tad better than rhe 14-42 but not by much.

The 14-150 is the other way round. Decent but not outstanding 20-50mm. But at 70-150mm she would notice soft images compared to her old tele. Not very satisfying...

In short: 12-40 would significantly improve the wide end and together with 40-150 it will be a very very capable team. And a used copy would not cost much more than the mediocre 10x zooms would (the lens seems to be very reliable, not many complaints about sample variation or failures) ...

Christof

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Olympus E-M1 II Samyang 7.5mm F3.5 Fisheye Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 75mm F1.8 Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-140mm F3.5-5.6 O.I.S Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 15mm F1.7 ASPH +9 more
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