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Gave away my Panasonic 14 and new 25/1.7.

Started Dec 30, 2016 | Discussions
Martian Flatcat
Martian Flatcat Regular Member • Posts: 457
Gave away my Panasonic 14 and new 25/1.7.
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To my nephew. He has a GH1 and the kit 14-42 as his only lens. He's a video guy, so was talking about wanting normal to wide primes for shooting indoors. Β He tried to convince me to give him the 20 instead, but I declined.

The 14 is a great little lens, but I find I just don't use it since I got the 12-40 pro. The speed, F2.5, isn't enough better to matter. Pancake was nice though.

The 25 I was starting to like a lot--shot a bunch of Christmas family snaps with it; my fave Sigma 30 was a bit too tight. I may have to get another if they're still on sale.

I'll miss you both!

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Len_Gee
Len_Gee Veteran Member • Posts: 9,880
Re: Gave away my Panasonic 14 and new 25/1.7.
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Martian Flatcat wrote:

To my nephew. He has a GH1 and the kit 14-42 as his only lens. He's a video guy, so was talking about wanting normal to wide primes for shooting indoors. He tried to convince me to give him the 20 instead, but I declined.

The 14 is a great little lens, but I find I just don't use it since I got the 12-40 pro. The speed, F2.5, isn't enough better to matter. Pancake was nice though.

The 25 I was starting to like a lot--shot a bunch of Christmas family snaps with it; my fave Sigma 30 was a bit too tight. I may have to get another if they're still on sale.

I'll miss you both!

How thoughtful of you! πŸ‘πŸ‘

Happy shooting in 2017.

Lena

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nzmacro Forum Pro • Posts: 18,757
Nice and good on you

Good on you. There is no point if they aren't really used and much better to go to someone that can and will use them to good effect. Well done IMO.

Danny.

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