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The second one is an extremely strange picture, to my eyes. Like it is taken in a film studio, such low contrast. But no banding visible here, only some noise blobs. I find that skies look better ...

Yes I agree. It all depends on which zooms we are talking about though. The 14-45 and 12-32 panny kit lenses are very good. AFAIK the 14-42II and the 12-60 too. The 75-300 and 100-300 zooms are ...

Lenses don't change your results much. It is how you shoot that makes the big difference! If you mainly shoot one type of shots, like landscape, architecture, street or portraits you could get the ...

I have used the 14mm f2.5 and the 20mm for this goal and to my surprise I preferred the 20mm FOV. I also use the 12-32 but use that almost exclusively at 12mm. You could try taping/fixing your zoom ...

If you go Oly you will have some issues with some of your Pana lenses. You will have purple fringes and purple flare, which you will not have with a Panasonic body. Unfortunately Oly uses a weaker ...

The m4/3 sensor size is a little on the edge, pixel size/noise. I do the following: Expose to the right (ETTR), if you do this good, exposure can vary dramaticly from -3 (to preserve highlights) to ...

OOOOHOOOOH the OP already ordered body + 45mm... Hope you enjoy it!

It is certainly possible to use it as a first lens. When I bought it I stuck it on my PM2 and kept it there for a while. Some of my better shots. If you start with another lens you will have a ...

Yes the focus is one of the quickest I experienced!

I am a Panasonic fanboy(man) ;) but in your case with a a Pen F I would go with the Olympus lens for sure. Pana lenses can have some purple fringe issues on Oly bodies, which are not always easy ...

Just some clarification here. All Panasonic RAWs from mechanical shutter (MS) are 12 bit. Some electronic shutter (ES) RAWs are 10 bit. No 8 bits RAW anywhere. 12bits ES are GX7 GH3 GX8 (not sure ...

Not an issue, only if you want to place it on a table to take pictures. My choice is 12-32 and 20mm. I hardly ever use my 45mm f1.8 but it is nice on the GM1. DOF control is good with the 45mm. The ...

Not really true! I tested mine, GX7 GH3 and GM1 (with mech. shutter) and you gain about 1/3 to 2/3 of a stop. You gain 1 stop of shadow noise and you loose about half a stop of highlight room ...

Brilliant! that staring eye... Perfect focus on the eye too. Looks like a tattooed text on his/her eyelid. And wow that DOF is really thin.

Same lens, same idea...

This would be true on an infinitely good sensor, with an infinite number of pixels, of absolute sensitivity and no noise. If you crop you are not only seeing the limits of the lens, but mostly of ...

I agree with the OP. The 14-42 mk2 is a very good lens. Only when you need faster or wider or more tele do you need an extra lens. Which is not often (I have the same experience with my GM1 and ...

The thing is with those magic lenses that once you do a controlled test the magic disappears. I don't mean test chart, but for example a nice landscape or street view etc. I tried a lot of the ...

Since I only have the 12-32 and I was curious, I had a look at the SLRgear reviews. And indeed the 12mm is the better lens. But not wide open, then they are absolutely equal in centre and corners. ...

Just a thought but at 80mm f4 DOF is about equal to 40mm f2.8. But that said, I would go for the smallest and lightest option that does the job.