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- Based on the Micro Four Thirds System standard
- MEGA O.I.S. - Panasonic's advanced hand-shake correction technology
- Aspherical lens to reduce aberration
- Contrast AF system support
- Multi-coated lens elements reduce ghosting and flare
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A standard interchangeable zoom lens designed specifically for cameras compatible with the Micro Four Thirds System standard. Suitable for a wide range of scenes from portrait to landscape photography, the lens offers a zoom range of 14-45mm (35mm equivalent: 28-90mm) while retaining an ultra-compact size and light weight. The aspherical lens element also improves optical performance by minimizing distortion, even at the 28mm wide setting.
The lens incorporates Panasonic’s MEGA O.I.S. optical image stabilizer, which makes it easy to shoot clear shots even in low-lit situations by suppressing the blur caused by a hand shake.
When mounted on a Lumix G Micro System camera, you can use the contrast AF system to offer a wide variety of convenient functions.
With its minimum focus distance of 30 cm even at full zoom, the lens provides a maximum photographic magnification of 0.34x (35mm equivalent).
Seven blades give the aperture a rounded shape that, when shooting at larger aperture, produces an attractive smoothness in out-of-focus areas.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
I got this lens as a supplement to the 20mm f1.7 lens I bought originally with the Lumix GF-1.
Since getting it, I have hardly used the 20mm - which surprised me. (And sort of annoys me too - it's made me lazy again!)
Although the aperture is so much smaller than the 20mm I find the stabilizer makes up for it usually; this combines with the fact that I can hold the GF-1 to very low shutter speeds and keep camera shake to an acceptable minimum.
Image quality is excellent. It's sharp and has little to no distortion or vignetting, though how much of this is down to the camera's internal processing I can't say.
My only grievances are that the hood is (necessarily) large and makes the GF-1 less discrete and that the lens is only equivalent to a 28mm at the wide end. I appreciate that making the lens a 12mm (24mm eqv.) would make it larger and more expensive, but I'm used to starting at 24mm on my other cameras and I've gotten used to this!
All in I consider the lens to be great value and any limitations I find with it could only be fixed by making it more expensive!
Here's to Panasonic making some AFFORDABLE wider lenses!
Since getting it, I have hardly used the 20mm - which surprised me. (And sort of annoys me too - it's made me lazy again!)
Although the aperture is so much smaller than the 20mm I find the stabilizer makes up for it usually; this combines with the fact that I can hold the GF-1 to very low shutter speeds and keep camera shake to an acceptable minimum.
Image quality is excellent. It's sharp and has little to no distortion or vignetting, though how much of this is down to the camera's internal processing I can't say.
My only grievances are that the hood is (necessarily) large and makes the GF-1 less discrete and that the lens is only equivalent to a 28mm at the wide end. I appreciate that making the lens a 12mm (24mm eqv.) would make it larger and more expensive, but I'm used to starting at 24mm on my other cameras and I've gotten used to this!
All in I consider the lens to be great value and any limitations I find with it could only be fixed by making it more expensive!
Here's to Panasonic making some AFFORDABLE wider lenses!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
I have experience of Canon, Nikon, Sony, Minolta, Tamron and Sigma lenses of all shapes and sizes, and I think this old kit lens from Panasonic (old because the inferior 14-42 is the current kit lens)is extremely good. It really is a cut above the competition and much better than the kit lenses that typically accompany APS-C DSLRs from C, N and Sony. It is sharp and contrasty throughout its focal length range. Build quality is OK. Resolution with the Panasonic G series cameras is very, very good indeed. It compares well with, for example, the highly rated Tamron 17-50 f2.8 SP lens in terms of sharpness. A great companion for a GF1, GF2, GH2, etc, and Oly owners should give it serious consideration too.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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The G3 ships with the 14-42, but I spotted the 14-45 for £100 on marketplace second hand. Took a punt and pleased I did. Its a nice sharp lens. Read more
Published 2 months ago by DavidM
A great little standard zoom
Its a pitty that Panasonic no longer supply this lens in with their G series camera kits, it has been replaced by the low cost 14-42. Read more
Published 16 months ago by I. Hayden
Good image quality
Gives you great flexibility with focal-length, whilst keeping a sharp image BUT like most zooms, maximum aperture is rather limited.
Published 21 months ago by Mr. D. Weaver
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