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Trimming the m43 fat from my collection and expectations

Started Nov 30, 2016 | Discussions thread
Marty4650
Marty4650 Forum Pro • Posts: 16,288
Interesting list
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Of course, everyone's list would be different, based on their own shooting style and subject preferences. Your own list probably makes perfect sense for you.

Here is what my list would look like, assuming I grew weary of having so many cameras and lenses:

Winners:

  • Camera: E-M1 (someday could be a used E-M1 III)
  • Natural light: 17mm f/ 1.8
  • Portrait: 45mm f/1.8, 75mm f/1.8
  • General: 12-40 f2.8
  • Wildlife: 75-300mm II

Losers:

  • Camera: E-M5, GM1
  • Primes: 14mm f/2.5, 25mm f/1.8. 
  • General: 12-32mm pancake, 14-42mm R, 12-50mm
  • Wildlife: 35-100mm f/4-5.6, 40-150mm R

But I plan to keep it all.

I plan to keep it all because if I sold all the losers, I couldn't get very much money for them. Perhaps $1,000 in total. And having them means I have some extra capibilities and redundancies, even if they are very rarely used.

Having three bodies and twelve lenses isn't as great a burden as you might think. You don't need to carry them all with you. But I will concede that your slimmed down kit makes an awful lot of sense.

Here is most of it. The 12-40mm PRO was recently acquired, so it isn't in the family portrait.

 Marty4650's gear list:Marty4650's gear list
Panasonic LX100 Olympus OM-D E-M5 Olympus E-M1 Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM1 Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX85 +16 more
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