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Lenses for M43

Started Dec 17, 2015 | Discussions thread
Impulses Forum Pro • Posts: 10,039
Re: three options

Astrotripper wrote:

emzee wrote:

1) Panasonic 12-32mm

Probably the best regarded kit zoom in the whole system. A gem of a lens

2) Panasonic 14-140mm

I would personally not bother. But it really depends on your needs and shooting style.

4) Panasonic or Olympus 40-150mm

Instead of those, I would consider either 35-100/4.0-5.6 if you want really small, or 45-175/4.0-5.6 if you want better reach and better quality.

To sum it up. I'd go for one of those three configurations

  1. 12-32 + 35-100 - for ultimate compactness
  2. 12-32 + 45-175 - for a tiny walk-around kit (12-32) and a robust option when more reach is needed
  3. 14-140 + 42.5/1.7 - one all-around lens and something for those bokehlicious shots

Thanks. I am thinking of getting 12-32 + 35-100 (probably used one to save the money) and 42.5mm F1.7.

How good or bad is the 45-175mm lens? Heard that it is a lens with all kinds of issues - image quality, IS problems, build problems etc.

Regards,

emzee

9-18 + 12-32 + 42.5 + 35-100 is often my day or outdoors kit, covers just about everything for me. Often I'll leave behind the 35-100 or the 42.5 in favor of a fisheye tho, but I love that all those lenses are so so compact. If there was no 35-100 I'd probably have no tele longer than a 60mm.

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Panasonic GX850 Sony a7R IV Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 75mm F1.8 Panasonic Lumix G 42.5mm F1.7 Sony FE 20mm F1.8G +31 more
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