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product_id: 1891488
title: "Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 IIR Silver for Micro Four Thirds System Camera, Compact 3X Zoom Lens"
brand: "om system"
price: "$853"
currency: NZD
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 7
url: https://www.desertcart.nz/products/1891488-olympus-m-zuiko-digital-14-42mm-f3-5-5-6
store_origin: NZ
region: New Zealand
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# MSC silent autofocus Compact & lightweight design 14-42mm versatile zoom Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 IIR Silver for Micro Four Thirds System Camera, Compact 3X Zoom Lens

**Brand:** om system
**Price:** $853
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 📸 Elevate your frame with silent speed and sleek style!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 IIR Silver for Micro Four Thirds System Camera, Compact 3X Zoom Lens by om system
- **How much does it cost?** $853 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.nz](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/1891488-olympus-m-zuiko-digital-14-42mm-f3-5-5-6)

## Best For

- om system enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted om system brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Ready for Every Moment:** Fast focusing and excellent close-up capability ensure you never miss a shot, whether still or moving.
- • **Natural Background Blur:** 7-blade circular aperture delivers creamy bokeh to make your subject pop with professional flair.
- • **Versatile 3x Zoom Power:** Capture everything from wide landscapes to intimate portraits with the 14-42mm focal range (28-84mm equivalent).
- • **Ultra-Compact & Lightweight:** Designed for the Micro Four Thirds system, this lens fits seamlessly into your on-the-go lifestyle without weighing you down.
- • **Whisper-Quiet MSC Autofocus:** Shoot crisp photos and smooth videos without distracting noise—perfect for professional content creators.

## Overview

The OM SYSTEM Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 IIR is a compact, lightweight zoom lens designed for Micro Four Thirds cameras. Featuring a versatile 3x zoom range (28-84mm equivalent), silent MSC autofocus for video and stills, and a 7-blade circular aperture for smooth background blur, it delivers high image quality in a portable package ideal for dynamic shooting scenarios.

## Description

Smaller and lighter than standard SLR lenses thanks to the Micro Four Thirds format, the M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 14-42mm 1:3.5-5.6 II (35mm equivalent focal length: 28-84mm) lens provides full 3x zoom performance in a very small package. The evolution of this PEN kit lens now focuses faster than ever before, so you won't miss out on rapid shooting situations. Designed for shooting movies as well as stills, this updated lens now features MSC technology for practically silent auto focusing and great movie sound even when zooming. This lightweight and compact lens delivers high image quality and has an excellent close-up shooting capability.

## Features

- 14-42 mm (35mm equivalent focal length 28-84 mm)
- 7 (circular aperture diaphragm for natural background blurring)
- 37mm filter size

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Lens Mount | Micro Four Thirds |
| Lens Design | Zoom |
| Maximum Focal Length | 42 |
| Minimum Focal Length | 14 |
| Lens Fixed Focal Length | 42 Millimeters |
| Focus Type | Micromotor |
| Number of Diaphragm Blades | 3 |
| Focal Length Description | 14-42 millimeters |
| Maximum Aperture | 3.5 f |
| Compatible Camera Mount | Micro Four Thirds |
| Lens | Standard |
| Minimum Aperture | 22 |
| Real Angle Of View | 29 Degrees |
| Photo Filter Size | 37 Millimeters |
| Image stabilization | Digital |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** OM SYSTEM
- **Focal Length Description:** 14-42 millimeters
- **Lens Type:** Standard
- **Compatible Mountings:** Four Thirds
- **Camera Lens Description:** 42 month

## Images

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## Available Options

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great lens that might require some breaking in (if you're in video)
*by B***R on October 16, 2022*

Full disclosure, I'm not a professional. I love my camera, I love shooting video, and I am really enjoying this lens, but consider a grain of salt if you're a working professional shooting every day and looking for a review to stake part of your livelihood on. That said, I'll speak from the heart/wallet.This lens was a replacement for me of a much cheaper lens of similar specs, albeit at a shorter maximum focal length. But even more than the long zoom, the first thing that struck me right out of the box is that this lens feels solid and built to last.I haven't done a definitive test of focal qualities, but in casual use I've found that the focus is consistent from the widest to tightest focal length. That is, I haven't had to refocus going from a wide shot to tight, which I understand to be the case in higher-quality lenses. I have not observed any softness at maximum zoom, personally.So my one critique of this lens - and I'm reluctant to even call it a critique, as it feels like a reasonable break-in step to me - is that the action on the zoom was a little sticky at first. Turning the zoom ring by hand, it required significantly higher effort around the mid-zoom mark - just enough that doing a smooth zoom, as one might want in certain film genres, wasn't possible. BY NO MEANS was it so difficult I felt I'd endanger the lens; definitely not a manufacture issue, nothing jammed or anything like that. My focus motor also had trouble with it, for what it's worth; I use a Ronin S2 gimbal and its accessory focus motor when I'm shooting video, and here I repurposed the focus motor for zoom, attempting some genre-specific camera work. The motor calibration got hung up on the sticky spot, and once I overcame that, the actual zoom motion was still sticky and inhibited.I looked into this and several professionals' websites recommended both "breaking it in" and lubricating it properly (which requires not only lens-specific lube, but the right lube for the particular lens manufacturer, and frankly, I'm cheap) so I started with breaking it in. Just kept the lens on my desk for a couple days, and during free moments I'd twist the zoom ring back and forth through its extents, for a few minutes at a time. I probably spent less than 30 minutes total on this before the action became considerably smoother - a truly minor investment for smooth-zooming action. Having done this, I'm confident I can snap-zoom by hand and slow-zoom with the focus motor when I want to.In short, I'm happy with this lens. It'll fit a different role in your kit, I'm sure, but it's my first zoom and the versatility of it, after using nothing but primes, is fantastic.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Get it
*by G***O on October 6, 2024*

Lens is bright and produce good images. Occasionally auto focus has a mind of its own but it is occasionally and can be overlooked because of the images it produces. Bokeh is very good in this lens. Worth the money. Also, it is 50mm equivalent to full frame. Good for walk around lens because even when you crop wide photos images look good.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ It'll work
*by N***N on January 8, 2015*

It gets the job done. Imaging capabilities are at least on par with what you'd expect from a kit lens. The E-M10 corrects the wide-angle barrel distortion in camera (JPG), so that's cool.My small complaints:- dumb cheap plastic ring on the front comes off too easily.- this may be petty, but the aesthetics--meh. The proportions of the thing when mounted on the camera and extended don't exactly make you want to pick it up and play with it the way some lens/camera combinations seem to. You don't usually see pictures of this thing in its ready-to-go position; they always show it retracted. But if you retract it every time you're done using it, then there's always that extra fiddly step before you're ready to take pictures next time.Because of both of those points, I probably won't even bother with the plastic hood I bought for this thing. If the plastic ring comes off so easily, I suspect the hood would come off even easier and be more trouble than it's worth. Maybe I'll get a screw-on one sometime.My only kinda big complaint:- manual focus ring is WAY too stiff/tight. Switching to manual with this thing is not a joy; it's really hard to make minuscule adjustments when by the time you've applied enough force to get the ring turning, it jerks past the point you wanted to stop at, and then stops just as jerkily.On the other hand, the zoom ring is nice and smooth and just right. I guess I'll save my manual-focusing fun for my cheapo vintage 50mm lens with adapter.

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*Last updated: 2026-02-10*