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Panasonic Lumix 42.5mm f/1.7 OIS

lens · MFT · released 2014-12-01
Lowest now
$199
Good price 50% of MSRP
MSRP at launch
$397
Dec 2014
Inventory
16
across 1 source

Well above the 90-day low

How we compute this

Today's price sits well above the recent low. Today's price runs 29% above the 90-day low of $154 (seen May 5, 2026). 50% of the $397 MSRP. Prices are down 23.2% over the last 30 days.

Based on only 9 observed days in the last 90; the trend confidence is low until our history fills in.

Lowest now
$199
MSRP
$397
% of MSRP
50%
90-day low
$154
All-time low
$154 (May 5, 2026)
30-day trend
-23.2%
Observed across 1 source · 9 days of history in last 90 · Methodology

Specs

Brand
Panasonic
Family
Panasonic
Category
lens
Body type
Mount
MFT
Sensor
Megapixels
Lens type
prime
Focal length
42mm
Aperture
f/1.7
Weight
130 g
Filter thread
37mm
Length
50 mm
Diameter
55 mm
Construction
all-plastic
Released
2014-12-01
Status
likely discontinued

Latest pricing by source

Each row is a direct observation from the seller. How we collect this.
Source Condition Price Listings Observed Link
mpb
good
→ good
$199 4 Observed 3d ago view listing
mpb
excellent
→ excellent
$289 10 Observed 3d ago view listing
mpb
like new
→ mint
$304 2 Observed 3d ago view listing

Price history

One point per day per (source, grade) pair, connected with lines. Hue marks the source; lightness within a hue marks the condition (darker = better grade). The dashed line is launch MSRP.

See Methods notes #1.1, #1.2, #1.3.

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Curated lists where this lens currently qualifies. Each list ranks members by deal score.

Methods

How we compute each section

References on each chart link down here. More notes will land as new sections grow.

1. Price history

#1.1 · Grade buckets
Each seller publishes their own raw condition labels (e.g. "Excellent+", "Like new minus", "Bargain"). Those are normalized to a small bucket set: mint, excellent, good, fair, poor, and unknown. The "Latest pricing by source" table above shows both the raw label and the normalized bucket so you can audit any individual mapping.
#1.2 · Missing days
A point is only drawn on a day when a snapshot existed for that (source, grade) pair. Lines connect across gaps so a series with sparse sampling still reads as a single trend, but absence of a point does not mean a stockout: it means the scraper didn't observe a listing at that grade that day.
#1.3 · Color encoding
Hue carries the source: terracotta = mpb, sage = keh, cobalt = B&H, honey = ebay. Lightness within a hue carries the condition: darker means a better grade (mint and excellent are darkest; poor is lightest). The dashed ink line is launch MSRP, included as a reference even though it isn't a price observation.