Decisions, decisions ...
Olympus has announced two interesting lenses for 2010. First, the 9-18 wide zoom, which I will surely acquire for landscape and architecture shooting, if the price is going to be reasonable.
But now for the longer focal lengths. I have an E-P1 with the 14-42 kit lens, the Panasonic 20/1.7 for low light and, since recently, a legacy OM 50/1.8 + adapter as a portrait lens. Before getting the PEN, I had a Panasonic FZ30 which offered a tremendous 35-420 eq. zoom lens. I do not actually need that great a focal range very often, but especially for holidays I'd like to have something longer than 100mm eq.
So I'm thinking ... should I get the Panasonic 45-200 as an addition to the 14-42 (it is already available at reasonable prices, and prices should become even more reasonable by mid-next-year), or should I wait for the announced 14-150, which will surely be more expensive, since new, but would save me changing lenses every five minutes (which would be sure to happen on a holiday trip with the two-lens solution).
I guess this decision can't be made right now. But I guess, that
But now for the longer focal lengths. I have an E-P1 with the 14-42 kit lens, the Panasonic 20/1.7 for low light and, since recently, a legacy OM 50/1.8 + adapter as a portrait lens. Before getting the PEN, I had a Panasonic FZ30 which offered a tremendous 35-420 eq. zoom lens. I do not actually need that great a focal range very often, but especially for holidays I'd like to have something longer than 100mm eq.
So I'm thinking ... should I get the Panasonic 45-200 as an addition to the 14-42 (it is already available at reasonable prices, and prices should become even more reasonable by mid-next-year), or should I wait for the announced 14-150, which will surely be more expensive, since new, but would save me changing lenses every five minutes (which would be sure to happen on a holiday trip with the two-lens solution).
I guess this decision can't be made right now. But I guess, that
- if it's going to be a question of budget (considering I want to get the 9-18), it'll be more likely that I'll get the 45-200.
- if budget is not going to be so big an issue, it'll be a question of IQ and performance (I heard the 45-200 to be [relatively] soft at the long end, but have good [and quiet] AF performance).