OLYMPUS OM SYSTEM 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 EZ Interchangeable Lens for Olympus/Panasonic Micro 4/3 Digital Camera (Silver) - International Version (No Warranty)

It’s not a fast lens, nor a sharp one. You won’t get much bokeh unless you focus on something very close to you. It’s a wide angle at minimum zoom but even at that focal length, is an F3.5. Nothing to write home about.There are two reasons to buy this lens. One is that while you run around in a neat location in the middle of the day, you don’t want to shoulder multiple lenses. Who does? This is an excellent lens for that! Image quality is a bit soft, to allow for its versatility and price. That said, it’s more realistic to how we see things. If you snap well framed photos of something interesting, you’ll have captured exactly that. This lens goes from wide angle to 42mm, covering the range of three M.Zuiko primes in a single more compact lens.The other reason to buy this is to have a way to convert your Oly to a point and shoot when you go out on the town at night. That, unfortunately, is where this lens falls flat on its face. It can take wide angle shots like you’ll need indoors, but the glass is too slow to take good ones without a flash. If you’re considering this lens for that, think again.My own personal solution for this doesn’t involve my micro four-thirds at all. Instead, I invested in a Moment system. They offer a case for my iPhone 8 that costs $35 and a wide angle lens that adds another $60. For a hundred bucks, my F2.0 iPhone is perfect for nightlife photography, as much as a camera with such a tiny sensor and limited dynamic range can be. It’s an excellent solution and the lens fits in either front jeans pocket when not attached to the phone.Bottom line, this is an excellent lens for running around and not carrying other lenses with you, sight seeing during the day when you don’t want to be completely focused on photography but still want to shoot what interesting things you stumble across. When night falls, if you’re still taking photos, best you find a better solution.I ordered this lens here, without warranty, and so far it’s worked just fine. Then again, I’ve never had to send an Olympus lens back for warranty repairs. Your mileage may vary, but I never would have purchased this lens for full price. I anticipated its limitations and don’t feel that it’s worth full retail price. As I’m reviewing this particular purchase, five full stars. It’s only good for what it’s good for, but it handles that with dispatch.

I got the Import model in silver. Came in a totally nondescript box but it was very well bubble wrapped and for all intents it works. It was missing the little plastic protective sticker that most lens caps ship with but seeing as most folks discard that within 2.8 secs of opening it really wasnt missed. No scratches or signs of wear.The lens itself functions better than I expected for a kit lens. But also doesn't hold a candle to a good prime. It's basically compact, cheap, convenient, and makes it easier for me to take my camera with me.

On a OM-D(5) body, this 14-42mm lens is hard to beat in terms of compact size and with this lens, the camera can fit inside the pocket of a coat. The field of view is similar to a 28-80mm lens of a full-frame camera and together with the stabilization of the camera's sensor, it can capture good shots even in low light without using a tripod.DRAWBACKS :- While I like this compact size, in the end a larger 12-60mm lens became my go-to travel lens.- Before swapping lenses, you must power-off the camera. Only that forces the lens to fully retract.- Zoom doesn't operate mechanically - instead the zoom ring triggers an internal motor.- without a lens hood, I am always concerned about scratching the lens and it is easily exposed to rain.

Excellent travel lens with great results! Greatly reduces size on my camera.

This lens is incredibly sharp and so portable...great replacement from the previous.

Works Awesome on my DJI Inspire. It's actually sharper than the stock 15mm lens

alot handier than the original 14-42mm lens..less bulky..and the images are as good or better..this international versionworks to specs..*if your wondering..for the price..it was only a bit more than a used lens..read reviews earlier about the quirks of this lens..sure, the electronic zoom too a bit getting used too..felt like a point and shoot..after playing with it for a short time..got used to it..and it makes the OM d10 even more easy to carry around..i ordered the auto lens cap as well..and together they work like a charm..now if they d just have a carry case that would fit this set up..

The lens stopped working very suddenly after only 8 months of using. This is the third time this has happened to me with M.Zuiko olympus lens over the past several years -- the problem always seems to be the same: a corroded wire inside the lens stopped transporting electric signal, and as a consequence the lens is not able to focus. Seems like a small problem, but it is impossible to repair.I like the quality of photos obtained with Olympus PEN camera series with the M.Zuiko lens, but after having this experience 3 times already, I have decided to move one and purchase camera & lens from a different manufacturer.