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Olympus 25mm 1.8 or Panasonic 20mm 1.7?

Started Feb 16, 2016 | Discussions thread
William Ing Contributing Member • Posts: 628
Re: It's "slower" but not "slow"...

tehkei wrote:

Trust me if i could afford the 15mm I would get it. But I would feel a bit silly having a lens costing twice as much as my little EPL6. lol

If you like this focal length, you might consider buying one of the gray market "International Warranty" versions, available through Amazon (as well as on ebay, or so I'm told) for approx. $400. That's what I did, and the PL 15 is now semi-welded to my Panny GX1. Of course, I've preferred shooting street with the panccake 14mm f/2.5 since that lens first appeared, so I never bothered to pick up either of the 17mm versions marketed by Olympus. The Panny 15mm seemed to me just the right compromise between the 14 and 17mm fields of view, and it's considerably faster that the 14mm 2.5, to boot.

Be aware that there's a minor fly in the ointment if you opt to mount the 15mm on your EPL6: the lovely aperture ring that allows you to manually set your aperture on a Panny body becomes inoperable on your Oly. You'll have to select your aperture electronically.

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