Joined the GH13 family

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AZ Erik

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I recently got nailed by the Panasonic selling out of GH1 combos so I started looking at getting a GH13. I found one in town (kinda, like 46 miles from me but 'in town'). The body is in great shape and the guy had many lenses. After trying to figure out a decent lens(singular) to start with and the prices being kinda high for just a lens and adapter I decided to take the plunge and buy the whole 'kit'. Lots more money than I wanted to spend but hey if I'm supposed to figure out what I like it's easier to have it on hand than try to figure it out by buying random lenses. So I picked up 6 lenses in total, now I need to part with a few of them in order to get back to about my price range. I do however have a favorite for sure.

GH13 + 24mm 2.8 FD, 28mm 2.8 Zesnar, 50mm 1.4 FD (FAV), 100mm 2.8 FD, FD 100-200 5.8 sc, Tamron 28-80 3.5-4.2.

Now I'm going to keep the 50mm and Zesnar most likely but the others will probably go. I'm currently on the hunt for a 14-42 or 14-45 (I guess there is 2 different lenses?) so my wife can shoot without having to think :) Any suggestions on if there is a lens to keep for sure? I'm seeing the 100-200 is slow for film and honestly it's a bit big and heavy to carry on a hike but it doesn't have a ton of value so I'm not very attached to it. I'll probably also keep the 100mm as it's pretty pricey. For now it's a start but after 15 minutes of attempting to walk my wife though taking a picture of a flower she asked why it can't just do it already haha. Need to have a full auto lens for her happiness I suppose.
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get the kit 14-42mm lens on ebay ....it was selling with the panny direct deal and lot of folks dumping there...going as low as 125$
 
They were going for $125 ish, now they jumped to a ton of buy it now's for $300+ I'd even jump on a used one cheap enough. The 20 is in my sights for sure.
 
Well I ended up buying two more GH1's off ebay as the 14-42 lens couldn't be had for less than $150 i can get a body and part with it seperately later. This however ends up putting me back into the 3 cam set up for my wedding, 1 gh13 and a pair of stock gh1's with 14-42's. At least I'll be getting back to having 3 or more angles on my ceremony and might have even sweet talked the photographers assitant to repoint the 2 stock gh1's at different times. Not absolute best options but it's looking much better. I'll sell the gh1's in Mid July and hopefully this ends up just costing me a hundred or 2 for the temp useage of the gh1's.
 
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