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Best Bright Prime Lenses for E-PL6

Started Mar 4, 2016 | Discussions thread
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Re: Best Bright Prime Lenses for E-PL6
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alexisgreat wrote:

I was looking through my B&H catalog and found some lenses I might be interested in, any thoughts on these bright primes for astro and landscape photography with the E-PL6?

Olympus

17mm f/1.8

25mm f/1.8

45mm f/1.8

75mm f/1.8

Panasonic

15mm f/1.7

20mm f/1.7

25mm f/1.7

25mm f/1.4

42.5mm f/1.2

Rokinon

24mm f/1.4

35mm f/1.4

85mm f/1.4

Looks like Panasonic has the largest selection of these lenses.

I'm also looking for a great 300mm telephoto prime. Is Rokinon's 300mm f/6.3 better than Olympus's 75-300mm or Panasonic's 100-300mm lens? What about Tokina's 300mm f/6.3 prime? Both of those primes are reasonably priced (are they the same lens?), so I'm not sure how good they are. The Panasonic 100-300mm is the fastest. How much do these weigh (do any of the above weigh too much for my camera?)

Have you considered a wider lens as well. The incredible Oly 12mm comes to mind.

It a great focal length for both landscape and astro and the lens is tack sharp.

Then there is the Panny 14mm pancake, another sharp lens but at a giveaway price. Owning one of these is a no brainer because they are tiny even by M4/3 standards, sharp and dirt cheap. So even if wide does not interest you normally, it's worth having one of these for occasional use.

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