Best Bright Prime Lenses for E-PL6

Wellington100 wrote:

alexisgreat wrote:

Wellington100 wrote:

alexisgreat wrote:

Wellington100 wrote:

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.

Thanks, I'm thinking about it now, are they both f/2.8 lenses? Giveaway price? I noticed that I use certain focal lengths a lot- 14mm, 25mm 40mm, 75mm and 150mm. Not much in between those. So I figured I would have better image quality with primes around those focal lengths, rather than a couple of zooms to cover the entire range. I'd like to keep them at f/2.8 or brighter.

The Oly is an f2 and may well be the standout prime of M4/3 aside from the exotically priced lenses.

The Panny is a f2.5 but don't let that put you off, if not for the thickness of the lens caps, it a lens you could carry in a shirt pocket without noticing it's there.

Well, now I have some choices to make! I figured I would start out with two lenses, one ultra wide and one moderate zoom (50mm or under). Oly 12mm and Oly 45mm?

Great choice, how could you possibly go wrong with two fabulous lenses.

I just saw someone post a color coded lens chart on here- great timing!