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Review on Olympus ED 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 4/3 lens by Chae Hahm ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

The product is completely satisfied, performs its functions.

I bought it as a kit lens along with the E-420. I have been using it for more than a year and no critical shortcomings have been identified. Among staff (standard) lenses, Olympus lenses are considered one of the best. I had to shoot cats, but they do not like to sit still. Autofocus coped in 95% of cases. I shot my wife and a small child, shot the streets of my native city, the lens copes with the functions assigned to it (although I prefer to make portraits on Helios, even if I have to work with pens). Bottom line: as a regular kit lens, it looks quite decent

Pros
  • Lightweight, sharp (for a standard lens), covers the necessary FR, for shooting at home it is the most
Cons
  • slow autofocus in the absence of proper lighting, background blur on an open hole is not very interesting (although everything is not for everyone) light, since the camera is without a stabilizer, sometimes there are misses.