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Lack of up to date pancakes in M43?

Started Feb 9, 2020 | Discussions thread
Isola Verde
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Kristoff_EM5 wrote:

I’d like to get a pancake zoom to use on my EM5 so I could slip it in my pocket when heading out for a coastal walk where I wouldn’t bother to take a sling bag with me. Occasionally conditions change and I wish I had a camera with me.

Without either part of the battery grip it would fit in a jacket pocket with a pankcake lens on it.

Cant decide between the Olympus 14 -42 or the Panasonic 12-32.

Most of my favourite seascape images I’ve taken are at 24mm equivalent so I’m leaning towards the Panny. But is the Oly a bit thinner?

Currently so many used examples of the 12/32 around that they're going for [relative] peanuts!

Couldn't resist buying a second, a black one, "Like New", at £99 last week from MPB - who had 20 of them then, but only 16 now...

https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/used-equipment/used-photo-and-video/used-lenses/used-panasonic-lenses/

Otherwise, they've 25 of the Oly 14/42 EZ - topping out at £109 for "Like New"...

https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/used-equipment/used-photo-and-video/used-lenses/used-olympus-lenses/

Peter

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