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from Malaysia Summary: Couple this lens with the 50-200, and you'll get an awesome multi-purpose kit from candid to events to serious studio work.
Th 14-54mm is very sharp, though ranked 4th in my Zuiko Digital lens uber-sharp ratings: 1) 50mm, 2) 11-22mm, 3) 50-200mm and 4) 14-54mm.
This lens is a God-send. Multi-purpose use from near-macro to portraiture. Sharpness and bokeh is well balanced, though not very good with bright backgrounds. I need to get the ZD 50/2 to achieve portraiture perfection.
Color and contrast is excellent, combined with the resolution sharpness making E-510 10MP really a 10MP.
At f/3.5 at 54mm, the DoF is a bit deep though. But still usable as it is still within F/4, but I lose a bit of flexibility in DoF control. In controlled environment such as studio this should not be a real problem, though.
Focus is fast, with less lens travel; and superbly accurate. I can get all the focus points spot on.
Strengths: 4x normal zoom, multi-purpose lens
fast focus
accurate focus
compact design
very sharp with pleasing bokeh
Weaknesses: the least sharp of my 4 ZD lenses Similar Products Used: ZD14-42mm f/3.5-5.6
OM35-105mm f/3.5-4.5
Customer Service: None, yet.
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