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Help! Need advice on best m4/3 prime lenses.

Started Feb 20, 2013 | Questions thread
Anders W
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Re: Help! Need advice on best m4/3 prime lenses.

tyhsu wrote:

ultilil wrote:

Panny 25mm f/1.4 (I know this is a popular one but I'm nervous about it still being too long?)

The 25/1.4 is not that big, about the size of the kit zoom. On my E-PM1, it still fits in my jacket pocket, and I'm a small guy.

And if you need the autofocus speed (as you indicated), I would shy away from the 20/1.7, as that has the slowest AF of the bunch. It's very noticeably slower, especially on an Olympus body, especially in low light.

The claim that the 20/1.7 is "very noticeably slower, especially on an Olympus body, especially in low light" has been proven wrong by rigorous tests like the one reported here:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/post/50877416

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