Even more pedant ;-): the E-PL1 had the older 14-42mm with a plastic mount
as kitlens. It has an additional 'L' on the front lens, if I remember
correctly. The same optics though.
2016-04-18 4:07 GMT+02:00 Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On 4/17/2016 5:21 PM, bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> Fast forward 7 years. Maggie still doesn't have a
>> camera and says she doesn't need one. Nevertheless, she has a birthday
>> coming up in a month or three and I thought I'd get her another camera.
>>
>> So, for a huge sum of US$103 I bought an Olympus E-PL1 with the
>> standard 14-42mm kit lens, for her.
>>
>
> The E-PL1 is fine. If it is the original 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 kit lens, it
> will focus considerably more slowly than the 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II, an
> internally redesigned lens that started being included in kits with the
> E-PL2.
>
> The mark II focuses faster on any µ4/3 camera body. I don't know if it
> will make any difference in this case, but thought you should know.
>
> MFT Pedant Moose
>
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