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Re: [OM] om 24-40

Subject: Re: [OM] om 24-40
From: Jim Couch <zuikoholic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 23:55:49 -0700
I like the little bit of extra reach at the long end on the 12-60, but 
the real thing for me is the 12mm over 14. Much wider and I rarely find 
the need for the 9-18. In fact the 9-18 is up on eBay as we speak. I 
have been selling off some of my 4/3 stuff and reducing the kit. I am 
pretty much down to a 2 lens kit now! I kept the 25 pancake, use it when 
I want to go 'small' The E-5 with the 25 is actually fairly small, no 
OM, but I can live with it, at least for now.

the nice thing about the 12-60 is that for most of my shooting I can do 
fine with just the one lens. A bigger camera and lens than the OM, but 
with one lens the overall kit is pretty darn reasonable.

I could really do a two lens kit! (does the 1.4x teleconverter count as 
a lens, it does, oh rats - three lens trip then!) :)

The OM-D was/is a very seductive camera, and in many ways better suited 
to my needs, but the current lens selection pretty much underwhelms me. 
The only lens I can get truly excited about is the Pany 20 f/1.7.

Jim Couch

On 8/23/2012 2:46 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> Agreed. My preference is still for the 14-54 over the 12-60. But
> Olympus did exceptionally well with those three lenses. Two bodies,
> two lenses. A perfect setup for the event/wedding photographer.
>
> I suppose that if I wanted to get my Leica on, I would mount the 100/2
> to one OM body and the 35/2.8 or 24/2.8 to the other. A compromise
> would be the 28/2, but Joel won't sell me his, yet. But I did shoot
> almost an entire book project last year with just the 35-80.
>
> I'm discovering that "less is more" again. It's tough to downsize to a
> minimalist kit when you have so much wonderful stuff. It would be a
> cool idea to do a two-lens trip, but then the question is which two?
> Before you know it, you're dragging the entire cabinet of gear along.
> Karen reminds me that I have four camera bags, but that doesn't mean
> that I need to bring all four!
>
> Yeah, what does she know...
>
> AG

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