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If you had about $650

Started Jun 23, 2019 | Questions thread
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Usually glass first

burritosandbeer wrote:

Would you buy a used Panasonic 7-14mm f/4, or nab a new G85?

I liove my G7, but the better shutter and ibis of the G85 makes it an awfully tempting item. Or keep my G7 another year and nab an UWA lens as it's one of the gaps in my lens collection.

If you had a limited budget and had to pick one, which would you get?

New lens, as you don't benefit much from the new bodies by the IQ or general photography needs.

Of course with the Panasonic you have one decision to make and that is purely based the video features and quality. Do you need the video quality from G85?

The old saying goes "glass, glass, glass", so it is the safe bet to go first.

But the 7-14mm f/4 is special lens, Ultra Wide Angle and many gets those and have small remorse as they don't eventually use them as much.

The 12mm is often good choice as you can easily in many cases to the panorama, so get that way a better quality for architecture, landscape etc. But if you have moving details them like a trains, cars, high wind trees/grass/sea etc then it can become challenging or impossible.

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