Hello
For my newish 2nd hand GM-5, plan to get these 3 primes all 2nd hand:
- Leica 15mm f/1.7 (for the aperture ring and apparently nice colours and contrast) .. (not the Olympus 17mm f/1.7 apparently not so sharp)
- Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 or Olympus 25mm f/1.8 .. (not the Panasonic 25mm f/1.7 too big)
- Olympus 45mm f/1.8
Good choices?!?
Trying to find a balance IQ / Price while selecting only very smal lenses .. GM-5 obliges..
Thx
Gaul
Too late for Olympus 45mm f/1.8
45 already bought 2nd hand but still w. Plastic wrap on lens
Good price
And M4/3 is in my case a 2nd system
For serious portraits or indoors, I have my Canon 6D and my terrific EF 135 F2 ..
On my GM-5, the Olympus being very small and still good IQ should be decent enough.. I hope
Thx all
Gaul
I gave up on my EF mount dslr bodies years ago and kept my 135/2.0 among others.
The all work nicely electronically adapted to M4/3 even though the largest are more suited to larger M4/3 bodies the 135/2.0 plays well with a Metabones Ultra (FR) on a GM5 camera body.
The Olympus 45/1.8 is indeed an excellent lens in its own right and you will not notice any lack of stabilisation any more than you noticed it with the 6D and EF 135/2.0
On the other hand one might worry just why the relatively older marketed 45/1.8 was still unused. But I suppose that I have many lenses that simply don't have enough time to use much.
The GM5 is going to exhibit its best characteristics (like all cameras) with the application of significant lens horsepower such as the Panasonic Nocticron 42.5/1.2
Just as much as your EF 135/2.0 can make the 6D truly shine.
Thx Tom
45 f/1.8 bought, next will be 15 f/1.7, then 25 f/1.8 and later 75 f/1.8
And yes, maybe at some point I will get a faster aperture portrait lens like the 42.5 f/1.2 .. that’s why I got only the 45 f/1.8 and not the Pana 45 f/1.7
Thx
Gaul
For response - these are all very satisfactory lenses and will make great images - you are on the right track and are being well advised.
For all that we carry on about new lenses and analyse their aberrations to death the most popular ones are the affordable ones that make excellent images for our purposes anyway.
Buying more exotic lenses is a journey towards the nth degree of perfection at rapidly increasing cost and weight. You add noticeable weight and physical size with a considerable increase in cost just to get a 42.5/1.2 lens that is just a little bit better. Arguably it might not be worth this for the amount of extra capability.
Just how much extra will we pay to get that little bit of extra help?
Of course good photography needs the presence of at least two of three things. One is not enough but we mostly get by with two. If we get all three things right then we are likely to have a prize winner.
1) Good gear
2) Learned or natural photographic ability
3) A good photographic opportunity
But then of course everyone is entitled to some lucky shots.
These days most photographic gear from established reputable vendors is quite good enough. It is up to us to learn skills including good composition. Maybe we have to go find the opportunity or simply make it happen?
