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Review on Panasonic LUMIX 14 45Mm F3 5 5 6 H FS014045 by Nguyen Bach ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

The product is good, there are only a few minor flaws.

I used this lens as a staff lens on a Panasonic GF5 camera from August to November 2022. Including, in a two-week tour of Italy. Then tried it in different modes on the G5. With this lens, about 1500 pictures were taken and about 30 videos were shot. Impressions are as follows. The lens is good for the compact GF5 (and for early versions - GF2, GF3), as well as for all GX models. It is not suitable for older models (GH, G), because, due to ordinary characteristics, it does not implement all the capabilities of these devices. In general, the lens is quite good, especially for people who want to get high-quality pictures in the "automatic" mode. Perfectly combined with compact cameras. Made in Japan, build quality and materials are excellent. Autofocus is quiet and very fast, passing through the entire focus scale takes less than half a second. Very compact, amazingly compact - when folded, it is only slightly larger than a normal pancake lens. A GF or GX type system camera with this lens fits easily into a purse or jacket pocket.

Pros
  • -Slim, compact, well-built body with metal mount -Very good image quality in the center of the frame - Minor longitudinal chromatic aberration -Very slight lateral chromatic aberration -Efficient and silent autofocus - Excellent optical stabilizer -Excellent video shooting with continuous autofocus
Cons
  • -Soaps - low image quality at the edges of the frame at 42 mm -Very strong lateral chromatic aberration at 14mm -Strong distortion at all focal lengths - Noticeable vignetting at all focal lengths - Weak resistance to bright backlight, flare and glare