Olympus M.14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 EZ

Olympus

Olympus M.14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 EZ

📏 14-42mm 💡 f/3.5-5.6 🔌 Micro Four Thirds Mount 🔍 Zoom ⚖️ 91g

📖 Overview

The Olympus M.14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 EZ is a tiny, power zoom lens, often bundled as a kit lens with Olympus Micro Four Thirds cameras. Its compact size makes it ideal for travel and everyday snapshots. Image quality is acceptable for basic use, but it's not particularly sharp or fast.

📸 Browse 83 real-world sample photos taken with this lens by photographers worldwide on SampleShots.

📋 Specifications

Focal Length 14-42mm
Max Aperture f/3.5-5.6
Min Aperture f/22
Lens Type Zoom
Mount Micro Four Thirds
AF Motor Stepping Motor (MSC)
Image Stabilization No
Autofocus Yes
Weather Sealed No
Max Magnification 0.23x
Elements / Groups 8 elements in 7 groups
Aperture Blades 5
Filter Diameter 37mm
Weight 91g
Dimensions 61.0 x 22.9mm
Release Year 2014

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🖼️ Sample Photos

Real-world photos taken with the Olympus M.14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 EZ, sourced from SampleShots.

Lithograph titled 'Boulevard de Strasbourg' by John Wilson, featuring bold black contours and orange elements depicting urban life in 1950.
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Vincent van Gogh's painting 'The Raising of Lazarus' depicting three figures, with a grieving woman in green, a resurrected man, and a background landscape.
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Portrait of Madame Augustine Roulin, depicted in bold colors and intricate patterns, holding a cradle rope, evoking themes of comfort.
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Frontal bust-length portrait of Joseph Roulin in a blue postman's uniform and cap marked POSTES, against a green decorative background with floral motifs.
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Portrait of a young boy in a blue cap and green jacket against a bright yellow background; bold, visible brushstrokes convey texture and light.
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Interior of a Gothic cathedral nave with towering stone columns, ribbed vaults, and a distant altar bathed in warm light from a stained-glass window.
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Stone steps in Whitby at night under a bright streetlight.
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Lit candles on a metal stand inside Durham Cathedral, with stone arches in the background.
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A lit white candle in the foreground with blurred stone arches and inscriptions in the background.
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Close-up of a vintage comic page with six panels, bold primary colors, black outlines, and speech balloons.
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Color lithograph poster of a woman in a star-spangled dress holding a basket, standing on a field with arms outstretched; top title Sow the seeds of Victory!, bottom caption Every Garden a Munition Plant.
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Two people in a small boat wearing bright orange life jackets on a choppy lake with forested hills and cloud-covered mountains in the distance.
Gareth O'Brien
Floral sculpture of a dog outside Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, surrounded by people and modern architecture.
Stephen Weiss
Elongated shadows of metal railing and circular loop on a textured beige wall under bright sun.
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Shadows cast on a white plaster wall reveal silhouettes of shelving and hardware, with a rusted horizontal rail and textured wall surface.
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Dim interior with klopotec-like windmills on metal stands, salvaged timber components, and cables on the floor. Shadows stretch across pale walls.
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Red Baltimore & Ohio caboose C-1775 on indoor museum track with white lettering and B&O emblem, yellow safety rails, and a uniformed man on the rear platform beside a steam locomotive; American flags hang overhead.
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White circular B&O emblem with Capitol dome on red wooden panel, surrounded by the text 'Linking 13 Great States with the Nation'.
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View all 83 sample photos on SampleShots →

📷 Compatible Cameras

Native Mount

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