Is the E-PL6 the best camera deal at the moment?

junk1 wrote:

Some used m43 lenses are cheap - the Panasonic 14mm F2.5 lens weighs just 2oz and sells for $150-170 used.

The 55-250 telephoto is good (my only SLR is an old Rebel), if that's what you got...the ancient 75-300 is horrid though and I can't believe I still see it being sold in 2 lens kits. 70-300 lens is good but I highly doubt that's what you have.

Canon's 18MP sensor is actually pretty good at high ISOs. At lower ISO's, it's dynamic range is lower than some others.

I also have an older sigma 30mm F1.4 lens that's not very sharp by today's standards, but it's plenty good enough in the center (where the person/subject is) and at F1.4 the objects in the corners are out of focus anyhow.

Canon's 10-22 lens is excellent and not too heavy...the new STM version (10-18mm?) seems almost as good and cheaper.

Thanks for all the lens info, I'll keep those in mind but for now I think I'm set. I got the 55-250mm IS I because it seems to be the exact same as version II. It was incredibly cheap. I also grabbed the newish 24mm pancake, though I wish it was f1.8 instead of 2.8 but no big deal.

Ulfric M Douglas wrote:

You really have to know which lenses are good and how to buy them for reasonable money.

The Lumix 20mm is great and because it was sold as a kit with millions of GF1 bodies it is always available second-hand for £120

The Olympus 45mm is also great and best to buy new at £200-ish.

The Sigma 30mm has always been £99 so definitely worth getting : a good lens.

Avoid the attempted theft which comes with many m4/3rds lenses.

Then there's the Olympus 40-150 : fabulous and cheap.

Knowledge is power .. err .. savings.

When I had a Panasonic G5, I actually had the Panny 20mm plus the 45-150mm for telephoto. The 20 took great shots with incredible sharpness but I found it unusuable as a walkaround, everyday lens. The sluggish AF was just terrible in many lighting conditions. The 45-150 was decent and pretty snappy.

I did like how M4/3 lenses received firmware updates to improve their performance and quality. DSLR lenses don't have firmware, do they?