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Panasonic Lumix G Vario 12-32mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH Mega O.I.S. - Review / Lens Test Report - Samples & Verdict |
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Sample Images & Verdict
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| Make |
Panasonic |
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| Model |
DMC-GM1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
12.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8.0 |
| Exposure |
1/640s |
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| Make |
Panasonic |
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| Model |
DMC-GM1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
12.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8.0 |
| Exposure |
1/2000s |
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| Make |
Panasonic |
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| Model |
DMC-GM1 |
| ISO Speed |
400 |
| Focal Length |
30.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/5.6 |
| Exposure |
1/50s |
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| Make |
Panasonic |
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| Model |
DMC-GM1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
12.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8.0 |
| Exposure |
1/500s |
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| Make |
Panasonic |
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| Model |
DMC-GM1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
22.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8.0 |
| Exposure |
1/640s |
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| Make |
Panasonic |
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| Model |
DMC-GM1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
12.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/5.6 |
| Exposure |
1/800s |
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| Make |
Panasonic |
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| Model |
DMC-GM1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
17.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/4.1 |
| Exposure |
1/2500s |
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| Make |
Panasonic |
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| Model |
DMC-GM1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
32.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8.0 |
| Exposure |
1/1000s |
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| Make |
Panasonic |
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| Model |
DMC-GM1 |
| ISO Speed |
1600 |
| Focal Length |
12.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/4.0 |
| Exposure |
1/15s |
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| Make |
Panasonic |
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| Model |
DMC-GM1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
18.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8.0 |
| Exposure |
1/500s |
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| Make |
Panasonic |
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| Model |
DMC-GM1 |
| ISO Speed |
800 |
| Focal Length |
32.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8.0 |
| Exposure |
1/50s |
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VerdictThe Panasonic Lumix G Vario 12-32mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH Mega O.I.S. is certainly a decent kit zoom lens but regarding its optical characteristics it is nothing special neither in a positive nor negative sense. The image center is generally very sharp (unless you stop down beyond f/8) and the outer image region is on a good level even at wide-open aperture. There's nothing wrong with this but it doesn't compete with pro-grade lenses as Panasonic's own figures may suggest. The (corrected) CAs and distortion are quite low although the original characteristics (uncorrected RAWs) are clearly (much) worse here. The vignetting is about in line to the figures that we've seen from other standard zoom lenses.
The primary feature of the lens is certainly its size and weight. At just 70g it weights next to nothing really and it's even smaller than the Lumix G X 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ ASPH Power O.I.S. The build quality is unexciting. The body is made of plastics and it doesn't really feel all that solid when moving from transport to shooting mode. The AF performance of the lens is excellent - surely also because of the low weight of the focus group in the lens.
The optical image stabilizer (who came up with the "MEGA" name ?) is, of course, a useful feature for hand-held photography and provides an effective gain of about "3 f-stops" in real world terms.
We certainly congratulate Panasonic for having created this tiny wonder and along with his in-house cousin it is obvious choice when size and weight really matter. However, if you are after a high performance lens you should look towards the Olympus M.Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8 ED Pro or Panasonic Lumix G 12-35mm f/2.8 ASPH Power O.I.S. instead.
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