Hello everyone, looking for some advice on lenses.
I have an EM5.2 and the following lenses
12-40 Pro
40-150R
75-300 II
25 1.7
45 1.8
Lately ive been finding that when walking about especially at events and parades and similar occasions ive been running out of focal length with my 12-40 and am usually not fast enough to switch lenses to the telephotos.
Im heavily contemplating the 12-100, especially for my upcoming trip to Disney with a few friends, but I have some reservations.
First off I have no idea how ill do with this len's weight but thats more minor as its a single lens solution compared to the 12-40 Pro + 40-150R or 75-300 I would carry otherwise.
My main source of conflict is that the 12-40 and the 12-100 have significantly different macro capabilities as demonstrated on this site:
Olympus 12-100mm f/4 PRO vs. 12-40mm f/2.8 PRO – The complete comparison
I like to shoot macro of flowers and other interesting patterns and such but for the most part the 12-40 pro has given me 95% of my macroing needs. If I picked up the 12-100 id have a very hard time justifying keeping the 12-40 just for macro and the extra stop but it is still a fantastic lens. I do switch back and forth between the 25mm 1.7 and the 12-40 pro in museums though. I could just hang onto it, but im not sure if I should keep this much invested in glass.
Ive thought about adding the selling the 12-40 and adding the 30mm or 60mm macro, but im not sure if thats the route I should take since im not doing extreme close ups.
Looking for some advice as to what route I should take, or if anyone has gone through this same predicament.