GH2 Which lens to keep?

ajamils

ajamils

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I currently have a few lenses that I use with my GH2 but since I rarely use all the lenses, I'm trying to figure out which ones should I let go and which one I should keep.

I currently have the following lenses.

- Panasonic 100-300 ~ f4 - 5.6
- 20mm Pancake ~ f1.7
- 14 - 140mm ~ f4 - 5.8
- 14-54mm Olympus Mark II (4/3 lens) ~ f2.8-3.5
- Canon FD 50mm ~ f1.4

It would be even better if I could get rid of couple of lenses and replace them with a good zoom. Ideally, I would have liked a fast wide zoom that could be a walk around lens. 14-140 would have been ideal for that if it was a little more brighter.

Any suggestion?
 
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I would list the 14-140 and the 14-54. Apply whatever they bring towards the Olympus 12mm (prime) f2 lens. None of the zooms is fast, both the 14-42mm "kit" lens (my walkaround zoom) and the Olympus 12-50mm (a very good rated lens) have a max aperture of f3.5 at the wide end. The 12mm above is very highly regarded!

But all of the other wide zooms are f4 to smaller.

Another alternative would be to go for the Lumix 14mm f2.5, that way you could carry a small bag with the 14mm (somewhat fast), the 20mm (quite fast), and the GH2.
 
ajamils said:
I don't think that I can ever justify spending $2k on a single lens. Also, I would probably have to buy a SUV to carry that lens :)
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What you are looking for and price is very hard to find. That is the price of that lens New, used you can find them for about $1700-$1800. If you sell your 3 zoom lenses you can easily get close to $1k which means you only have to fork over $700-$800.

Once you use on e of these zoom lenses you will understand why they cost what they do + they will be with you for the rest of your life.....
 
J.F.R. said:
What you are looking for and price is very hard to find. That is the price of that lens New, used you can find them for about $1700-$1800. If you sell your 3 zoom lenses you can easily get close to $1k which means you only have to fork over $700-$800.

Once you use on e of these zoom lenses you will understand why they cost what they do + they will be with you for the rest of your life.....
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I have no doubt that the lens is awesome but for someone who takes majority of pictures on "P" mode, it is very difficult to justify that cost (even at $1700). Thanks for your suggestion though. If I ever get the courage (and money) to spend that much on a single lens, I would get Panasonic 35-100mm
 
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