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Lens logic

Started Dec 8, 2015 | Discussions thread
TomFid Veteran Member • Posts: 3,999
Re: Lens logic

iceypix wrote:

I have the OMD-EM1 and the 12-40 f2.8 and the 40-150 f2.8, so far so good (awesome even!)

But, after these it gets a bit murky. We have a fixed F4 300mm on the way and the Panasonic 100-400mm on the way, but they're not exactly what I want (yeah I know, this is where you'll all lay into me ;)). The 300mm is, well, too fixed, and the 100-400mm is a bit slow. Would anyone else out there much rather have a 150-300mm F2.8-4 or fixed F4?

The 100-400 is also going to be a bit big for my taste:

http://www.43rumors.com/two-new-100-400mm-leica-mft-lens-pictures-from-casey-gutteridge/

It's sitting by a 70-200 2.8, which is almost exactly the same size as the Canon 100-400 L II. By eyeball, I'd say the Panny is smaller by about an inch or 1/8, about the same as the difference in front element size, so you might hope for it to be 1 to 1.2 kg.

There's no precedent for an xx-300 f4 zoom that I know of, but I think it would suit me better. The front element would actually be bigger, but it could probably be quite a bit shorter. I'd be happy with a 4.5, or even just a better-built version of the current 100-300.

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