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Recommend a lens for a GX7 for indoor photos of parrots

Started Mar 27, 2019 | Discussions thread
OP avianb Junior Member • Posts: 44
Re: Recommend a lens for a GX7 for indoor photos of parrots

Jostian wrote:

avianb wrote:

Looking for a lens for my GX7 that works well in low light and with which I can get close to my birds in order to take photos. I have been considering the Lumix 20/1.7 but am concerned about what I have read regarding the slow auto focus in some situations such as low light and low contrast. My birds can move quickly and I don't want AF to be an issue. I've also looked at the 25/1.7 and Olympus 25/1.8. I have a limited budget and don't want to spend more than @$300-400. The 25/1.7 is inexpensive but I think there are probably better choices. I need to consider the minimum distance because many times I am only about 6-8" away from the birds and sometimes even less.

Thanks in advance

The 25mm F1.7 is excellent and AF is speedy.

Purchased that for $99 when it was being offered at that low price.  It was on back order for a while and then the vendor decided to cancel the order.  Used a gift card from that vendor and I just don't want to buy that lens again from that vendor because it was just irritating that other vendors honored the price on back orders.  Probably being silly but it just bugged me.

I didn't think it was worth the higher price, $247, although they recently lowered the price again to $147.

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