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This new 14-42mm lens is extremely good. I tried both the new and the old version and the newer one is sharper, lighter and focuses extremely fast. One more thing, in good light, it focuses a little bit quicker then my 12-35mm f/2,8 lens on GH4. very strange ting, I hope Panasonic will bring a firmware update to 12-35mm f/2,8 lens because it is a shame LOL.
I totally recommend it as a low cost lens.
Lenses do not have crop factors, lenses have coverage. It is 14-42mm lens. With m43 sensor it is equivalent to 28-84mm lens in common terms.
Hi all,
I hope this is the right place to post this question. I have this lens on a Lumix G6 body and I think I'm a little bit confused about 35mm equivalences and crop factor.
I've found somewhere (http://www.ephotozine.com/article/panasonic-lumix-g-vario-14-42mm-f-3-5-5-6-ii-lens-review-21563) that this is a 28mm - 84mm in a 35mm equivalent. Does that mean that it would be a 28-84mm lens on a camera with a 35mm full frame sensor? And that it actually is a 14-42mm on the Lumix series, but only on these? Or I am actually using a 28-84mm on my G6?
I understand that my G6 has a 2x crop factor (and does it change in video mode?). But this is the camera, not the lens itself.
Thanks for your help!
The Panasonic 14-42 mm II gives you beautifully sharp pictures, reaching the highest center sharpness at f/5.6.
http://www.camerastuffreview.com/panasonic-lens-review/review-panasonic-14-42-mm-ii
This Panasonic 14-42mm zoom lens stands up very well against the alternatives, especially in view of its relatively low price
JPEG samples with the Panasonic 14-42mm II kit lens and G5 at http://www.quesabesde.com/noticias/panasonic-14-42mm-ii-vario-analisis-fotos,1_9459
WOW that's pretty impressive miniaturization of that zoom. I like how short the extension is now at full zoom. I thought it was kind of dumb until seeing these side by side videos. Now I actually want one.
I've read that it's indeed painted. The lens only weighs 110 grams, so... Hopefully, it doesn't flake.
Here's a video with image comparison
I'm interested whether it has a "painted silver lens mount", I don't think anyone has ever done that before, in this photo next to the previous version, the mount looks highly polished and metallic.
I wonder if this lens will hold those Panasonic wide angle and tele converter lenses?
That seems small enough for a standard zoom on MFT. Only a few mm longer than the Olympus 45mm. And I can use all of my 46mm filters! It's definitely on my list.
There is now the official MTF charts of the new Panasonic G 14-42 II kit lens: http://www.panasonic.net/avc/lumix/systemcamera/gms/lens/g_vario_14_42_a.html At 42mm the chart looks a bit peculiar (bent). The Mk II lens does appear in specifications as something between the 2010 14-42mm lens and the pancake power-zoom with major focus on being compact, light and plausibly cheap.
This lens is better than the old kit lens (i think) as it is marked with HD and is smaller.
Power Zoom seems to be error made by dpreview, it seems like just kit lens made cheaper.
The internals are almost the same as the PZ. If they are pricing this much higher than the current kit lens, than I have to think about buying it. I've read that they will be pricing it around the same as the Panasonic 14-45, and that one is probably optically better. So you pay for having something small and light, it seems.
This seems like a stripped down version of PZ X 14-42mm. The same 20cm min focus distance.
Inner zoom? That will be nice with a power zoom feature.
The original kit lens, the 14-45, is a very good lens; the 14-42 was not as sharp. Interesting to see if the IQ holds up.
@Vitaliy_Kiselev Ahhhhhhh, got it. Thanks.
It is step back from PZ lens, not original 14-42mm
So what's the difference here? The OIS is a step back, that doesn't seem good. It's smaller. So, the first one was pretty damn small already? Am I missing something here?
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