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"OK" but much cheaper camera body and invest in a good lens or good body with kit?

Started May 3, 2017 | Questions thread
berni29 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,119
Re: "OK" but much cheaper camera body and invest in a good lens or good body with kit?
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Hi

I would go for the EM10 because of the VF and allow the stabilization to make up for the slow kit lens as much as possible.

If you want a fast prime for low light, I strongly suggest not getting a 25mm lens. A 20 or 17 will be more flexible indoors. If mostly individual portraits then the Pana 20mm is king, and will also do small groups. If you lean more towards larger group photos then the Oly 17mm is great as is the Pana 15mm.

The most flexible general lens for me is the Oly 17mm f1.8, although if I am going to a restaurant then I pretty much only ever take the 20mm.

People say the best investments are lenses, but I think that holds true once you have a decent body to fit them on. The EM10 is capable of great results with the kit lens. You just have to be more careful and know what you are doing a bit more. By that I mean understanding the basics about subject distance and backgrounds. A kit lens is less forgiving than a fast prime used wide open in many circumstances.

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Berni29
EM1, EM-10mkII, 12-32mm, 35-100mm f2.8, 20mm f1.7, Voigt 17.5mm f0.95, Oly 12-40mm, 50mm F2 macro, (prev GM1/5 PanaEM10, EM5, GH1, E30, E510, E1, E300, LX3). Also Sony A7 + Voigt 40mm f 1.4 & 15mm f4.5 vIII

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Ricoh GR II Olympus E-M1 Sony a7R II Olympus OM-D E-M10 II Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 50mm 1:2.0 Macro +13 more
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