JMaher
New member
Just sold my D90, 18-200 and my favorite the Sigma 30 1.4. Really enjoying my new E-P1 (though I haven’t has enough time to shoot with it) and I am thinking on maybe spending a little of that money on new gear for the Pen.
I have the kit lens and the 17 and the Panasonic m 4/3 adapter so I can use my Olympus 12-60. Here’s my thoughts:
1) Get some range - Buy the 45-200 Panasonic to give me back some of the range I lost – Reasonably inexpensive and great quality based on the shots in this forum.
2) Go for Ultra Wide - Buy the Olympus 9-18 and take advantage of the $100 rebate or save up for the 7-14
3) Be Sensible - Set up adapters for my remaining Nikon ‘s - 35/2 - 60/2.8 and 180/2.8 and forget about this foolishness of buying a new lens. I have adapters on order for these.
4) Go for a faster lens and something for portraits - Buy an Olympus 50 /2 for its’ autofocus and to kind of replace my Sigma as a low light lens
or
Go crazy and buy a used Leica Summicron 50/2 or a new Voigtlander 40.14 and an adapter to get better low light shots and maybe that legendary quality.
Lots of questions but I thought I might be able to get an interesting dialog going. I also am really thinking about all of the above but probably only going to do one thing now.
Jim
I have the kit lens and the 17 and the Panasonic m 4/3 adapter so I can use my Olympus 12-60. Here’s my thoughts:
1) Get some range - Buy the 45-200 Panasonic to give me back some of the range I lost – Reasonably inexpensive and great quality based on the shots in this forum.
2) Go for Ultra Wide - Buy the Olympus 9-18 and take advantage of the $100 rebate or save up for the 7-14
3) Be Sensible - Set up adapters for my remaining Nikon ‘s - 35/2 - 60/2.8 and 180/2.8 and forget about this foolishness of buying a new lens. I have adapters on order for these.
4) Go for a faster lens and something for portraits - Buy an Olympus 50 /2 for its’ autofocus and to kind of replace my Sigma as a low light lens
or
Go crazy and buy a used Leica Summicron 50/2 or a new Voigtlander 40.14 and an adapter to get better low light shots and maybe that legendary quality.
Lots of questions but I thought I might be able to get an interesting dialog going. I also am really thinking about all of the above but probably only going to do one thing now.
Jim