I bought it as a kit with the E-M5 and it was only ~$150 more than the camera body alone. My intention was to sell it immediately, but it's too good, especially at the short end.
The only thing I miss is a shade, because it sucks really bad when the sun is just outside the frame.
Makten wrote:
I bought it as a kit with the E-M5 and it was only ~$150 more than the camera body alone. My intention was to sell it immediately, but it's too good, especially at the short end.
The only thing I miss is a shade, because it sucks really bad when the sun is just outside the frame.
Makten.
I have only the 20 F1.7, and like it a lot. I wonder as far as cost/ price point - isnt it really quite a good buy compared to the much pricer lens ?
Harry
palmer
Kingfishphoto wrote:
Makten.
I have only the 20 F1.7, and like it a lot. I wonder as far as cost/ price point - isnt it really quite a good buy compared to the much pricer lens ?
Harry
palmer
I'm not Makten but I'll throw in my $0.02
I think that's really up to an individual to decide, really - some people may see the "drawing style" of the 25 and consider it more valuable to them than the size/price premium over the 20mm - at least that was my conclusion, so I picked up the 25mm. I can definitely see me springing for the 20, though.
Other people may have a very compact m43 and want to stick with pancakes - the 20mm, from what I've seen, produces really nice files and is much smaller than the 25mm - I could really see the 25mm being "out of place" of sorts if one was going for an X100-type setup instead of a Mini-DSLR type setup like the OMD+25mm basically turns into.
The 25mm, for a m43 lens, is fairly sizeable. It is as large as my Minolta 58 1.4 and dwarfs the Oly 45 1.8
Kingfishphoto wrote:
Makten.
I have only the 20 F1.7, and like it a lot. I wonder as far as cost/ price point - isnt it really quite a good buy compared to the much pricer lens ?
If you like it, don't bother and be happy! There's no reason to buy stuff because others say it's better, if you don't see the need yourself. The 25 is ~50% more expensive where I live, so I'd say size versus performance is more important if you want to choose between them.
For what it may be worth, the far superior quality of the 25mm trumped the smaller size of the 20mm for me. I had both but found the 20mm wasn't being used, so sold it. In fact the 25mm is by far my most-used lens. Your choice may be different for your needs and tastes.
Holy crap Martin. I just bought an OM-D and separately the panleica 25. Is it really that sharp. I just might have to sell my NEX! I don't even have the camera or lens yet.
So, I know this is an image thread but just curious how many of you switched from the Sony NEX system to the OM-D and how you feel about the switch at this point. I have a NEX-7 which I really like but the OM-D is coming on thursday!
I am pretty sure you are going to like the OM-D a lot more than the NEX-7 ... and real soon too! No, I have not handled any NEX camera before but many here have switched from the NEX-7 to the OM-D.
rji2goleez wrote:
So, I know this is an image thread but just curious how many of you switched from the Sony NEX system to the OM-D and how you feel about the switch at this point. I have a NEX-7 which I really like but the OM-D is coming on thursday!
