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Lenses for M43

Started Dec 17, 2015 | Discussions thread
jeffharris
jeffharris Forum Pro • Posts: 11,409
Re: Lenses for M43

emzee wrote:

I have finally decided to get the M43 body (Panasonic GX8) and chose Panasonic 15mm lens as the first lens (I will be adding Panasonic 25mm lens soon). Now I am trying to find out a couple more lenses for me. Following are the choices and I am trying to get two lenses from this list

1) Panasonic 12-32mm

2) Panasonic 14-140mm

3) Panasonic 42.5mm

4) Panasonic or Olympus 40-150mm

Just get the 14-140mm II, 15mm and 42.5 f1.7 for low light.

Don't bother with the Oly 40-150mm.

There's not enough difference between the 14-140mm II and 45-150mm in terms of image quality to bother with 2 kit lenses. The convenience of the 14-140mm is a big selling point!

The selection is very hard for the zoom lens. Since I am not going for expensive zooms like Panasonic 12-35mm or Olympus 12-40mm, it is very tough to select a mid-level zoom lens. I might be using this lens for video as well. Originally I was planning on Panasonic 14-140mm, but I heard a lot of complaints that it is jittery and cannot be used for video.

When I shoot video, I usually use fast primes, so haven't tried the 14-140mm II. If you ARE planning to shoot video and are concerned about the 14-140mm II, the 12-32mm and 45-150mm would make a good compact (and less expensive combo). A little wider and a bit more reach wouldn't be a bad thing, either.

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Panasonic Lumix G Vario 7-14mm F4 ASPH Voigtlander Nokton 25mm F0.95 Voigtlander Nokton 42.5mm F0.95 Voigtlander Nokton 17.5mm F0.95 Aspherical Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8 +26 more
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