Entry into M43 - Panny GX85 12-32

jalywol wrote:

wembley1966 wrote:

jalywol wrote:

I picked up the 12-35 myself from Adorama on the same special a few months ago, Used the $100 to buy a nice B+W low profile UV filter for it and a few other odds and ends I'd been meaning to get. Or, you could use it to buy the Oly 40-150mm f4-5.6 when it goes on sale....save yourself some money instead of getting the 14-140mm. (I've had the last generation of 14-140mm, and was always surprised at how good it was for a superzoom, but neither it nor the current gen one are in the same league as the 12-35mm, which I why I suggest the 12-35mm and the Oly 40-150mm f4-5.6 instead)

BTW, one of my most favorite photos ever was taken with the 40-150mm....

-J

they have the 40-150 fir $150 used - oh that is the pan not the Oly

that might be the way to go

If you wait a bit, Oly runs the 40-150mm on sale for usually around $99 every so often; if not for President's day, then usually in May (Mother's day) and June (Father's day and graduations). The Panasonic is 45-150, not a bad lens, but the Oly is better, and, fortunately since the GX85 has good IBIS, it will be a very good match with the Oly (which has no OIS).

-J

Whether the Olympus is better than the Panasonic is debatable. The Olympus has gotten good reviews for the most part because of its price point relative to its performance. I don't know for a fact that one lens is better, whatever that means, since I haven't used or seen results from both side by side. What I do know, and it may or may nor be important, is that the Panasonic has a metal mount and the Olympus a plastic one.