Lumix 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 OIS
A really sharp Kit lens usually overlooked because it's a "Kit" lens and it feels like a toy.
Last Edited : Thursday May 9th 2024.
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When I first got this lens I thought the seller had sent me the wrong item, I thought it was a toy and my other half wanted to know what made me spend £40.00 on a plastic toy.
A Panoramic image created using ICE from Microsoft stitching three images together. Taken with the lens on my E-M5 at 1/80th second, f5/6 with an ISO speed of 1000. Focal length was at 42mm. It was a really cold winters day on the 10th of February 2022 at around 5pm in the evening. The sun was just about to go down and we are always privileged to get this light most of the time.
Some more images taken with this great little lens attached to my M43 Cameras.
The lens is really quick to focus and is sharp even at f3.5. The fly by wire focusing took me a while to get used to as manual focusing this tiny lens which has quite a depth of field can be quite tricky at first. I really should use this lens more often but after getting the Lumix 14-140mm Zoom I have used it a lot less.
For a kit lens I think it's great, I've never had any problems with missed focus or poor performance and the colours are spot on. I haven't noticed a problem with flare either when pointed at a bright light source. It is one of those lenses that you quickly forget about when it's added to the front of your camera. The only thing I disliked about it is the filter size, which is 46mm and I don't own anything with that thread size.
Below are some more shots with the lens on my OM-D E-M10
And a couple more shots using the lens on my "OM-D E-M5 II"
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