14-42ez decentered or something else

Simon97 wrote:

Decentered lenses are certainly annoying. It seems to be more common with today's more complex lens designs. My Canon G9X is a bit soft on the right side when using telephoto. I just couldn't live with it and sold the camera. You will get the "Lens is within acceptable limits" argument when you send it in.

I have two copies of the Panasonic 12-32 pancake lens and it is a very good lens. It might be something to try. You give up some reach on the long end but gain a 24mm equivalent view on the wide end which you might find desirable in your shooting. Just a thought.

I've tried the 12-32 but never owned one. I've always had other lenses (14-140, 12-50, 12-40) in the past that negated the need for one. I sold pretty much all of my kit last year but I thought the E-m10ii would be ideal as a hiking camera for it's size so I picked it up last month.

It's more than annoying when they fail to spot it at the service center and only agree to an exchange after a long and extended conversation, during which they repeatedly suggested it may have been due to  something else.  Apparently their policy is ignore customer concerns at first and only acknowledge any issue if they return or threaten an official complaint.

I could probably tolerate  a bit of softness to one side, but if you look at my samples the defect is quite obvious, and with some instances, it seems to start out further towards the center of the frame. It's especially disappointing as this is the sharpest 14-42 i've owned. My previous ones were either soft or had a focusing issue.

As you stated, it's becoming more and more of a problem, maybe because of design, or mass production demands or the fact that more users are more aware of these issues with images now being easily magnified on a computer screen. Either way, i don't consider this to be an acceptable thing and a promise of an exchange provides little comfort to as I don't know what kind of quality I will be getting....