OM SYSTEM OLYMPUS M.Zuiko Digital 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 IIR Silver For Micro Four Thirds System Camera, Compact 3x zoom Lens

Very happy with the lense and speedy delivery

It was a replacement lens and to date I have found it to work well. Would recommend it.

The lens was exactly as described, it works perfectly and makes the Pen-F so much more versatile

Creo que es mejor opción que la versión pancake del mismo objetivo.

Full disclosure, I'm not a professional. I love my camera, I love shooting video, and I am really enjoying this lens, but consider a grain of salt if you're a working professional shooting every day and looking for a review to stake part of your livelihood on. That said, I'll speak from the heart/wallet. This lens was a replacement for me of a much cheaper lens of similar specs, albeit at a shorter maximum focal length. But even more than the long zoom, the first thing that struck me right out of the box is that this lens feels solid and built to last. I haven't done a definitive test of focal qualities, but in casual use I've found that the focus is consistent from the widest to tightest focal length. That is, I haven't had to refocus going from a wide shot to tight, which I understand to be the case in higher-quality lenses. I have not observed any softness at maximum zoom, personally. So my one critique of this lens - and I'm reluctant to even call it a critique, as it feels like a reasonable break-in step to me - is that the action on the zoom was a little sticky at first. Turning the zoom ring by hand, it required significantly higher effort around the mid-zoom mark - just enough that doing a smooth zoom, as one might want in certain film genres, wasn't possible. BY NO MEANS was it so difficult I felt I'd endanger the lens; definitely not a manufacture issue, nothing jammed or anything like that. My focus motor also had trouble with it, for what it's worth; I use a Ronin S2 gimbal and its accessory focus motor when I'm shooting video, and here I repurposed the focus motor for zoom, attempting some genre-specific camera work. The motor calibration got hung up on the sticky spot, and once I overcame that, the actual zoom motion was still sticky and inhibited. I looked into this and several professionals' websites recommended both "breaking it in" and lubricating it properly (which requires not only lens-specific lube, but the right lube for the particular lens manufacturer, and frankly, I'm cheap) so I started with breaking it in. Just kept the lens on my desk for a couple days, and during free moments I'd twist the zoom ring back and forth through its extents, for a few minutes at a time. I probably spent less than 30 minutes total on this before the action became considerably smoother - a truly minor investment for smooth-zooming action. Having done this, I'm confident I can snap-zoom by hand and slow-zoom with the focus motor when I want to. In short, I'm happy with this lens. It'll fit a different role in your kit, I'm sure, but it's my first zoom and the versatility of it, after using nothing but primes, is fantastic.

It’s been a dream of mine to own a great camera for years and was luckily gifted with one. Now I have purchased both lens that came highly recommended and given a great camera. I am a Nature lover and looking forward to my Nature Walks and all the memories I can now capture. A dream come true. Choice based from another Nature Lover whom has taken many photos. Absolutely thrilled!

Tengo el EZ chiquito, pero un día bajó a 820 y por ese precio, todo es maravilloso. Es un poco más nítido que el EZ pero prefiero el diseño del EZ, mucho más práctico que sea un "pancake" con el zoom electrónico, eso se extraña en éste. Creo que si no lo consigues casi regalado no vale la pena, hay mejores lentes de olympus, y no porque éste sea malo, sino porque hay mejores por precios similares. TIP: todo sale mucho más bara usado (o nuevo) en amazon Japón.

Well done, fast delivery and exactly as advertised