Prime lens recommendations?

LarsRost wrote:

Hello,

A G7 will be mine in a couple of weeks and I'm looking for advice choosing prime lenses.
I am thinking about 2-3 primes in the 14-50mm range. I have read reviews but would like your real life experience. I shoot landscapes, street photography and everyday snaps/portraits of kids and family.

What about these lenses?

Panasonic 14mm F2.5?
Panasonic 42.5mm F1.7, Oly 45mm F1.8, Sigma 30mm F2.8 ?
Everyday lens in the 17-25 range... Leica 25mm F1.4 or, Panasonic 20mm F1.7 perhaps?

Kind regards
.lars

My real life experience.  Got a GM-1 along with the 20mm F1.7 to shoot low light/kids.  I like the size of the thing but it really isn't good for shooting kids in low light as it just doesn't focus fast enough to get many keepers.  When it does though it's awesome.  If I were to do it again I may have opted for either of the 25mm instead although larger.
My second lens was the Oly 45mm 1.8.  Love the thing for portraits.  Works well indoors and at low light.  Good working distance (unlike the 75mm) and focuses really fast.  It's not stabilized but given the price/size difference between it and the Pana 42.5 it wouldn't change my choice.
My third lens was the Oly 12mm 2.0.  This one wasn't even on my radar (I thought it was too expensive for what it is) until I started realizing I just couldn't get the indoor night shots that I wanted to get without it. It's doesn't seem as sharp as the 20 and 45 but that's not saying that much as those are both super sharp and I'm glad I have it when I need to go wider.
I'd recommend against manual focus lenses for street and kids/family shots.