What's your Holy Trio? Primes.

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Olympus 17mm f/1.8

Olympus 25mm f/1.8

Olympus 75mm f/1.8

How about a righteous quartet?

Panasonic 15mm

Oly 25mm

Oly 45mm

Oly 75mm

I seldom have use for anything under 25mm, so mine is:

1. Panny/Leica 25mm 1.4: I consider this a must have in M43. I also have the awesome Voigtlander 25mm/0.95 but its use case is far more narrow. The panny 25mm/1.4 is my carry along lens. Beautiful and does many things very well.

2. Voigtlander 42.5/0.95: a dreamy awesome lens. Love shooting with it all manually. Just don't get wrapped up in shooting at 0.95 because you can. I wanted to love the Oly 75/1.8 but it's too limited due to minimum distance and focal length. Awesome when you can use it. There's also the 45/18 Oly, but the Voigt is so much better, although I also like the 45/1.8 a lot, the aforementioned Panny 25/1.4 can do everything the 45/1.8 can do better, and the Voigt is just waaaay more artsy.

3. Panasonic 100-300mm: this is the stuff that makes m43. A 600mm equivalent you can carry along and shoot with one hand. Phenomenal price/performance.

Some other special mentions:

a. An old, old Oly OM 135/2.8 manual with m43 adapter. I so wish they made a native m43 equivalent. It's a fantastic lens for shooting hummingbirds if you bring patience and old fashined virtues (autofocus is a non-no in hummingbird photography IMHO, the fun is in anticipation)

b. A 43 lens, the Oly 50/2.0 with adapter. Awful slow autofocus, go manual - but beautiful results and a fav.

pablolie wrote:

I seldom have use for anything under 25mm, so mine is:

2. Voigtlander 42.5/0.95: a dreamy awesome lens. Love shooting with it all manually. Just don't get wrapped up in shooting at 0.95 because you can. I wanted to love the Oly 75/1.8 but it's too limited due to minimum distance and focal length. Awesome when you can use it. There's also the 45/18 Oly, but the Voigt is so much better, although I also like the 45/1.8 a lot, the aforementioned Panny 25/1.4 can do everything the 45/1.8 can do better, and the Voigt is just waaaay more artsy.

The Voigtländer 42.5mm is my favorite lens! I don't go crazy shooting at f0.95, but I'm always happy to have it when I want it!

For 75mm, give the new Voigtländer Nokton 75mm f1.5 a try. It focuses at .7m (27.5"). I have the 75mm f2.5 Color Heliar, but was always wanting a bit wider aperture for night shooting and it's minimum focus distance is over a meter. The 75mm f1.5 does it!

It's an excellent lens! Beautiful rendering. 12 aperture blades make for some crazy starbursts, too! The only downside is a fairly short focus throw, so it's a bit tricky to nail focus at first. After a little practice it's fine.

Some other special mentions:

a. An old, old Oly OM 135/2.8 manual with m43 adapter. I so wish they made a native m43 equivalent. It's a fantastic lens for shooting hummingbirds if you bring patience and old fashined virtues (autofocus is a non-no in hummingbird photography IMHO, the fun is in anticipation)

I have that lens, too. My copy isn't great. Low contrast, with a slightly veiled quality.

NoTx wrote:

Anyone else carry a small holy trio when possible, old school? For example, 3 primes for a full trip or to hit the streets for some photography trips? I noticed here that this forum loves the 7.5mm LAOWA.

I suspect that this is in part due to the fact that the otherwise very complete micro 4/3 lens line up does not feature a UWA lens with AF like a 2.8/9mm or 10mm

there is a market for a compact 2.8 or 3.5/10mm with AF , weather sealing and a thread for filters

Harol

john isaacs wrote:

Harold66 wrote:

NoTx wrote:

Anyone else carry a small holy trio when possible, old school? For example, 3 primes for a full trip or to hit the streets for some photography trips? I noticed here that this forum loves the 7.5mm LAOWA.

I suspect that this is in part due to the fact that the otherwise very complete micro 4/3 lens line up does not feature a UWA lens with AF like a 2.8/9mm or 10mm

there is a market for a compact 2.8 or 3.5/10mm with AF , weather sealing and a thread for filters

Harol

There are the 8mm FE lenses.

But a 9mm AF prime that takes filters would be great.

Yes but fisheye lenses are very specific tools . This is why they need an af rectilinear lens

Harold66 wrote:

john isaacs wrote:

Harold66 wrote:

NoTx wrote:

Anyone else carry a small holy trio when possible, old school? For example, 3 primes for a full trip or to hit the streets for some photography trips? I noticed here that this forum loves the 7.5mm LAOWA.

I suspect that this is in part due to the fact that the otherwise very complete micro 4/3 lens line up does not feature a UWA lens with AF like a 2.8/9mm or 10mm

there is a market for a compact 2.8 or 3.5/10mm with AF , weather sealing and a thread for filters

Harol

There are the 8mm FE lenses.

But a 9mm AF prime that takes filters would be great.

Yes but fisheye lenses are very specific tools . This is why they need an af rectilinear lens

As I said above (https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/63133246), the 8mm f1.8 FE would be on my list, with defishing options (or not).

In fact, I do have that lens now, and when traveling always take that plus the 12-100mm f/4 and the PL 8-18mm with me.  And sometimes the 17mm f/1.8, though I’m saving up for the 17mm f/1.2.

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BurnImage wrote:

Harold66 wrote:

john isaacs wrote:

Harold66 wrote:

NoTx wrote:

Anyone else carry a small holy trio when possible, old school? For example, 3 primes for a full trip or to hit the streets for some photography trips? I noticed here that this forum loves the 7.5mm LAOWA.

I suspect that this is in part due to the fact that the otherwise very complete micro 4/3 lens line up does not feature a UWA lens with AF like a 2.8/9mm or 10mm

there is a market for a compact 2.8 or 3.5/10mm with AF , weather sealing and a thread for filters

Harol

There are the 8mm FE lenses.

But a 9mm AF prime that takes filters would be great.

Yes but fisheye lenses are very specific tools . This is why they need an af rectilinear lens

You’re kinda part way there with EM1-2 or X de-fish mode and the 8mm 1.8 FE Pro. My lens is being delivered tomorrow so I haven’t played with it yet.

No it is not the same at all

3dwag wrote:

Harold66 wrote:

john isaacs wrote:

Harold66 wrote:

NoTx wrote:

Anyone else carry a small holy trio when possible, old school? For example, 3 primes for a full trip or to hit the streets for some photography trips? I noticed here that this forum loves the 7.5mm LAOWA.

I suspect that this is in part due to the fact that the otherwise very complete micro 4/3 lens line up does not feature a UWA lens with AF like a 2.8/9mm or 10mm

there is a market for a compact 2.8 or 3.5/10mm with AF , weather sealing and a thread for filters

Harol

There are the 8mm FE lenses.

But a 9mm AF prime that takes filters would be great.

Yes but fisheye lenses are very specific tools . This is why they need an af rectilinear lens

As I said above (https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/63133246), the 8mm f1.8 FE would be on my list, with defishing options (or not).

In fact, I do have that lens now, and when traveling always take that plus the 12-100mm f/4 and the PL 8-18mm with me. And sometimes the 17mm f/1.8, though I’m saving up for the 17mm f/1.2.

Good that you are sharing your travel preferences in terms of equipment but barely relevant to what i am saying

Harold66 wrote:

3dwag wrote:

Harold66 wrote:

john isaacs wrote:

Harold66 wrote:

NoTx wrote:

Anyone else carry a small holy trio when possible, old school? For example, 3 primes for a full trip or to hit the streets for some photography trips? I noticed here that this forum loves the 7.5mm LAOWA.

I suspect that this is in part due to the fact that the otherwise very complete micro 4/3 lens line up does not feature a UWA lens with AF like a 2.8/9mm or 10mm

there is a market for a compact 2.8 or 3.5/10mm with AF , weather sealing and a thread for filters

Harol

There are the 8mm FE lenses.

But a 9mm AF prime that takes filters would be great.

Yes but fisheye lenses are very specific tools . This is why they need an af rectilinear lens

As I said above (https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/63133246), the 8mm f1.8 FE would be on my list, with defishing options (or not).

In fact, I do have that lens now, and when traveling always take that plus the 12-100mm f/4 and the PL 8-18mm with me. And sometimes the 17mm f/1.8, though I’m saving up for the 17mm f/1.2.

Good that you are sharing your travel preferences in terms of equipment but barely relevant to what i am saying

IMO it is quite relevant.

Without post-processing, an FE is a niche lens. But with post processing, it can be used as a rectilinear lens (or something in-between), albeit with some compromise to across-frame IQ.

The Olympus 8mm f/1.8 FE PRO starts out as an exceptional FE lens, but even more usefully on an EM1ii you can select defished modes which display a rectilinear image in real time in the EVF or FAS.

I do agree with you that it would be great to have an automatic UWA rectilinear lens in the system, but I am pointing out what I consider to be a viable alternative (for the present).

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BurnImage wrote:

Harold66 wrote:

john isaacs wrote:

Harold66 wrote:

NoTx wrote:

Anyone else carry a small holy trio when possible, old school? For example, 3 primes for a full trip or to hit the streets for some photography trips? I noticed here that this forum loves the 7.5mm LAOWA.

I suspect that this is in part due to the fact that the otherwise very complete micro 4/3 lens line up does not feature a UWA lens with AF like a 2.8/9mm or 10mm

there is a market for a compact 2.8 or 3.5/10mm with AF , weather sealing and a thread for filters

Harol

There are the 8mm FE lenses.

But a 9mm AF prime that takes filters would be great.

Yes but fisheye lenses are very specific tools . This is why they need an af rectilinear lens

You’re kinda part way there with EM1-2 or X de-fish mode and the 8mm 1.8 FE Pro. My lens is being delivered tomorrow so I haven’t played with it yet.

It is a beautiful little lens! I bought mine before the EM1ii firmware update which enabled the in-camera defish function, and so was very pleasantly surprised when that function was announced.

I think that for the most critical image defishing with some external programs from the RAW file can be both more flexible and at a higher level of IQ.

The beauty of the EM1ii’s internal defishing mode is that the real-time defished preview is a huge help in framing your scene, and then if you think you can improve on the in-camera defished JPEG you still also have the original full resolution FE RAW file to work with on your computer. (If shooting RAW+JPEG).

jh2bh wrote:

Seems like everybody's favorite primes are pretty wide angle and mid range, no one mentions telephotos.

You've a 200 Panny and a 300 Oly. That's it unless you're using Viltrox etc.
I've the 300 Oly and have both TCons. The 300 is really sharp and great for birds and insects but I'd rather a 150mm f1.4!