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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
martinib Forum Member • Posts: 98
Re: Would you bother with the 12mm F2, 17mm f1.8 or 45mm f1.8 if you had the 12-40 f2.8 Pro?

cameron2 wrote:

OmarCCX wrote:

I already have the Panasonic 25mm 1.4. My next lens will be the 12-40mm to cover the wider end of things. I'm not particularly interested in any of the wide angle primes (12mm, 15mm, 17mm). My favorite out of those 3 would be the 15mm, but I'm not too fond of that focal length.

I can imagine the conversation at Panasonic when they made the 15mm:

Nakajima-san: "I want to make a fast 35mm equivalent lens."

Watanabe-san: "But I want to make a fast 28mm equivalent lens."

Nakajima-san: "No! We need a fast 35mm equivalent lens."

Watanabe-san: "No! We need a fast 28mm equivalent lens."

At this point, the boss steps in and forces the two employees to compromise. And thus was born the Panasonic 15mm lens.

But what a great lens it is!

Took me a while to pull the trigger as I wasn't sure about the FL, but now I have it, I love it.

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