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| sent on 11 Febbraio 2025
Pros: Sharpness, Excursion, Construction, Stabilization
Cons: Weight and overall dimensions
Opinion: It's been more than two years since I've been using it, and it's "fixed" on my Em1mkii. What can I say, I start with the sore points: weight and bulk. Its 561gr, in the m43, make it look heavy, as well as its 117x78mm size, also in the m43, make it look bulky. But on the Em1mkii it is proportionate and balanced. Considering the metal construction, the 24-200mm excursion, the tropicalization and the internal stabilization, it is not only unique and irreplaceable in the system but practically unique in the photographic world (with those characteristics, measurements and weight). Of course, on micro bodies Em10 xx or Em5 xx is perhaps less balanced and does not take advantage of its double stabilization, but you can't have everything. Now let's come to the fantastic merits, starting with the sharpness. It is fantastic on all hikes and across the frame. It is superimposable or better than the various fixed 1.8 of the system, and this alone on a 24-200mm zoom is amazing. You will say, of course, it's an f4 though. And here comes the fun. Its stabilization, added to that of the camera (always Em1mkii) allowed me to take perfectly sharp photos at 3..5..7 seconds of exposure handheld!!! ... often leaving the tripod at home and not having to resort to fixed 1.8. I now come to the construction, which can be resolved with a single word: impeccable. Its use is that of an all-rounder to be left on the machine at all times. In fact, you can do landscaping, portraits, small birdlife, travel, etc. Alternative? Of course there is something at Olympus: the 14-150 (which I owned), lighter and smaller, but with a decidedly lower performance outside the frame center, without double stabilization and darker; the 12-200, which, however, in the face of a greater excursion, weighs / bulks in a similar way, has a lower yield on the frame and is darker. In short, I think that the 12-100 is an irreplaceable gem of the system for those who prefer not to change optics often and/or do not practice a specific genre that requires an equally specific optics (avifauna, macro etc ...). |
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