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Would you bother with the 12mm F2, 17mm f1.8 or 45mm f1.8 if you had the 12-40 f2.8 Pro?

Started Jan 20, 2016 | Questions thread
Joe Sesto Veteran Member • Posts: 3,084
I like to have a backup...

It depends on your comfort zone.  We do a lot of RV travel that takes us far from home.  I started MFT with the OM 5 and old kit lens...hated the lens, so I added the 17...my favorite coverage angle in any format.  Then added the 25 & 45.  Traded up from the M5 to the M1 and the 12-40 Pro, but kept the primes as I have had lenses fail in the past...and they do get broken  The Pen F will probably give me a compact backup body and an almost coat pocketable combo with any of my primes. I just added the 7-14 Pro as I find the wide end of the 12-40 not quite wide enough inside.

This gives me a backup super wide and a backup body.  Then the Canons go.

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Joe Sesto
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Canon PowerShot Pro1 Canon EOS 5D Olympus PEN-F Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm F1.8 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm F2.8 Macro +6 more
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