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GX85+14-45 vs E-P5+14-42(ii r) comparison

Started Dec 30, 2019 | Discussions thread
alcelc
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buratino wrote:

Tech Head wrote:

I would rank the 12-60 (f3.5 to f5.6), the 12-32, and the 14-45 as the best small, slow kit lenses.

I would rank the Pana14-42 II as just slightly behind the top 3.

Then I would rank any other slow kit lens for MFT to be behind the top 4, including all Olympus kit lenses.

Interestingly, in my experience, Pana 12-60mm was unimpressive at all, definitely worse than 12-32mm. At the same time, both copies of 12-32 I had were equally satisfying. Probably, I got a bad copy of 12-60mm.

On contrary to your experience, might be I have a bad 12-32... ?

My copy of 12-32 is quite good (as a kit lens) under reasonable lighting condition. But it behaves weird when lighting condition going bad... Its inconsistent performance leads me to rate 14-45 a better all round player.

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