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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
erichK Veteran Member • Posts: 6,661
Re: Would you bother with the 12mm F2, 17mm f1.8 or 45mm f1.8 if you had the 12-40 f2.8 Pro?

Rjansenbr2 wrote:

And I would have also bought the 12mm if it weren't so expensive.

Save yourself the money.

In my experience, the 12/f2 is a pretty good lens, but not really spectacularly worth its price, the way the 75f2 (or the old FT 150f2) is. Seldom us it anymore, now that I have the 12-40 f2.8. The 45f1.8, OTOH, is always on my PL5 when I want a discrete and easy to carry lens.

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