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5
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12/30/2007
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Average Purchase
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80% of reviewers
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Readers'
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8.40
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jfgroen
Registered: December 2007
Posts: 3
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Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital review by jfgroen
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Review Date: 12/30/2007
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 6
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Pros:
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compact and light
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Cons:
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a bit slow; vignetting; distortion; image quality
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The lens came as a kit with the Olympus 330, together with the 40-150mm/f3.5-4.5 zoom. Unlike the telezoom, I find this lens quite disappointing -- I just expect better quality than 'sufficient' from an Olympus lens. Barrel distortion is on the high side at 14 mm, and stays noticeable throughout much of the zoom range. Though the test results show sufficient sharpness, I find the images slightly, and for my idea: too, fuzzy. Vignetting makes the lens for me in fact only usable from f-stop 8 (given the smaller chip size, and the more square four-thirds standard, I think vignetting should not be a problem at all with these lenses).
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epixx
Registered: March 2007
Posts: 5
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Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital review by epixx
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Review Date: 3/17/2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Sharp, useful range
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Cons:
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Distortion at the wide end, slow at the long end
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This is a surprisingly good lens. For me it was "free", since it came with my E-1. I didn't think I would use it much, but for sunny days, its a very good walk-around lens. The only serious downside is distortion at the wide end.
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llbeanie1
Registered: November 2006
Posts: 17
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Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital review by llbeanie1
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Review Date: 1/1/2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 7
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sharp image quality
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clark666
Registered: January 2006
Posts: 5
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Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital review by clark666
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Review Date: 11/28/2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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comes with camera. Sharp images, light weight no need to replace it
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Cons:
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The 14-54 is faster and sharper, but weighes more
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It came with the camera and has no shortcomings. A faster lens is better. A wider angle is good, but the 14-45 is fine on its own.
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halfmac
Registered: November 2005
Posts: 11
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Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital review by halfmac
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Review Date: 11/8/2005
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Good sharpness, small size, non-rotating front for shade, metal mount.
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Cons:
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Slow f-stop on the 45mm end (what do you expect from a kit lens)
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This is the best kit lens on the market. The only one with a metal mount. Only one the front does not turn.
Very good center and edge sharpness. Seems very well made for a kit lens.
Both of the kit lens compare very well to Olympus OM prime lenses and these are zooms.
Came with lens hood!
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