Hi all,

I’ve been lucky to own many different lenses for the Micro Four Thirds system, they’re all good lenses and they all have their uses but, after much thought, I’m awarding the accolade of “my favourite lens” to this one, my unassuming-looking Lumix 12-60mm f/3.5-f/5.6 zoom lens. This lens, bought second-hand some years ago and sold as a kit lens with several Lumix camera models as well as on it’s own has travelled literally thousands of miles with me, It’s light, sharp and, when compared to my other “standard” zooms, it has the added advantage of very useful 25% extra reach at the telephoto end whilst still having a very usable wide angle end. It’s splash and dust proof, very compact and weighs only 310 grams, it has a metal lens mount, takes 58mm filters, zooming and focusing is smooth and the autofocus is fast. Seen here on it’s usual travel companion, my Olympus E-M5 II camera.

If I could only take, and often have taken, just one lens with me this is my go-to lens. Hard to put into words but it just “feels” right and as a 24mm-120mm full-frame 35mm equivalent it covers all of my most used focal lengths and a bit more at either end for good measure. I’ve experimented with taking other similar range zoom lenses but time and again I find myself coming back to this lens. I think that it is unrivalled in terms of its combination of size, weight, focal length range, weather-proofing, performance and price. One gets a very good “bang for the buck” with this lens, especially so when you buy a used one as they’re often sold in great condition by those not happy with a “kit lens” most probably without even giving the lens a fair test of its capabilities. 🙂

I’ve always been very happy with the image quality of this lens, below a selection of shots I’ve taken with this lens:

Kind regards,

Leigh