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Those cameras are just slightly too old to correct fringing in Panasonic lenses. The first Olympus processing engine which did so was the one introduced with the EM10, the TruePic VII engine.

It was introduced several years ago at $99, yet the review tells us that it is "available now" for only $249...is this a positive move?

Which price? It was introduced several years ago at $99, but the review tells us that it is "available now" for only $249.

If you think 25mm is a useless in-between focal length, why do you think 30mm is less so?

Yes, but which price? It was introduced several years ago at $99, but the review tells us that it is "available now" for only $249.

They are definitely very different.

I had this lens twice and there was definitely a lot of difference in their performance - the second one was a lot better. It seems there is a great deal of sample variation.

I slightly prefer...

I've had several of these over the years as I always end up buying another one after a while! Let me tell you why I like them so much: OK, so it isn't an L lens. It's not big, heavy or expensive - ...

I had no idea they were discontinuing it but am pleased I prompted you to get one. I sometimes go out with the 40mm on a 6D and a 50mm on a crop sensor on days when I'm feeling more primey than zoomy!

I think they speak volumes about the level of interest in the topics concerned. I definitely don't think that there is data suggesting that failure rates are "standard across the board", but if you ...

I think it's more that the lifetime of anything, manufactured or not, is indefinite. Anyone can be unlucky with anything, in my opinion.

Oops. This seemed to happen to me late last night. I turned it on, and the screen was blank but backlit, even though the cap was off my 45/1.8. The IBIS was making a very weird noise. Turned it ...

Robin the rich to feed the poor. Think about it, Robert.

The IBIS is almost the one similarity.

A-ha. Took me a few minutes myself :)

Thanks. Out of interest does that correspond with the result you get when examining the third character (a numeral giving the last year of the date) and fourth character (A letter giving the month ...

It's OK - I think I was able to get a date of July 2016 from the third and fourth characters of the serial number on the base of my camera. The third character gives the last numeral of the date; ...

Actually, I might as well try the same look-up for my own camera. Can you tell me how you did it? Do I need the internal serial number, or just the one on the base of the camera?

I think they decided to keep making them alongside the GX9 which had seemed to be its replacement. I believe that many UK retailers still stock them (don't know about the rest of the world).

Interestingly you selectively quoted me to make it seem as though I am trying to use Vivid mode to shoot portraits :) I am not!