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Thinking of something narrower: Panasonic 42.5 F/1.7, Olympus 45mm F/1.8 or Sigma 30mm F/2.8

Started Sep 16, 2015 | Discussions thread
Jacques Cornell
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Re: Thinking of something narrower: Panasonic 42.5 F/1.7, Olympus 45mm F/1.8 or Sigma 30mm F/2.8
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Hithertoo wrote:

I'm thinking about getting a narrower prime, for closer crop photos. I have the Olympus 12mm F/2 and Panasonic 20mm F/1.7. 30mm is a little different to 20mm and will give me 60mm instead of 40mm, the other options are the 42.5mm and 45mm which are just about the same at around 85 to 90mm, or there abouts. The Sigma is the cheapest option.

The mixing of actual focal lengths...

I've discounted the Olympus 60mm and 75mm options as they're really too long for indoor use, I've tested it out with my 14-42 at 30mm and 40-150 at 45mm, I can't really decide.

...with 35mm sensor effective focal lengths...

I've got a slightly obscure normal lens at 40mm so I could go with a 60mm or an 85mm or 90mm option.

...is making my brain hurt.

I really can't decide, the Sigma option is very cheap, and I like a slightly wider lens, but it just might not do it for me.

Question: As you already have zooms covering these focal lengths, are you looking at primes for a) better image quality, b) more light gathering, or c) both?

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