Replace my 15-45 kit lens?

aaaarrrrteee wrote:

I own a Canon M6 Mk II. I really like it. Bought it for travel.

It went to London with me last week. I changed lenses in Westminster Abbey and forgot to put my kit lens back into the bag.

Sigh....

It was not at lost and found.

I could buy another kit lens for a bargain at MPB. But I wonder if I need it.

Here is what I now own:

EF-M lenses: 11-22, 28 macro, 32, 55-200

that kit zoom was useful...

but

I own an EF to M adapter from Viltrox and I paired it with my old 40 mm f/2.8 EF 'pancake' lens. I just tried it out last night and got good photos with it. But it's another prime... the two of em together are about the size of some EF-M lenses. I will probably include this in my M series lens bag.

I never shoot vids.

I did not use the 15-45 a lot, but I used it.

Do I need to replace it?

only problem is that I now have nothing in the mid range for zooms....

and it is dirt cheap at MPB.

Reviews seem to favor the 15-45 over the older 18-55. I am open to opinions about that lens.

Unless I am missing something, there are no other small, light mid range zooms available for that camera.

Advice? Opinions?

Thanks in advance

There's lots of variation in both the standard kit zooms, anywhere from pretty good to terrible, with most seemingly in the middle. Personally, the two copies I've had of the 18-55 are both sharper and more contrasty than my 15-45, especially on the long end, but still nothing special. I keep the 15-45 around because it goes to 15 and is decent there when stopped down. Another potential choice is the 18-150, which seems to be much better regarded overall then either off the other two, but it is more expensive and bigger.