Trimming the m43 fat from my collection and expectations

dv312 wrote:

Looks good to me

Curious why you don't keep a portrait prime like the Nocticron or 45mm?

The Nocticron is my favorite m43 lens. I just decided to run with the 25mm f1.2 for now. I don't really like the Nocticron for family and kids as I need light gathering more than narrow depth of field or view domestically. In a domestic setting, I cannot really depend on any m43 camera with the Nocticron to consistently get eyes in critical focus if I'm shooting wide open. Call it a preference, but I am usually pulling double duty as a parent with these cameras, so not a lot of time or energy to manually hit the retina when the lights are low.

Letting the 100-400mm go is a hard choice since it's more versatile than the 300mm IMHO

Yea I still miss it. Versatility aside, I look at my catalog and most everything is at 400mm, and the 300mm beats it there. For the PL 100-400, out of maybe 5k images, there are 2 great / sellable images under 300mm in my catalog, and I could have taken them with the 14-150 as they were at like f8 or f10. It's size though, the PL, and sharpness across the range, under 330mm, is something else. I loved that part of it.

I also presume you don't like extra wides for there's nothing wider than 12mm in your arsenal

I am good at 12mm. I will buy the 7.5 for astro. My best images from UWA are at 7mm anyways.

For travel, I'd think the 12-100mm would be ideal , no?

Just a preference for 150m over 12mm.

And the fast range between 40 and 100mm 2.8? no need there?

I categorize f2.8 as "daylight" aperture for m43, so no different than the 14-150 II in practice for me. I'd rather bring the 14-150 II and a prime just in case we go indoors, than be stuck at f2.8 when the sun sets or we go inside. I don't shoot with a flash.

Any macro in the horizon?

Only 12-40 f2.8 is my compromise there.  My images with it and the 60/30 are indistinguishable.  I don't emphasize macro, and would rather have the versatility in a lens.  There's only so much room in my pack.

Again these questions are also based on my personal preferences so if you don't quite agree , it's all understandable

Cheers

Thanks, you too!