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Seemed worthy to review this cheap lens since there isn’t much info around, it’s a no-name lens and is being referred simply as ‘green circle’ the few times I tried to find anything about it, there’s also a red ring one but it should be the same.
The short version: it’s not a total crap and better than legacy lenses at the same price in some aspects, sharper than lots of them wide open while also having lots of ‘character’ if that’s your thing. Wide open it’s sharp as the olympus 14-42 II kit lens at 25/4.4, but while the kit lens maintains the image quality throughout the frame, this 25mm gets weird towards the edges.… Continue reading