| |
Home >> Digital Camera Accessories >> Lenses
Olympus 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Zuiko ED Digital SLR Lens for E1, E300 & E500 Cameras | List Price: $599.99
Discount Price: Too low to display
|
Brand: Olympus
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Specially treated to shed water droplets, and engineered to withstand the rigorous demands of professional use
- Designed to capitalize on the design advantages of the OLYMPUS Four Thirds System
- Large f/2.8 - 3.5 aperture, with minimum weight and bulk
- 14-54mm range -- equivalent to 28 - 108mm in conventional 35mm photography
- For use with the OLYMPUS E-1 and other Four Thirds Series Digital SLR Cameras, as specified
great everyday lens...perfect for former P&S shooters [Posted on 2008-05-16]
This is my everyday lens. Great usable range. Fast enough and wide enough for decent flash-free indoor photography. Long enough to track your kid at the playground. The image quality is excellent. The colors are great. You can even use it as a macro lens. I haven't noticed any softness really at any aperture but I admit to not staring at the margins.
If you are a former P&S shooter who recently upgraded to a DSLR, chances are you might have been disappointed by how much less it 'seems' you can do with a single lens. After all, your P&S did everything right? This seems almost designed to equivalent experience as using a P&S, only better in every regard.
Does Many Things Well [Posted on 2008-06-10]
Using it on an E-330 after about eight months with what might have been a below average copy of the 14-45 kit lens. Obviously better build here. Heavier but not a lot bigger. Balances well on the camera. Focus is quieter and much, much faster. Sharper throughout the range. Extra 2/3 stop at the wide end makes a difference, especially indoors. Barrel distortion is minimal. Added speed and reach on the long end make it viable for portraits. Throw in "almost macro" close focus and it's a good general purpose lens that will spend a lot more time on the camera than the 14-45 did.
Make great walkaround kit with E420 [Posted on 2008-06-10]
I use this lens with E420 and makes probably the best SLR+lens combination under one grand you simply can't get with a Canon or Nikon
Best $$$ I've spent on lenses! [Posted on 2008-07-11]
Pros:Durable, Rugged, Fast focus, Fast autofocus, Sharp Focus, Weather proofed, Easily Interchangeable, Strong Construction, Easy To Clean, Lightweight
Cons:None so far
Best Uses:Close-up photography, Wide angle, General Use, Sports/Action, Upgrade, Portraits, Landscape photography
I replaced the 14-45 kit lens from my E500 which I have been using on my E3 and is a good lens. But WOW, this lens is super!
At this price cannot be beat. Best feature to me is the manual focus mechanism s "direct" compared to the "wire focus" on kit lenses. Next, it focuses so much more quickly and precisely in automatic focus mode.
The distance scale on the lens barrel is a big plus also. I enjoy close-up work and this lens focuses to within under 9"!
Being weatherproof makes it fully compatible with the E-3.
It also does a super job of controlling lens flare.
Better than prime lens? [Posted on 2008-07-29]
This is a dream lens. It is built beautifully, balances well in the hand, delivers tack sharp images and focuses very quickly and quietly. It is a quantum leap over the kit lens which feels loose and plasticky by comparison.
How strongly do I feel about the image quality of this lens? I just returned a 50 ED macro Digital Zuiko lens that couldn't hold a candle to the 14-54 in anything other than pure macro photography.
Definitely one of the best lenses I have ever owned.
Click here for more details and discount information...
|
|
){kind=link}