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prime lens suggestions

Started May 25, 2015 | Questions thread
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dulynoted
dulynoted Senior Member • Posts: 2,267
prime lens suggestions

I have been shooting for awhile now and have accrued quite a few lenses. I have had a few legacy zooms, the 14-42mm type 2 from panasonic the 20mm f1.7 the 45mm f1.8 a 50mm fd f1.8, 50mm fl f1.4 and 85mm fl f1.8 with a lens turbo.

Soon will be purchasing the voigtlander 25mm f0.95 type 2 and the 42.5mm f0.95. I shoot alot of lowlight street so my two fastest legacy lenses and the lens turbo get the most camera time. I like the 45mm but I kind of hate autofocus and I absolutely hate my 20mm f1.7 the thing is totally useless in my hands. What I am looking for is a lens to compliment the 25mm and 42.5mm in my lens kit. I will normally carry the 25, 42.5, and the 85mm on the lens turbo (god I love this lens. Its amazing) I am obviously wanting a wider angle prime. The 17.5mm voigtlander is an option but Its so close to 40mm i might not like it. Others I am considering are the 12mm oly, the 14mm panasonic and the 15mm. I shoot on a gx7, for the most part and am probably purchasing the em5 mark 2 at the same time as all of the lenses If I can't hold out to see what the gx8 offers (em5 mark 2 video ibis looks like a godsend for videoing festivals here in china and doing some small video projects where a tripod is not gonna happen).

Im just wondering what options are available and given a kit of 25mm and 42.5mm what would you most likely pair them with?

(NOTE: I NO LONGER HAVE ANY ZOOM LENSES, SO I WILL NOT LOCK A ZOOM TO A FOCAL LENGTH AND CHECK IT OUT I WANT SOME PERSONAL OPINIONS ON LENS MATCHING)

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