Clearance item. Seems like a good price for the lens.
Next cheapest is $279 - http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Olympus+12-50mm…
Olympus M.zuiko 12-50mm Lens $148 + Delivery @ Harvey Norman
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xaykogeki on 19/06/2020 - 14:27 harveynorman.com.au (1429 clicks)
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Dammit, I paid barely less than this recently for a second hand one!
Decent for the price.
For any newbies using m43 wondering if they should get this lens, consider if you're still using your kit lens and don't find 14mm wide enough, nor if 42mm is enough reach and want something that just adds a little bit more without spending hundreds of dollars.
But don't expect to use this lens for wildlife photography. This lens is only good as a kit lens replacement where you wish it was a little wider or had a little bit more reach, especially on holidays where you don't want to spend too much time changing lenses.
But for holidays it's really difficult to go past the easy to deal with and inconspicuous size of the EZ lens.
Depends on what one's needs are. I used a 15-85mm on my 600D because the range was great on holidays. It's not in any way an inconspicuous lens. Currently I use a 12-40mm which, on my EM-10 mk2 is huge… again, not very inconspicuous but a great range and, coupled with IBIS and f/2.8, is also good in low light.
The macro mode could be useful as well.
Agree. And good for video mode too.
It was $98 previous at HN according to Pricehipster. someone did post it on ozb before, but can't find it
Isn't this the weather sealed kit lens along with 14 to 42?
It’s a nice lit lens, but with so much great glass in the m4/3 lineup, the only reason to buy this is if you want a minor upgrade on the kit lens.
On fact, IIRC, it actually used to be the kit lens on some bodies.
If you're looking for a m43 kit lens the Panasonic 12-32 seems like a better option if you don't need the bit of extra reach or the weather sealing. Much smaller, lighter, sharper, and slightly faster on the tele end.
worth buying for canon 700d (with an adaptor)? thanks!
Won't work on a Canon 700D. There's no adapter that will fit m43 lenses on EF-S mount cameras. The m43 sensor is smaller than what's used in Canon's EF-S lineup (APS-C). As such, the image circle of m43 lenses isn't big enough to cover your 700D's image sensor. If an adapter did exist, you'd get extreme vignetting (dark shadows) in the corner of your images.
I think its the flange distance that makes it impossible.
Well you are both right, the image circle produced by this lens is too small for the APSC sensor and as Jenny said the flange distance on a mirror-less lens is far less, so that rules it out too…
@joele: I'll sound pretentious for daying this but smaller image circle lenses can be adapted, just a crop on the image is required. Whrn the flange distance is too small it's impossible.
Handy little lens to give some flexibility when using it underwater for a bit of macro and wide angle using the same kit too.
Flooded one back in 2015, might be time to replace it!
Not much better than the kit lenses (it was a kit lens back in the day), though it is weather sealed if your kit lens isn't and starts at 12mm (24mm FF FOV) so if you want that (vs a 14mm kit) but happy with kit lens quality, this is a good price, just don't expect an upgrade in IQ..
this is getting long in the tooth. it's a rather slow lens for an already noisy sensor
also it's a rather large lens as far as MFT lenses go
I find the collapsible 14-42 to be superb, and with addition of auto open lens cap it just gives you this point and shoot convenience with much better image qualitythe only saving grace of this lens is weather sealing. that's the cheap way to start shooting your em-5 mark ii in the rain
funny enough I sold my em-5 couple of days ago and switched to Canon M5.
This has to be the cheapest powerzoom and waterproofed lens in m4/3. A definite buy if you need that.