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Advice on possible zoom lens purchase

Started Aug 1, 2017 | Discussions thread
OpticsEngineer Veteran Member • Posts: 7,850
Re: Advice on possible zoom lens purchase

"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?"

Yes, it is an improvement on the 14-42 in the overlapping ranges.

Yes and no for he 40-150. Yes at the shorter range. But at 150 the 18-150 II gets a little bit soft. Not terrible though. It keeps its sharpness at full zoom a lot better than the superzoom Tamron 18-270 I use on my DSLR.

On the vacation I just came back from I used my 14-150II a lot.   I left my Olympus 12-100 in the hotel room most days because it was just a bit too heavy.  The 14-150II is really nice, compact and light by comparison.    A small camera like my EPL7 just handles a lot better with a smaller lens.

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