So, after a bit of switches now I'm shooting with the following gear:
Olympus E-PL2
Olympus 14-42 mm f/3.5-5.6 IIR
Olympus 40-150 mm f/4-5.6 IIR
Minolta MD 50 mm f/1.7
Minolta MD 135 mm f/3.5
Flash Nissin Di466 FT
Now (maybe a late summer G.A.S. attack?) I'm thinking of getting a couple native prime lens to play with.
I'm still satisfied with my body, so I'm not planning to replace it (thank to flash and IBIS I always manage to shoot at low ISO).
In the past I had a Sigma 19 but, altough I liked the rendering, I discovered that I was very often longing for the kit lens.
Looking at my EXIF data I discovered that most of my shoots were at wide angle or in the normal / long normal range, so I made a 2-step upgrade path for the foreseenable future.
1) Lenses I wish I have:
Olympus 12 mm f/2
Olympus 25 mm f/1.8
Olympus 45 mm f/1.8
Keep the 40-150
Keep old legacy glass
2) Lenses I can afford now (my poor man's trinity?):
Panasonic 14 mm f/2.5
Sigma 30 mm f/2.8
Keep the 40-150
Keep old legacy glass
Probably I can sit down and wait for bargains because the kit zooms quality (especially on 40-150) quality is way over their price point, so:
a) The 14-42 @14mm could make for my wide angle
b) the 40-150 is good enough for casual zoo / hiking tasks, at least for me
so probably my first choice should be the Sigma 30, then adding the Pana 14 (probably not better that the kit lens @14, but I like its size and weight), and go saving for the 12 and the 25 in the long run.
I think that in my scenario the Oly 45 should go last (I'm using the old Minolta 50 as my portrait lens).
Sorry for the long(-ish) post but I saw a lot of good advices in this forum in the past, so your opinion is very valuable to me.
Thank you from Italy
Olympus E-PL2
Olympus 14-42 mm f/3.5-5.6 IIR
Olympus 40-150 mm f/4-5.6 IIR
Minolta MD 50 mm f/1.7
Minolta MD 135 mm f/3.5
Flash Nissin Di466 FT
Now (maybe a late summer G.A.S. attack?) I'm thinking of getting a couple native prime lens to play with.
I'm still satisfied with my body, so I'm not planning to replace it (thank to flash and IBIS I always manage to shoot at low ISO).
In the past I had a Sigma 19 but, altough I liked the rendering, I discovered that I was very often longing for the kit lens.
Looking at my EXIF data I discovered that most of my shoots were at wide angle or in the normal / long normal range, so I made a 2-step upgrade path for the foreseenable future.
1) Lenses I wish I have:
Olympus 12 mm f/2
Olympus 25 mm f/1.8
Olympus 45 mm f/1.8
Keep the 40-150
Keep old legacy glass
2) Lenses I can afford now (my poor man's trinity?):
Panasonic 14 mm f/2.5
Sigma 30 mm f/2.8
Keep the 40-150
Keep old legacy glass
Probably I can sit down and wait for bargains because the kit zooms quality (especially on 40-150) quality is way over their price point, so:
a) The 14-42 @14mm could make for my wide angle
b) the 40-150 is good enough for casual zoo / hiking tasks, at least for me
so probably my first choice should be the Sigma 30, then adding the Pana 14 (probably not better that the kit lens @14, but I like its size and weight), and go saving for the 12 and the 25 in the long run.
I think that in my scenario the Oly 45 should go last (I'm using the old Minolta 50 as my portrait lens).
Sorry for the long(-ish) post but I saw a lot of good advices in this forum in the past, so your opinion is very valuable to me.
Thank you from Italy