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Replacement or upgrade for Olympus SP-590 UZ? Recommendations?

Started Mar 17, 2014 | Questions thread
Michael Meissner
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Re: Replacement or upgrade for Olympus SP-590 UZ? Recommendations?

baloo_buc wrote:

Olympus has some intersting offering like the one mentioned or Olympus E-PL5. Try to find a combo with something like 12-60 mm (I know that there is a four thirds lens but you can try to find a similar range even starting at 14 mm).

There is the Olympus 12-50mm, Olympus 12-40mm (high end lens), Panasonic 12-35mm (high end lens), and Panasonic 12-32mm if you want the wide angle.  However, as I said, you cannot replicate the range of the SP-590UZ with a single lens.  In the micro 4/3rds arena. the best you can do to replicate the range with two lenses is a 12-50mm + 75-300mm or similar, which is $950 in lenses (plus the cost of the body).

There are 2 super-zoom lenses in the line up, the Olympus 14-150mm (normally $600, but Olympus America has a $100 off promotion right now) and the Panasonic 14-140mm (two versions, one $430 and the other $630), which are a little less wide angle, and a little more than 1/2 of the zoom range.  If you do want the telephoto range, you pretty much have to go with the Olympus 75-300mm or Panasonic 100-300mm, which are in the $500-550 range., plus the cost of your body and other lenses.

If the OP is willing to reduce the range of the camera dramatically, sure there are lots of options, but I suspect the OP bought the camera originally to get to that 676mm equvalent focal length.

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