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Telephoto for landscapes - 40-150mm f2.8 or something else?

Started Dec 18, 2017 | Discussions thread
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Re: Telephoto for landscapes - 40-150mm f2.8 or something else?

I use the 75-300 above 210mm for motorsports where f/4-6.7 works well. Its consistently good in good light, but a little slow on the long end when the light drops.

I think the PL 50-200 will be expensive. The 45-200 was a mediocre lens. I had it, sold it. The PL 200 prime is $3,000.

I love the Four Thirds 50-200, would like an M43 version of it, but it will have to be f/4-5.6 to keep the cost down. I don't think we will see such a lens for less than $800-1,000. OLY and Panny may not make one. I think an F/2.8 version will be $2000-2500.

An OLY rep told me OLY is going to make more PRO lenses, go in that direction. They only make good profit on the EM1 MKII, PRO and fast lenses. That's where the M43 lens market is going for Panny too.

They are shooting for the IQ of midrange to high end DSLRs at 2/3 to 3/4 the price when you add lenses to bodies, at half the size/weight. A good two lens kit like this is going to cost $4,500 minus $800 kit discount for PRO quality gear and image quality from 24mm to 420-800mm with 1.4X TC depending on long zoom selected.

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