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Is the M Zuiko 25mm f1.8 underrated?

Started Mar 30, 2015 | Discussions thread
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bluevellet Veteran Member • Posts: 4,168
Is the M Zuiko 25mm f1.8 underrated?

I was looking at the gear list in the roller derby article....

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/7789772414/field-test-shooting-roller-derby-with-the-olympus-om-d-e-m5-ii?comment=4858964641

... and was surprised the 25mm is the second least owned lens of the bunch. Nearly twice as many people own the 75mm f1.8, close to 6 times as many own the 45mm. I suspect the 40-150 f2.8 (the current last one) will supercede it soon the longer it stays in the market, despite costing an arm and a leg.

I understand the Lumix 25 f1.4 is a classic, probably stole potential customers away from the Zuiko, perfectly understandable. But those lenses are nifty fifties, they should be the kind of lenses that sell a lot, even with many different lenses cannabilizing each other's sales.

What do you think?

 bluevellet's gear list:bluevellet's gear list
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM5 Nikon Z6 OM-1 Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM Art Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 8-25mm F4 Pro +23 more
Olympus 40-150mm F2.8 Pro
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