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I normally shoot with a DSLR Canon and use a 50 / 1.8 mm (nifty 50) prime lens. They are super cheap and excellent to boot.

Is there a cheap equivalent prime with similar specs for the Olympus OM-10?

Lumix or Sigma ok

Would need min aperture 1.8 - 2
 
Assuming your Canon is full frame. Olympus has a 25mm F1.8 which I like a little better than the Panasonic 25mm F1.7. But the Panasonic is usually a little lower in price.

I actually use the Panasonic 20mm F1.7 or Sigma 30mm F2.8 more than the 25mm lenses though.
 
There's also the 20mm f1.4. Both price and size double of the 25mm though.
 
Kenny202 said:
I normally shoot with a DSLR Canon and use a 50 / 1.8 mm (nifty 50) prime lens. They are super cheap and excellent to boot.

Is there a cheap equivalent prime with similar specs for the Olympus OM-10?

Lumix or Sigma ok

Would need min aperture 1.8 - 2
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Panasonic Leica 25mm f1.4 used mk i suits me. Mk ii has weather sealing and faster AF.

Andrew

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thelightwriter said:
Assuming your Canon is full frame. Olympus has a 25mm F1.8 which I like a little better than the Panasonic 25mm F1.7. But the Panasonic is usually a little lower in price.
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The Olympus 25/1.8 is superb and much better than the Panasonic when used on an Olympus body due to the "purple blobs" issues that some Panasonic lenses cause on Olympus bodies.

The 25/1.8 is also rather better corrected optically and uses almost no digital correction, resulting in better corners especially wide open. It's not an expensive lens either, if you shop around.
 
Kenny202 said:
I normally shoot with a DSLR Canon and use a 50 / 1.8 mm (nifty 50) prime lens. They are super cheap and excellent to boot.

Is there a cheap equivalent prime with similar specs for the Olympus OM-10?
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The two cheapest autofocus primes that offer the 'equivalent' focal length are the Olympus 25mm f1.8 and Lumix 25mm f1.7. The Lumix is the cheaper of the two. There's "super cheap" third party 25mm lenses but they are manual focus only and have no electronic contacts.

Bear in mind that M4/3 native aspect ratio is 4:3 not 3:2 like your Canon so the equivalent focal length will look slightly different when shot in the native aspect ratio.
Kenny202 said:
Lumix or Sigma ok

Would need min aperture 1.8 - 2
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OM-10 is a film camera. You posted in the M4/3 forum, so did you mean OM-1 or E-M10, or did you mean the 35mm film camera OM-10? It makes a big difference.

Assuming you meant M4/3, a prime walkaround lens could be any focal length, it depends on what you are comfortable with and like to shoot and can afford. If you like the 50mm FF view, then obviously you want something around 25mm in M4/3. Go to B&H Photo website and select micro four thirds in the lens mount filters and you will see options from Olympus, Panasonic, Sigma, and others. If you want a fast lens for background blur rather than low light, keep in mind that you will need wider aperture for the same background blur.
 
If you mean an E-M10 series (they're up to version 4) then the mZuiko 25/1.8 will put you right at home. It's very small, very sharp, focuses fast and silently.

If it's an OM-10, then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Cheers,

Rick
 
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I actually use the Panasonic 20mm F1.7 or Sigma 30mm F2.8 more than the 25mm lenses though.
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I'd second the Pany 20mm f/1.7 II; I have the lens and I think it was a good match for my E-M10.2.
 
If your Canon DSLR is the 700D that you were asking about in the Canon DSLR forum, then its sensor is Canon APS-C and the the crop factor is 1.6, so the full frame equivalent field of view for your 50mm "nifty fifty" lens would be 80mm. In other words, a 50mm lens on an APS-C camera like the Canon 700D would have the same field of view as an 80mm lens on a full frame camera. Crop factor can be confusing, but you need to understand how sensor size affects the apparent field of view of lenses. For a M4/3 camera, you would want a 40mm lens to have the same field of view as the 50mm lens on Canon APS-C.

As I said earlier, you can use any focal length for a walkaround lens, but most people would probably consider full frame 80mm on the long side for a walkaround.
 
thelightwriter said:
Assuming your Canon is full frame. Olympus has a 25mm F1.8 which I like a little better than the Panasonic 25mm F1.7. But the Panasonic is usually a little lower in price.

I actually use the Panasonic 20mm F1.7 or Sigma 30mm F2.8 more than the 25mm lenses though.
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As the OP requested a minimum aperture of f1.8-2, I guess it's also worth pointing out the Sigma 30mm f1.4.
 
Super cheap would be the Pana 25/1.7, I preferred the 20/1.7 pancake or the PL25/1.4 for the rendering, sealing, and AF but that's far from super cheap. As another poster said the 4:3 AR may seem to make the 50mm equivalent lenses feel tighter, could be reason enough to look at the 20/1.4 Pro... The Sigma 30/1.4 is cheaper than it or than the PL25 but it'll feel the tightest for a walk around lens...

If you were talking about an APS-C body then the 50mm was more like a 75mm equivalent lens, so in that case you'd have to look at something like the Pana 42.5/1.7 (great minimum focus distance), Oly 45/1.8, or the somewhat longer Sigma 56/1.4.
 
Sorry re heading. I have an Olympus OM-D EM-10mkii lol. I did have an OM-10 about 40 years ago, my first SLR. I loved that camera so much in every way why I jumped at the OM-D when they first came out :-)
 
I have since bought the 50 f1.8 and am over the moon with it. Mainly the sharpness at all focal lengths. Great indoors and high ISO. Great focal length for general photography. Most photos pin sharp. Delighted with it :-)

Thanks for all the detailed replies, much appreciated
 
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Kenny202 said:
I have since bought the 50 f1.8 and am over the moon with it. Mainly the sharpness at all focal lengths. Great indoors and high ISO. Great focal length for general photography. Most photos pin sharp. Delighted with it :-)

Thanks for all the detailed replies, much appreciated
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You mean the old Zuiko 50mm/1.8 or the m.Zuiko 25mm/1.8 (50mm FF equivalent) ?

Sharp at all focal lengths... it's a fixed focal lens!

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