Panasonic Lumix G 12-60 mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH. POWER O.I.S.
1. Introduction
In the 4/3 and Micro 4/3 systems an equivalent of such instruments should feature a focal length range starting with 12 mm and finishing at 50-60 mm. So far only Olympus hasn’t been idle in that segment. In the old 4/3 system line-up they offered the excellent Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 12–60 mm f/2.8–4.0 SWD; since December 2011 the Micro 4/3 features the smaller but also much slower Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 12–50 mm f/3.5–6.3 ED EZ.
Panasonic made us wait long for any move in that market segment but the result was worth it. In 2016 two interesting new devices were launched, first the Panasonic Lumix G 12–60 mm f/3.5–5.6 ASPH. POWER O.I.S. and then, during the September Photokina 2016 the 12–60 mm f/2.8–4.0 lens co-designed with Leica was announced.
Please Support UsIf you enjoy our reviews and articles, and you want us to continue our work please, support our website by donating through PayPal. The funds are going to be used for paying our editorial team, renting servers, and equipping our testing studio; only that way we will be able to continue providing you interesting content for free. |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
After some waiting we managed to obtain the first of the Panasonic lenses, the 12-60 mm, courtesy of Panasonic Poland and now we present our impressions in the following chapters – enjoy your reading!
You are also invited to get acquainted with our test procedure, described in the article "How do we test lenses?" If you feel it’s still not enough, please go to our FAQ section where you can find some further explanation.
 |
 |
