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

Started Dec 30, 2019 | Discussions thread
JaKing
JaKing Veteran Member • Posts: 6,300
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Albert, contrary to the opinions expressed by two people, I have found my 4 Olympus kit zooms in this range to be of better than acceptable quality.

Not in the same league as my FTs 11-22 and 14-54 MkII or 12-100, but good enough. Those latter lenses are also 4x to 6x the price, so they flaming well should be better, and are!

Same goes for Panasonic kit lenses.

The fatally flawed comparison done by the OP shows nothing that changes my view either way. There will also always be some sample variation - sometimes so obvious that a lens should be returned. I have never experienced such bad sample variation, however.

I also don't spend my time dissing Panasonic gear on the basis of a single image set taken under unknown conditions.

I DO know that Panasonic make generally excellent products.

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