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With the new Sony E 16-70 attached to my NEX 6 (see prior post), I walked out the door with two camera-lens combinations to test against each other. The other combination was an Olympus E-M5 with my oldest digital lens, the well-respected 14-54ii designed for 4/3 cameras. I used it with the Olympus adapter to fit the 4/3 lens onto the m4/3 mount.
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| The Olympus is on the left. With the 4/3-to-m4/3 adapter the Olympus 14-54ii zoom weighs 17.7 ounces and is larger than the Sony lens. The Sony lens weighs 11 ounces. |
The 14-54ii has been my favorite zoom for many years, having been with me previously on an Olympus E-520 and E-620, and a Panasonic G2 and GH2. With an effective focal length of 28-108mm it's been (almost) perfect for me for travel, landscapes and people pictures. However, the Sony is equivalent to 24-105mm, and it is the 24mm-equiv. wide angle that attracts me to it. Also, it focuses much faster and far quieter than does the Olympus combination. I didn't test either one for video.
For me to keep this lens it must be at least as sharp as the 14-54ii, both in the center and in the corners. (Otherwise, it is going back.)
Tonight I will evaluate the results of my little "shoot-out" and publish my thoughts in a follow up post (hopefully, tomorrow).
2 comments:
Would you please tell me if 14-54ii have AF on a MFT body ? Thank you for your post!
Yes, it does but it focuses slowly compared with how it focused on my regular FT bodies (E520 and E620) and much slower than native MFT lenses.
Peter F.
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