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Anyone have the Olympus 60mm f2.8 AND 45mm f1.8?

Started Apr 4, 2013 | Questions thread
alolywu Regular Member • Posts: 387
Re: Anyone have the Olympus 60mm f2.8 AND 45mm f1.8?

I have both these lens and while the 60mm is very good and in most cases can replace the 45mm, it's not quite as fast as the 45mm so in some situations, the smaller size of the 45mm and the fact it's faster might be better.

The 60mm is longer so not really a carry around lens like the 45mm.  I don't think I can get rid of the 45mm just because it's relatively cheap and really probably the best bang for the buck in terms of price/performance.

As for the 60mm compared to the 50mm 4/3, I don't have scientific data to prove it but I think the 50mm 4/3 is still sharper and slightly faster too so I would still give the edge to the 50mm.  Having said that, I did sell it because of the slow and unreliable AF on the u4/3 OMD.  I definitely wouldn't hesitate picking one up again in the future if the next generation OMD can focus better with legacy 4/3 lens though.

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