burritosandbeer

I think all three you are looking at are too long for 85% of what you are stating... I would seriously look at the sigma 30mm f/1.4 I would consider the various 25s a little too short, but the ...

^ that if you have the budget, if not G85

Generally speaking big aperture lenses cost big dollars and are big an heavy. outside of using adapted lenses, probably your best option is something liek this https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc ...

Eh, I'm pissy like that.  :-) That said I doubt anyone who has used DFD in AFS would call it horrible. Amazing, fantastic, sick (good), ridiculous (good), cool, are all reasonable words. Horrible?  ...

I really like the starburst effect in this one, shame no exif, I was curious about the aperture setting.

GH4 and G7 were announced before the GX8 and had DFD.

Thanks everyone, I really find this helpful! I will review in depth. All shots were straight out of camera jpg, and some challenging shots at time. ie lighthouse was shot on a telephoto while ...

Thank you! I really do find it helpful.   The horizon issues haven't stuck out in my eye, so I will see what I can do with them. On the shot of my daughter in her kayak I wasn't trying so much to ...

Not trying to be needy, but I was honestly looking for some feedback. Thx

Recently did a kayak trip on Isle Royale National Park in far northern Michigan with my 15 year old daughter.  Brought along a M43 kit for a few shots... Brought the G7, 14-42PZ, 25 f1.7, 45-150 ...

For what its worth the lower end pen bodies still give excellent results. For the light run and gun a Pen EPL6 is my go to, with the panasonic 14-42 PZ, and sometimes a 25mm f1.7 and 45-150 in ...

I should probably add that I dont go out marketing myself, requesting business, signing up clients, thats where the hobby becomes "work" to me. I've considered it before, but usually its so and so ...

I dont know of many other hobbies where I can get paid doing something I enjoy, that others tell me I am good at. I do occasional paying jobs to help pay for the hobby  :-)

depends on what I am doing. The Pen EPL-6 is often pocketed with a 14-42pz, and a 45-150 in another pocket. The G7 due to its added size usually rides in a backpack.  Recently I did a kayak trip ...

Maybe thats why I like mine, I'm usually running it wide open in aperture priority.  I've stopped it down manually, but then its still in aperture priority mode,

I agree, but I like something wide for landscapes...

I bought the Panasonic 25mm f1.7 almost two years back, and it's one of my favorites.  Great decision that I have never had a cause to regret.

A favorite shot from the trip that shows the case on the kayak.

I say option 4, but add a fast, light standard prime 17-25mm. I just finished a kayak trip to isle royale national park, and regret not having something wider than 14mm. I had a Panasonic 14-42 ...

So when I went to Maui a few years back all I brought was a cell phone, and I horribly regret it. If you are doing any surfing, or want to capture surfers, whales, etc, longer MM is a good thing.  ...