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Really light and small, so I can leave it on my camera, sling it in my manbag and forget about it until I want it. Image quality seems pretty good. I'm coming from using a Ricoh and I don't think it's quite as good as that but I've enjoyed the images so far. Very good value for the price, for sure. I've got it on a Panasonic GF2 and it works well with that. Focussing is very quick. No image stablilization though.
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The Micro 4/3 system has seen the addition of several professional quality lenses (both excellent and expensive) in the past five years. Before that, Micro 4/3 users had to make do with a number of consumer-quality lenses, most of them good enough and cheap enough for amateur photographers, but nothing more. Some of these consumer lenses are actually optically quite good (especially the primes), others just average. Unfortunately, the Lumix 14 mm f/2.5 fits in the last category. Curvature of field is quite visible in architectural landscapes (i.e. the edges are a bit out of focus) at f/2.5, so you need to close down the aperture to f/4 or f/5.6. On the other hand, this can be regarded as a pancake lens in terms of physical size, and the focal length is right for street photography. Internal focusing and the metal lens bayonet make it sturdy enough, in spite of the all-plastic barrel. The closest other lens I own is the Olympus 12 mm f/2, which gives significantly better image quality already at f/2 and right to the corners, but its physical size is also twice as much, and the price tag at least double. There are situations where a pancake lens like this 14 mm, on a small Micro 4/3 body, is less likely to attract unwanted attention, and where the risk of losing or damaging lens and camera is too high to justify carrying professional equipment (e.g., demonstrations, public unrest, unsafe neighborhoods and travel photography in high-risk countries). In these situations, the 14 mm is a good alternative, especially if bought on the second-hand market. Read full review
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The Good [1] Its tiny and lightweight - called a "pancake" design lens for a very good reason [2] It has very fast AF [3] It has great image quality with 6 lens elements - and three high tech aspheric ones The Bad [1] It offers only just over 1 stop speed advantage over the wonderful Panasonic kit zoom 14-42mm, F3.5 - which also has fantastic image quality [2] It loses the built in Image stabilisation of the inexpensive F3.5 14-42mm zoom - so although it gains 1 stop in speed it looses 2-3 stops advantage in terms of ability to hand hold a photograph. [3] it costs much more than the 14-42mm kit lens So the only real advantage is that it is tiny - making a pocket high quality camera when coupled with a G series Lumix Cameras. However the loss of the internal Image stabilisation makes the case for more tripod shots in low light - negating many times over the weight advantage. The advantage in less depth of field is minimal at 14mm (28mm wideangle equivalent on conventional film cameras). So unless the "pancake" size is a key choice factor for you - this lens offers little advantage over the one that came with your camera - and explains its relatively poor sales. Compare that with, for example, the Lumix 20mm F1.7 lens - now there you gain massively in picture taking capabilities!Read full review
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Having saved a lot of money buying it as an ex kit lens but still new I am very pleased with this lens. I have compared it with both my copies of the Oly 14-42 and 12-50 lenses at the equivelent focal lengths and it is slightly sharper overall at the same lowest apertures the 2 zoom lenses can go at 14mm. It is still good at f2.5 but slightly softer in the corners. I bought this for my OM-D as a walk about wide angle landscape lens because it makes the camera very pocketable in a jacket pocket.It makes a pretty good street lens too. I can't fault it in any department, having said that, there is a slight rattle from the aperture blades on odd occasions on my Oly, but it does not bother me in the slightestand is common to this lens fitted to Olympus bodies apparently, it does nothing to impair performance.Read full review
Potentially a great lens but I've had various copies of his lens, all with varying imbalances of corner softness. For shallow depth of field shots it's not a problem but if taking a landscape photograph I am finding that the upper third of the image can be softer than the rest of the frame! On one copy I had the right hand side of the image was noticeably softer than the left hand side! All I am saying is take a few test shots before you buy. I've had 3 copies now and can't be bothered to replace it anymore. As I use it for street photography it's not such an issue for me.
