What is your holy trinity pf primes?

Yeah, right now my fear is that once the 7-14/2.8 comes out I'll be just as eager to get my hands on it and I won't be able to resist purchasing it. As for low light focusing I have been very impressed with the 12-40. Even if it has to hunt from near to far it's amazing how quickly it does so.

Pete

Guy Parsons wrote:

petersolymosi wrote:

I remember seeing quite a few posts where you've indicated that you love your 12-40/2.8 more than primes and until a couple weeks ago I would have argued that primes were way better. That was until I picked up a copy of the 12-40/2.8 along with a new E-M5ii and it has really changed my mind about zooms. I have the 17/1.8, 25/1.8, and 45/1.8 and have to say that the 12-40 is sharper than either the 17 or 25 at f/2.8.

It's a mind-blowing experience. The reason I have thus far kept my primes is because of the extra light gathering capability and the miniscule size. But, for sharpness alone, the 12-40 is a really special lens.

Pete

Better results and less lens swaps all works out to make me a happy bunny.

My oft told tale of a night shoot with Olympus finally convinced me that my prime lust was gone. Basically it was extremely low light and when I tried the sample 45/1.8 and 75/1.8 I was flabbergasted that those two just would not AF reliably in that low light, swapped back to my 12-40mm and AF was spot on first time every time (on E-PL5 then). Result: prime lust = dead.

Regards.... Guy