Panasonic LUMIX Gレンズ 25mm F1.7 ASPH ミラーレスマイクロ4/3 H-H025K (USAブラック) 45-200MM H-FS045200

Replaced my 14-42 on my OM-D EM5 Mk2 with this lens. Considerably larger but better range and still quite light. Crisp and good contrast. Very happy

Many have written about it. I have only one thing to say. It does not respond to auto focus quickly. I have to nudge it to happen by tweaking focus button. Picture is sharp. Good range. less weight. plastic body does not look that bad. But plastic is plastic. For indoors, light support is a must. Out doors, its performance is good. Useful kit lens.

Amateur photographer here. I am quite pleased w/ this lens. I figured it was a budget lens and that meant budget quality photos, I was so wrong. My enthusiasm for photography has reached a new level after using this lens. My friend is a photographer who has thousands invested in his hobby, he was impressed and gave this lens a thumbs up and surprised at how affordable this lens is. The quality of my pictures are great, ive had no issues but then again, I am still learning this new hobby.

This lens is a perfect match for the G series cameras (I use it with a Panny G1), though it can be used with any m4/3 camera, and is a superb value. It doesn't get any better than this - a stabilized, high quality 45-200mm zoom for less than 300 dollars? You bet! Sure the aperture is f/4.0-5.6, but that's pretty typical for a low cost zoom. What's not so typical is the superb image quality, great stabilization, and quality build. It gives you good coverage at the long end up to a nice 400mm equivalent, perfect for wildlife and nature photography. The short end is a nice portrait length and you can easily go tight when you need to. It's easy to handle and fairly smooth in operation. It's mostly all been covered in the other reviews here, so I won't repeat all that, but this is a superb value and a great lens. I matched this up with the great Panasonic 14-45mm zoom to cover the short end and the highly regarded panny 20mm f/1.7 pancake prime (for best available light close-in shooting) together with my G1 and really feel like I have it covered. Possibly the nicest, lightest, most compact kit I've ever assembled (not to mention low cost as well). I am able to get some great hand-held shots and overall sharpness is very good. The OIS stabilization seems to work very well and this is definitely the easiest lens I have ever used hand-held at the full 200mm (400mm). 2012-02-19 Update: See the comments for some good info (thanks, Les!) on the "extended zoom" features -- hand-held shots at 800mm - wow! ;) 2012-04-29 Update: Still loving this lens. Wonderfully useful range, if I only take one lens, this is often my choice, though the 14-45mm is pretty handy as well. The 20mm is also very nice, but, obviously, for more specific uses. (If you're in situations where you can "zoom with your feet" it's great. Also wonderful in low light.) 2012-07-07 Update: I love this lens! I get an impressively high percentage of good shots with this lens. The quality is superb and it is a joy to shoot with. When you shoot with a fine lens, it really does make a difference. For the price asked, this one is hard to beat.

So far no issues with lens. It goes great with BMPC 4K. If you have MFT camera this lens is no brainier.