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Stay away from Olympus 'test & wow' program

Started Jan 24, 2019 | Discussions thread
OP techie takes pics Senior Member • Posts: 1,730
Re: Stay away from Olympus 'test & wow' program
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NovakM wrote:

which one did you test?

I must say I'm lusting over them all

I constantly am thinking about upgrading to the em1ii....or getting a pro lens. Problem is I can at least sell my current body and recuperate some for a new body but the lens will be pure debt.

I have the Pro 12-40 myself. It can be had relatively cheap second hand because the 12-100 now exists. I got mine for €500.

It is virtually the same range as my kitlens, it is a lot bigger and heavier... and I prefer it vastly over the (fine!) kit.

I now have the 40-150 Pro on loan.   I have quite a few nice vintage lenses in that range which I considered as fine lenses.
It's like the 40-150 box contained some magic which instantly degraded all my lenses to 'all right' or 'having character'.

I think I'll dissapoint Olympus though. Because of size I might go for the Panasonic 35-100 but definitely the 2.8 version.

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