Hi everyone What a delight to find such a positive creative and supportive forum! Welcome relief from... er never mind. Yes, after chatting Brian M (grateful thanks, as ever) it will be E-PL1 and EVF and the following 14 - 42 kit 20mm pany macro 9-18 I will rely on my beloved 50mm for macro and equally beloved 70-300 for super-zoom for now. Advice please as I have to order quickly and collect in flying visit to Uk from Andalucia : for..................... 14 - 42 kit 20mm pany 9-18 Oly what size filters do they take? (basic UV I mean) - cos I may have already among my myriad lenses!! can they all take my Cokin grads in filter holders.... or are they rotational? I love my grads...... do they come with lens hoods? if not can I order the cheapies... if so which?? Any experiences anyone? which adaptor (s) would I need for using the Pany on E-PL1 my older 50 mm and 70-300 on E-Pl1. I know I can look up and am busy doing so now... but my internet access is limited up here so may never get there without some help. Lofty xx I spose one final quest...... if a superzoom were to be recommended would you go for Oly or Pany??
Welcome to the home of m4/3rds John , If you can find a kit with the mZD 9-18 rather than the mZD 14-42 and add the 20mm f1.7 that would be good. The mZD 14-42 is certainly an OK kit lens, but becomes a little redundant considering the ideal kit of mZD 9-18, mZD 14-150 and Lumix 20mm f1.7 As for filter sizes, the Lumix 20mm f1.7 is a 46mm thread, the mZD 9-18 is a 52mm and the mZD 14-150 is a 58mm... Good luck, and have a safe trip! p.s. without a doubt, the mZD 14-150 would my choice of superzoom for the Pen. Cheers Brian
Lisa, I thought I had seen a kit out there... but just having checked, it looks like you can get body only, body + mZD 14-42 or body + 17mm f2.8 pancake lens. Cheers Brian
filter capability (on the 14-42) was second biggest issue on last weeks trip to Tuscany with a new E-P1 I made the call to take it rather than a 30 + 12-60, which is my normal travel gear. I did take an 82mm CPL and shot through that on a number of occasions, but holding up the NDG8 I also took was a step to far! The great news was that with all that light, the jpeg engine and auto gradation, the overall results were good - the good news was the looks the silver kit got in Italy; dangling on my wrist - and my neck appreciated it too Yes the 14-42 rotates, and it's an odd size for filters (40.5mm?) which I won't bother with. The 14-150 is an obvious choice as Brian points out - although for the last few days I have been using the 12-60 (surprise surprise) but it rather defeats the object of the E-P (although video is superb....) but then again so does a single lens solution! Just realised I left the biggest issue out - tilt/swivel LCD.....
aargh yes, tilt and swivel... don't tempt me Phto owl, also think tilt and swivel is vital and a sad omission on Oly's ... and it makes the g1 SOOOOOOOO tempting. It's at ludicrous prices in Uk with 14-45 kit.......... knees tremble what should I do??? lol /..... defeats the purpose of down-sizing but at 294 pounds with pay-back (I thuik that's the latest price I saw..... eeeeek. Thanks for feedback everyone Lofty
