Doug, You mention a few items and in the same breath the 45mm macro. Isn't that a specialty lens?
The 8/3.5 with 0.1m close focus ability (1/5x magnification), to me, is more attractive than a fly by wire macro lens.
I can find plenty of macro lenses (more useful manual focus variety) for the m4/3rds but not a good wide angle lens or a fisheye.
Elsewhere, someone ran a poll and the overwhelming majority voted for a lower price.
If that happens, that is good.
Hmm, perhaps, though in my defense, I view the combo of macro with portrait length shooting to be far less specialty than a fish eye. For me, the 45 would be a prime in the range that I happen to really like to shoot with the added benefit of being a macro lens.
I have yet to find a short tele prime that I have been satisfied with for m4/3, and I have been intrigued by the 45 as a possibility.
The close focus of the fish eye is a draw. I haven't checked how close the 7-14 close focus is.
I also have other combos that give me the close focus in the focal lengths I desire.
And of course, I am sure we are all surprised a poll came out in favor of a reduced price
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As always, it is individual priorities (which is what you are saying after all
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I suspect what the real meaning of that poll is, "Rats, if it was a couple hundred fewer, I'd buy it, and I'd really enjoy it"
Doug