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Old kit lens, new kit lens or a pro zoom?

Started Feb 7, 2017 | Discussions thread
OP Elmokki Regular Member • Posts: 276
Re: Old kit lens, new kit lens or a pro zoom?

As I stated on another post, I framed my question badly: I have 25mm, 45mm and 60mm primes. What I need is a wider lens to replace my 14-42mm R II. The question is whether that should be another 14-42mm R II or some other kit lens offered with whatever camera I end up buying or something else like the pro zoom. The kit lenses seem to cost substantially more than I thought they would which makes this hard. If they were less than 100€ compared to body only I would just get whatever.

Currently I don't think the 12-40mm f/2.8 would be fast enough for low light since I find f/1.7 to be almost too slow and that's 1.5 stops faster. That said, when I buy a new camera, maybe the proper IBIS compared to the near worthless 2 axis IBIS in E-PL6 would compensate that much for anything that doesn't move. That said, the size does intimidate me, considering I plan on buying GX80 or E-M10 mark II, even if I haven't truly experienced anything like it, so maybe I'd better just scrap that off the list.

The 12mm f/2 would be neat too but I feel like that's too expensive and I think I can deal with using flash, tripod or a longer focal length in low light.

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX85 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm F4-5.6 R Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm F1.8 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm F2.8 Macro Panasonic 12-35mm F2.8 +3 more
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