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Amin Sabet
Registered: April 2009
Location: Boston, MA (United States)
Posts: 6862
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Review Date: Tue March 9, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Small, light, sharp, good build
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None
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This lens deserves its universal praise. I have owned other kit "standard" zooms from Canon, Nikon, and Olympus, and this lens is head of pack in optical performance and build quality. As a landscape lens in its focal length range, I believe that it is unsurpassed by any other currently available MFT lens.
The Pana 14-45 isn't as small as Olympus' collapsible 14-42, but it is still very small and light. It's about the size and feel of a typical small (non-pancake) prime lens for an SLR. It doesn't focus quite as close as the Olympus zoom but is still capable of nice close up results.
Highly recommended lens. A couple recent images I made with mine:
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Amin
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Boyzo
Mu-43 Top Veteran
Registered: March 2010
Posts: 780
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Review Date: Sat March 13, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 0
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Sharp, compact and light and small
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slight zoom stickiness
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[U]I can only second Amin's excellent summation, its excellent on the G1 as a kit lens and fine on the E-P2 ...
Lens Aberrations' are well corrected when used with the G1 with the jpeg engine or in RAW with correct software ie Silkypix or Lightroom, with an E-PX body CA will not be corrected in jpeg with RAW manual CA is required .. not a big deal actually.
Overall this lens is great its not a trendy fast glass zoom lens just gets the job done well.
My example shows an odd "Stickiness" with the zoom its "Stick Shift" ie plastic to plastic friction so it not liquid smooth its a minor criticism tho' on my part
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http://boyzo.smugmug.com/Holidays/ma...PAPbp-XL-1.jpg[IMG]
Tasmania Tamar river region...G1 14-45
http://boyzo.smugmug.com/Holidays/ma...69634988_PAPbp
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Catch that Light
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http://boyzo.smugmug.com/
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addieleman
Untalented amateur
Registered: August 2010
Location: The Netherlands
Posts: 1042
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Review Date: Sat August 28, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 0
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Pros:
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Sharp, contrasty, light
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Zoom action not smooth
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This standard zoom is really good. Sometimes blue fringing is observed with extreme contrast, like branches against the sky, otherwise the lens is simply sharp and contrasty at f/5.6 across the zoom range; at 45mm stopping down to f/8 improves a little on corner sharpness. I use this lens a lot and I don't get nasty surprises. Zooming action is not smooth, but sticky unless you press against the zoom ring a bit. The lens feels a little cheap all over, unlike e.g. the Panasonic 7-14mm or even 45-200mm.
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Best regards, Ad.
Pictures | Equipment | Minolta collection | All lenses
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dhazeghi
Mu-43 Hall of Famer
Registered: August 2010
Location: Davis, CA
Posts: 2706
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Review Date: Sun January 9, 2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $250.00
| Rating: 7
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AF speed, stabilization, sharpness, size
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Wide-angle performance, max. aperture
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The Panasonic 14-45/3.5-5.6 is not a lens without flaws, but it is overall the best standard zoom option currently available for m4/3. While it is a bit soft at the wide end and does suffer somewhat from CA, sharpness ranges from usable at 14mm to excellent at 45mm, and is more than sufficient for most uses. AF speed is superb - it is head and shoulders above the Olympus 14-42 kit lens and unlike the 14-42 accuracy is not an issue.
It would be great if they could improve performance at 14mm and offer a wider aperture particularly at the 45mm end but even as is, the 14-45 is well worth the price of admission.
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E-M5 | E-PM2 | mZD 12-50 | ZD 12-60 | P 14-42 X | mZD 40-150 R | PL 25 | mZD 45
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kevwilfoto
Mu-43 Veteran
Registered: September 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 294
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Review Date: Fri June 1, 2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $325.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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image quality, small and light, low price
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slow aperture, not weather sealed
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For a zoom kit lens, this is one of the best. Image quality is wonderful. The lens is small and light, easily portable. I'm pleased by the included hood and the 52mm filter threads.
It's no X 12-35mm f/2.8 ASPH Power OIS weather-sealed über-lens, but it's a fantastic lens for the price. If you want a good zoom for not much $$$, your search is over.
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OM-D E-M5 || O12-50 | P45-175 | P100-300 | PL25 | O45
Adapted: Minolta MD 28/2.8 Celtic, MD 35/1.8, MD 50/1.4, MD 85/2.0, MD 200/2.8, Nikon 100/2.8 E
Wish List: GH3, 12/2.0, 17/1.8, 75/1.8, Oly ZD FT SHG 300/2.8
Pentax K-5, K-01 || 18-135 WR | Sigma 30/1.4
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