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On a budget: fast Vintage Wide-Angle lenses for your M43?

Started Jul 7, 2017 | Questions thread
enossified Regular Member • Posts: 440
Re: On a budget: fast Vintage Wide-Angle lenses for your M43?

In the film days, wide angles faster than f2.8 were very expensive and are rare in the used market.  If you're looking for something faster than f2.8, you'll have to be patient.

Personally, I would just use the zoom while saving up for a faster prime lens. The 14-42R II lens is f4.5 at 25mm, that's only 1-1/3 stops slower so from an exposure perspective it's almost a wash, crank down the shutter speed or raise the ISO by that amount.  Plus you still get autofocus and the other benefits of a native lens.

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