Lenses you keep because they are too good to give away....

None. Use or sell is my creed. On the positive side it, frees up cash and puts the lens in circulation. Why keep a lens on a shelf when someone can make good use of it? On the negative side, you never know when you might decide that you can use an unused lens. It's a risk worth taking.

3dwag wrote:

MShot wrote:

I rarely use the 50/2, and the OM 135 f/28 and 200 f/4 but can't give them up for when they are the perfect lens for the image. They made some of the best images I have.

The 4/3 50mm f/2 Macro is the one lens I sometimes regret having sold, mainly because it is a true “reference lens” for the system (and I am a true geek). I use my 60mm f/2.8 Macro far more and with greater satisfaction than I ever did my 50mm.

Dennis, the f/2 50 macro is just stunning on my E-M1 MkII with its cross AF points, and better AF on my E-M1 MkI than it was on any of my FTs bodies, in almost all cases.

JaKing wrote:

3dwag wrote:

MShot wrote:

I rarely use the 50/2, and the OM 135 f/28 and 200 f/4 but can't give them up for when they are the perfect lens for the image. They made some of the best images I have.

The 4/3 50mm f/2 Macro is the one lens I sometimes regret having sold, mainly because it is a true “reference lens” for the system (and I am a true geek). I use my 60mm f/2.8 Macro far more and with greater satisfaction than I ever did my 50mm.

Dennis, the f/2 50 macro is just stunning on my E-M1 MkII with its cross AF points, and better AF on my E-M1 MkI than it was on any of my FTs bodies, in almost all cases.

John,

I sold that lens in in a sudden fit of frugality (along with my 50-200mm SWD and 12-60mm SWD, adapters), when I was funding the purchase of my PL 100-400mm.

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maggiemole wrote:

Panasonic 14-45mm. I keep it with my IR converted G1 because it's the only zoom I found which didn't produce hotspots, and it's a really good lens as well.

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That's really good to know. I've got 2 G1's and 2 14-45's, so I ll send one away to be IR converted.

I keep it because it's too costly to sell cheap or give away. Eventually I will give it away to a dear friend/relative.

Same for me except it's the 12-35 and 35-100.

These are indeed too good to give away, but with the 12-40 almost permanently on my E-M5-II and the 7-14 and 40-150 (both f/2.8) ready in the bag, who needs the primes...

i mostly use the tiny Xoom as a 12 prime.

At one time I had ten Four Thirds lenses. Then I switched to M4/3. At first I used a MMF-2 adapter with many of them, but eventually I replaced them with M4/3 lenses. So nine Four Thirds lenses got sold off or given away.

But I kept one of my lenses. I kept my 11-22mm lens because it is an absolutely wonderful lens. Plus, there is no M4/3 equivalent, and it would be too painful to sell it for $150 or whatever it might fetch on ebay.

I really don't use this lens much lately, but I think I just have an emotional attachment to it.

glassoholic wrote:

Paul De Bra wrote:

These are indeed too good to give away, but with the 12-40 almost permanently on my E-M5-II and the 7-14 and 40-150 (both f/2.8) ready in the bag, who needs the primes...

I know what you mean... but in a room at night or a restaurant.. f1.7/8 is wonderful and as they are so small and not worth a million dollars.. worth putting into the recesses of your bag hey?

Certainly worth putting into the recesses of my bag, so I sometimes do, but rarely end up using them...

The 40mm f2 Leitz Minolta CL adapted to a compact Olympus PEN body.

The 20mm f1.7 Panasonic first version for m43.  To my mind, it has Leica-like image qualities and it would not surprise me if Leica had had a hand in the design before they got around to double-labeling collaborative efforts.

The Lumix 14/2.5 on any body but particularly on the E-PM 1. Maybe it's an exceptional example. It pops with 3-D like effect.