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Am I wrong on Panny 14-45?

Started Jun 29, 2020 | Questions thread
alcelc
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Re: Am I wrong on Panny 14-45?

Dick Barbour wrote:

alcelc wrote:

14-45 is my first M43 lens which was bought with G1 back in early 2009. It had delivered very consistent result so far on various generation of bodies from G1, GF3, GX1, GX7 and GX85. Fast and accurate AF, IQ never raise alarm bell, unlike the low light wired performance of 12-32, it is an all round player... After upgraded to 12-35 f/2.8, it is generally stayed inside the auto dry cabinet.

IMHO it should be one of my best standard zoom lenses, equally good as 12-35 f/2.8, 14-140 f/3.5 mk-I, marginally better than 12-32 and on top of 14-42PZ.

Am I wrong that 14-45 indeed also has its own problem when lighting condition going bad (I shot it at night time without issue so far)?

Or its age has started taking its toll?

Lenses age?

Dick

It was bought in early 2009, so is 11 years old. Was my main standard zoom lens which was used extensively through the years over various bodies until I upgraded to 12-35 f/2.8 in 2017.

Should had produced 200~250K images so far... and been gone through all sort of weather condition from light to heavy rain, very cold, snowing to very hot and dusty...

But my mysterious is that it performed very normal during my last home testing a month before?

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