Hi Guys and Few Gals
It was a cold and windy weather outside .I was in a mood to shoot something for the sake of shooting . I decided to give some due respect to Olympus 14-42 mm kit lens which came with my EPL2. All images are shot inside , ISO200 , Aperture Priority mode , IS off, camera on Tripod , remote shutter release with a cable and subject was my new Panny 20 mm 1.7 lens . These are SOOC JPEGS.Here are some sampla images and you people can decide what to say about this mediocre kit lens .
Cheers
Bhupinder




This is ISO 1000

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OMD Silver with battery Grip
Olympus 45mm 1.8
Panny 20mm 1.7
Olympus 4/314-54mm MrkII,
Fuji X100 Black LE

What are crop factor and focal length per picture?

I think it may be much better at 14mm (count a bee's hair on a picture of their entire hive) than 42mm (a tad hazy / less sharp, to my eyes, from the few samples I got so far)

THese samples are between 14-20 mm focal length. I will shoot samples at different focal lengths and then post them during the weekend .
Cheers
Bhupinder

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OMD Silver with battery Grip
Olympus 45mm 1.8
Panny 20mm 1.7
Olympus 4/314-54mm MrkII,
Fuji X100 Black LE

Someone's been busy with Happy Meals...

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Olympus PEN -=- Fujifilm X-E1
Flickr

Lol ..
My daughter .. Who else will lol
Cheers

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OMD Silver with battery Grip
Olympus 45mm 1.8
Panny 20mm 1.7
Olympus 4/314-54mm MrkII,
Fuji X100 Black LE

We shouldn't hate the lens because Shrek endorses it?

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Sarcasm is my default tone, so please consider that before taking offense to the preceding message.

Criticism (no matter how harsh) is welcomed of ANY and ALL images I post.

That shot was composed and taken by my daughter ...
Cheers
Bhupinder

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OMD Silver with battery Grip
Olympus 45mm 1.8
Panny 20mm 1.7
Olympus 4/314-54mm MrkII,
Fuji X100 Black LE

Cute pictures!

I bought an older 1st-gen version as the first lens on my used GF1. Took over a thousand nice pictures, no complaints. Then my reading informed me that the lens sucked. So?

Right now, that Lumix 20mm lives on the camera, I carry the 14-42 as well, and looking at the Pany 45-200 for a trip to Italy later this year. When I can afford it, I'll probably upgrade the camera to the OMD. Meanwhile, I'm happy with what I've got.

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..... Mike .....
-GF1, GH2, E-PL1, 20mm f/1.7, 14-45mm, 45-200mm , OM 14-42mm
-Hexanon 40mm f1.8, Minolta 50mm f1.4, Pentax 50mm f1.4, plus "full frame" Graflex 4x5

I couldn't wait to get rid of that lens...sure, if it comes with the camera, you can't really complain (although you did pay for it), but if I have the option (which I do), this lens won't be occupying my camera bag anytime soon! ;)

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Olympus OM-D E-M5
Panasonic Lumix 12-35mm F2.8
Panasonic Leica Summilux 25mm F1.4
Panasonic Lumix 45-175mm F4-5.6

Nothing against people who prefer primes (I know I do) - but a lot of people here have found out this lens serves its purpose. The new olympus kit lens usually sells in a few days when priced just right in this forum.

In good light (since it's usually used as walk-around lens) and when posting to the internet or printing maybe up to 8x10, how bad really does it perform against primes? It probably won't do when you're printing images for museums or viewing the image at or close to 100%, but for a lot of us, this kit lens can really stand on its own.

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Olympus PEN -=- Fujifilm X-E1
Flickr