Dear Peter, The first lens will be the overall handy lens 12-100 mm F 4 IS PRO Zoom with built in stabiliser for still and video shooting, which is an all purpose lens covering 24-200 mm in full frame terminology. The second lens will be a specialised wide angle lens 7-14 mm F 2.8 PRO for landscapes, architecture, sky, interiors and group photos. The third lens I will go for will be the best portrait lens 45 mm F 1.2 PRO for top blurring and low light. The last lens will be the 300 mm F4 IS with MC 14 extender but that will be very expensive and will be purchased at a later phase, only when required.
A thought about modern kit lenses. Why are they so slow? My first slr camera, like most slr cameras in those days, came with a really sharp 50mm f1.8. That was normal, in fact it was called a “normal” lens.
It depends what you mean by kit lens. And you say that the kit lens is slow. I bought the Pen-F with the 17mm f/1.8. That was the kit. The 17mm is an excellent lens, and not particularly slow. The phrase ‘kit lens’ is somewhat derogatory, but it depends which ‘kit’ you buy.
I have an Olympus OMD EM10 series II with a Zuiko 25mm f1.8 standard lens, a 45mm f1.8 portrait lens and a 40-150mm f4-5.6 zoom lens and it all suits me fine.
After owning about 12 olympus and pansonic lens range from f1.2 to f5.6, I think olympus 9-18mm is a very useful for travelling and daily use as a compact and a great performer. It's color is saturated and image is crisp, and let you use filters, specially a cheap small GND. With it you can live without a kit lens. It's not the best, but certainly a high CP ratio one. By the way , the 43 series panasonic 25mm f1.4 leica and 14-50 f2.8-4 leica are special for it's images differs from lenses nowadays, really a bit classic leica like taste, which I kept them until now and never sell them out. At last , the best one among my gear is the panny leica 42.5mm f1.2, it often replaces my full frame 85mm f1.4.
Your quite right about the 12/100 f4 it is really very, very good product. I did have the 12mm and the 75mm but as soon as I acquired the 12/100 f4, they were sold off. I did keep the 17mm and the 25mm for when I want to knock about with a small fixed focal length lens. But the 12/100 f4 really does it all extremely well. Cheers.
This whole question sounds like a solution in search of a problem. Use whatever camera and lens gear you have until you find yourself running into its limitations. Then, if you do need it want something specific, try to buy it used. Is your slow telephoto lens letting you down in low light because of the high shutter speeds needed for capturing action? Go find an f2.8 lens for your system. Want to take portraits with shallow depth of field, and your kit lens won't blur out the background enough? Get a fast portrait prime lens. Interested in video but your camera produces poor quality video (if it produces video at all)? Get a camera body that takes better video, ideally one that won't require you to buy all new lenses. There is soooo much information and so many reviews on the Internet about almost every camera and lens that we are spoiled. So Peter is spot on.
Not an M.Zuiko Lens, but the Samyang(Rokinon) 12mm/f2.0 is an amazing lens for very little money! Also, the 25mm Panasonic is half the price for pretty much the same result, if your budget is small!
Thanks Peter, that was a great education on all Olympus lenses. I would ask if in future you could make the copy ( words) in a more contrasting colour with the background. That said, your detail description was appreciated. Regards, John.
Hello Peter, first of all, thanks for your work, your videos are very useful. For wildlife photography I usually use a Sony Alpha 77 II with Tamron 150-600, a couple months ago I bought a Olympus OMD E-M1 used on eBay to try Micro 4/3 system in order to reduce the weight and always have a camera with me. So far, I purchased two lenses, 25mm and 45mm, both 1.8, and I'm glad of them. Now, I'm looking for a micro 4/3 lens that gives me the same quality as Tamron, which lens do you think I should buy? Obviously, with Sony, I use a tripod, with Olympus I'd like to leave it at home too. Thanks in advance, greetings from Italy, Simone.
Not to forget the large and growing range of Panasonic, Sigma and various other brands of native M4/3 lenses that work perfectly with Olympus and Panasonic bodies. On my E-M10 MkII today I have a Sigma 19mm f2.8 Art lens fitted. I also carry the 45mm f1.8 Olympus and always the 9mm f8.0 bodycap fisheye which is great fun in small doses. Of course the kit lens 14-42mm. For specific subjects the 7-14 rectilinear wide angle Olympus Pro lens is really high quality but its price reflects this. 60mm macro would be a nice addition to my kit some day.
I have the 12-40 2.8 Pro now and love it. My next lens will be the 300mm f4 and then the 2x teleconverter when it arrives. I am very very close to pulling the trigger on the EM1X. Primary uses would be wildlife and Portraits.
Peter Forsgård Yep I feel pretty set on my portrait lenses. I have the 25, 45, 75 f1.8 and of course the 12-40 lens. I need a macro lens and a 300mm and a really good super wide. I am getting there :)
Here's what I currently own: 12-40mm f2.8 PRO 40-150mm f2.8 PRO MC-14 and MC-20 teleconverters 45mm f1.8 Panasonic Leica 25mm f1.4 Camera bodies: OM-D E-M1 (original) Panasonic DMC-G85 Accessories: Battery grips for both cameras Takstar SGC-598 shotgun microphone Olympus ME-51S Stereo Microphone Zoom H1N recorder Various SD cards Manfrotto BeFree Live video tripod Magnus VT-300 video tripod Various filters I have my eye on the 300mm f4 PRO because I do a lot of wildlife shooting, especially birds. But the 40-150mm with the MC-20 teleconverter gives me 300mm at f5.6, so that's good enough for now. That 300mm lens is mighty expensive. I've also had my eye on upgrading my E-M1 to at least an E-M1 Mark II, but I think the lens might be the more important purchase to save up for. I mostly do stills, but I'm starting to shoot a bit more video, and I know the E-M1 is not good for that. The G85 is good for that, but the continuous autofocus lets me down, especially since I don't have much Panasonic glass for DFD. Unfortunately, the E-M1 II doesn't even measure up to the G85 when it comes to video, much less the GH5. One nice thing about the G85 is that it takes UHS-II cards, so even though it doesn't shoot quite as quickly as the E-M1 in C-AF mode, it dumps the buffer much more quickly. Neither the G85 nor the E-M1 II has 120 fps, which is quite unfortunate. The E-M5 III does, but Olympus took away the headphone jack from the accessory grip.
Can I use the lens of OLYMPUS PEN Lite E-pl3 for OLYMPUS PEN Lite E-PL7? My OLYMPUS PEN Lite E-PL7 kit lens was broken and I'm planning to buy OLYMPUS PEN Lite E-pl3 kit lens for replacement... It will be really helpful if I have the advice.
Me he cambiado desde Nikon DSLR a Olympus , tal como mencionas en varios de tus videos, es una excelente tecnologia desarrollada por Olympus que extienden las posibilidades. Tus videos son muy buenos y agradezco que compartas esos conocimientos de tu experiencia con Olympus. Vas a tener que aprender un cuarto idioma, español. Saludos
Hei! Olisiko sulla ehdottaa edullista objektiivia Olympus omd e-m5II kameraan? Tällä hetkellä kamerassa 25mm 1:1.8 objektiivi, joka ei aivan riitä. Pitäisi kuvata liikkuvia hevosia ja zoomille olisi tarvetta.
Jos kuvaat sisällä niin valovoimaa tarvitaan. Valitettavasti valovoima maksaa. 40-150mm f2.8 olisi varmaan sopiva, mutta edullisuus on vähän niin ja näin. Yksi vaihtoehto voisi olla 45mm F1.8, ei toki zoom. Toinen ei-zoom 75mm F1.8.
It all depends on what is the things you like to make images of. You seem to have the wide angle and telephoto ranges covert. Maybe you could get a fast prime lens like a 25mm f1.2 Pro or the 25mm f1.8?
Peter Forsgård Hi Peter, thank you very much for the advice! I like to take photos of landscapes. Do you think 12-40mm/f2.8 is good for me or not? Thanks again! Lin
Great Video peter, I love that you go into used lenses and bodies, I started with my kit lens and started adapting older canon lenses. That was the appeal at first, then I added a Panasonic 20mm F1.7, then the Oly 45mm f1.8 and the the 12mm F2.0 all great additions. I picked them up buying used camera bodies. Oly em5 Mk 1 and the Em5 Mk ii. It was worth but them with the lenses. I saved a ton of cash that way and basically got the bodies for free. When I got the MK1 I got the 12-50MM dust proof and splash proof with that body, amazing all purpose lens. But all in all my favorite lens is a 4/3 lens 14-54 F2.8 lens that I use with a adapter. That lens is my favorite lens of all time. Its big, heavy but stunning. Anyway, thanks again for the video.
I started shooting with SLR 43 years ago and has a line of analog cameras from 4X5 ", MF, and different brands in the 35mm format, and of course even more optics. Especially Nikon I used until I switched to MFT. Two weeks ago I received an offer for a brand new Olympus Pen-F body for under $ 1000, which is a good price in Norway. What lenses do I want for it? I would need a fast prime, and I had one. The Pana/Leica 15/1.7. The Pen-F is ofering with Olympus 17/1.8 in a kit. That's perfect match for it. I would love to have something wide, light, cheap, good and maybe a zoom. Then I have the Panasonic 12-32/3.5-5.6 and that lens with the exellent 35-100/3.5-5.6 telezoom and then it's perfect travel equipment. I could also drop the telezoom and take with me a fast prime, as an Olympus 45/1.8 or 75/1.8. I also have the excellent Pana/Leica 45/2.8 macro. For extreme wideangel shooting, I would by a Laowa 7.5mm f/2. Then I would have the perfect travel combo for nearly every situations.
It looks like you a very good combo as you said yourself! Pen-F and 17mm f1.8 is very good for street photography. The 45mm f1.8 ads nicely to the kit if you like to doo street portraits. For wide angle zoom consider the M.Zuiko 9-18mm. Its small and light weight.
Thank you very much for your comment. Its hard to say what the future on m43 will be. Its a great system and the small size has it advantages. It has also proved its capabilities, but of course the advantages what m43 have is going to vanish. Time will tell, but I am not too worried about m43, but its hard to predict the future. It all depnds very much what Olypus will do next.
I would look for the fast lenses. The Pro zoom 40-150mm f2.8 is most likely the best choice. Its not the least expensive, but a very good lens. Other choices could be fast primes, the 45mm f1.8 or the 75 f1,8. These two lens has very good value for the money.
I have 3 GH5 and all have the 12-40mm lens. now, just recently purchased 7-14mm and loving the wide capabilities, shortly will follow a 40-150mm for product filmography work as well. Very happy with Olympus Lenses that I own.
Iam only interested in still photography and not filming 📹 so in this condition which lenses I should buy ocording to you. I want to buy Panasonic GH5 or Olympics OM D EM1 ii. Mostly i am interested in protrat, land scrap, Sports., just tell me which lens for which situation. No one wants to tell like you do. I have seen so many vedio blogs. But not like you. Waiting for Your reply. Thanking you.
If you only do photography I would go with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 MKII. GH5 is more video centric camera. I would get a fast prime wide-angle lens for landscape, 45mm for portarits and 40-150mm for sports. Of cause it depends a bit on your style. The wide-angle can be used for portraits etc.
It's a manual lens but the Kamlan 50mm 1.1 is awesome on m EM1...It's pretty well built too and about 150.00 US...For walking around I found the Panasonic 20mm 1.7 pancake to be one of the best.
That depends a bit on how and what you like to photograph. If you want to use a prime then I would say that the 17mm f1.8 is a good choice. If you prefer a zoom lens, then I would say either 14-150mm or the 12-200mm.
Thank's to share your option of the lenses. i have alsor 4/3 lenses like the old 7-14 to heavy for me know my next buy will be the 7-14 µ4/3 2.8 you like it :-)
Thanks a lot for your very useful videos! Can you help me to make right choice. I need a wide angle zoom lens for landscape shooting for my EM5MII. I'm considering two lenses despite the fact that they are quite different - 9-18/4-5.6 and 7-14/2.8. What do you recommend?
Thank you. I think both of those choices will be good. The advantage with the 7-14mm is the weather sealing and it has a wider aperture f2.8 vs. the 9-18mm f4-5.6. I would go with the 7-14mm, but of course the price is a bit higher than the price of the 9-18mm.
Thank you! I like 9-18 - it's compact and it matches with m43 philosophy. But recently I bought my first PRO zuiko lens - 12-40/2.8. And I am simply amazed at IQ of this lens! And now I'm leaning towards 7-14 too...
Excellent video. I just discovered and subscribed to your channel. Maybe you already have done a review of the 12-40 f2.8 pro but I don't see it. Would you do a video on this lens or comment on it? It's getting great reviews and your perspective would be appreciated! Thanks!
Thanks for recommendations! I really dislike manufacturers who pack junk kit lenses in their kits. It exhibits a lack of concern for the customer experience. It's the reason I don't but Olympus'. I don't trust them. Still, your videos are very interesting. Thanks!
hi there sir i was thinking about fuji Xt 4 as a photograph option. sir i want to no you opinion on this camera. if you say then i will think about it.your review metters me a lot. thanking you raicar
If you want the moon to be big in the picture I would recommend the 75-300mm, the 40-150mm either version the pro or none pro. The Pro version with the MC-14 extender is an option too. The ultomate is the 300mm f4 and the MC-14 teleconverter. Which one those is the one for you depends on the budget you have.
First try to get more creativity and skilss out of the lens(es) that you already have. You don't have to buy a new lens every month,do you? Yes, that's what Olympus wants and any brand... But..i very nice video..
really useless. in summary, buy all entire Olympus store))) no lumix? no sigma? at all? and btw very very so many times look like .... 16mm it's very very wide? (8 in m43) for real? shameful attempt to make money
He's an "Olympus Visionary" which basically means he's sponsored by Olympus. With that in mind I think you can understand why he never mentioned any other lens manufacturer...
10:55 How well matched does that EM5 look with that 40 year old OM System 50mm f/1.8?!😊 They look made for each other.
Dear Peter,
The first lens will be the overall handy lens 12-100 mm F 4 IS PRO Zoom with built in stabiliser for still and video shooting, which is an all purpose lens covering 24-200 mm in full frame terminology.
The second lens will be a specialised wide angle lens 7-14 mm F 2.8 PRO for landscapes, architecture, sky, interiors and group photos.
The third lens I will go for will be the best portrait lens 45 mm F 1.2 PRO for top blurring and low light.
The last lens will be the 300 mm F4 IS with MC 14 extender but that will be very expensive and will be purchased at a later phase, only when required.
A thought about modern kit lenses. Why are they so slow? My first slr camera, like most slr cameras in those days, came with a really sharp 50mm f1.8. That was normal, in fact it was called a “normal” lens.
It depends what you mean by kit lens. And you say that the kit lens is slow. I bought the Pen-F with the 17mm f/1.8. That was the kit. The 17mm is an excellent lens, and not particularly slow. The phrase ‘kit lens’ is somewhat derogatory, but it depends which ‘kit’ you buy.
Good job Peter. It’s an old video but very good for those who are starting to learn about photography. I have subscribed to your channel.
Thank you.
I have an Olympus OMD EM10 series II with a Zuiko 25mm f1.8 standard lens, a 45mm f1.8 portrait lens and a 40-150mm f4-5.6 zoom lens and it all suits me fine.
After owning about 12 olympus and pansonic lens range from f1.2 to f5.6, I think olympus 9-18mm is a very useful for travelling and daily use as a compact and a great performer. It's color is saturated and image is crisp, and let you use filters, specially a cheap small GND. With it you can live without a kit lens. It's not the best, but certainly a high CP ratio one. By the way , the 43 series panasonic 25mm f1.4 leica and 14-50 f2.8-4 leica are special for it's images differs from lenses nowadays, really a bit classic leica like taste, which I kept them until now and never sell them out. At last , the best one among my gear is the panny leica 42.5mm f1.2, it often replaces my full frame 85mm f1.4.
Your quite right about the 12/100 f4 it is really very, very good product. I did have the 12mm and the 75mm but as soon as I acquired the 12/100 f4, they were sold off. I did keep the 17mm and the 25mm for when I want to knock about with a small fixed focal length lens. But the 12/100 f4 really does it all extremely well.
Cheers.
This whole question sounds like a solution in search of a problem. Use whatever camera and lens gear you have until you find yourself running into its limitations. Then, if you do need it want something specific, try to buy it used. Is your slow telephoto lens letting you down in low light because of the high shutter speeds needed for capturing action? Go find an f2.8 lens for your system. Want to take portraits with shallow depth of field, and your kit lens won't blur out the background enough? Get a fast portrait prime lens. Interested in video but your camera produces poor quality video (if it produces video at all)? Get a camera body that takes better video, ideally one that won't require you to buy all new lenses.
There is soooo much information and so many reviews on the Internet about almost every camera and lens that we are spoiled.
So Peter is spot on.
10:55 I really enjoy using the OM system 50mm f/3.5 macro lens with the OMDs.
Hi Peter, you refer to a 17-14mm 2.8 PRO lens at 04:02 however that should be 7-14mm :-)
Not an M.Zuiko Lens, but the Samyang(Rokinon) 12mm/f2.0 is an amazing lens for very little money!
Also, the 25mm Panasonic is half the price for pretty much the same result, if your budget is small!
Thanks Peter, that was a great education on all Olympus lenses. I would ask if in future you could make the copy ( words) in a more contrasting colour with the background. That said, your detail description was appreciated. Regards, John.
Thank you. I have tried to do that in my newer videos. I know that the background was a bit too messy on this one.
Pretty extensive coverage. Nice work and good advice.
Thanks Matti.
Hello Peter, first of all, thanks for your work, your videos are very useful. For wildlife photography I usually use a Sony Alpha 77 II with Tamron 150-600, a couple months ago I bought a Olympus OMD E-M1 used on eBay to try Micro 4/3 system in order to reduce the weight and always have a camera with me. So far, I purchased two lenses, 25mm and 45mm, both 1.8, and I'm glad of them. Now, I'm looking for a micro 4/3 lens that gives me the same quality as Tamron, which lens do you think I should buy? Obviously, with Sony, I use a tripod, with Olympus I'd like to leave it at home too. Thanks in advance, greetings from Italy, Simone.
300mm F4 Pro… 🤞 Just waiting for a good sale to come around…
My goodness… I just noticed the date on this episode. I am well behind the times.
Not to forget the large and growing range of Panasonic, Sigma and various other brands of native M4/3 lenses that work perfectly with Olympus and Panasonic bodies. On my E-M10 MkII today I have a Sigma 19mm f2.8 Art lens fitted. I also carry the 45mm f1.8 Olympus and always the 9mm f8.0 bodycap fisheye which is great fun in small doses. Of course the kit lens 14-42mm.
For specific subjects the 7-14 rectilinear wide angle Olympus Pro lens is really high quality but its price reflects this. 60mm macro would be a nice addition to my kit some day.
Huw Williams the 60mm is an excellent portrait lens too.
Standard prime? - The Panasonic G 20mm f/1.7, a pancake and if you look in the exif, is a Leica
I have the 12-40 2.8 Pro now and love it. My next lens will be the 300mm f4 and then the 2x teleconverter when it arrives. I am very very close to pulling the trigger on the EM1X. Primary uses would be wildlife and Portraits.
For wildlife the E-M1X and the 300 f4 with MC-20 are superb! For portraits the 12-40mm is fine.
Peter Forsgård Yep I feel pretty set on my portrait lenses. I have the 25, 45, 75 f1.8 and of course the 12-40 lens. I need a macro lens and a 300mm and a really good super wide. I am getting there :)
Very useful advice. Thanks Peter!
I'm learning and have found your videos extremely helpful, thank you.
Great to hear!
Here's what I currently own:
12-40mm f2.8 PRO
40-150mm f2.8 PRO
MC-14 and MC-20 teleconverters
45mm f1.8
Panasonic Leica 25mm f1.4
Camera bodies:
OM-D E-M1 (original)
Panasonic DMC-G85
Accessories:
Battery grips for both cameras
Takstar SGC-598 shotgun microphone
Olympus ME-51S Stereo Microphone
Zoom H1N recorder
Various SD cards
Manfrotto BeFree Live video tripod
Magnus VT-300 video tripod
Various filters
I have my eye on the 300mm f4 PRO because I do a lot of wildlife shooting, especially birds. But the 40-150mm with the MC-20 teleconverter gives me 300mm at f5.6, so that's good enough for now. That 300mm lens is mighty expensive.
I've also had my eye on upgrading my E-M1 to at least an E-M1 Mark II, but I think the lens might be the more important purchase to save up for. I mostly do stills, but I'm starting to shoot a bit more video, and I know the E-M1 is not good for that. The G85 is good for that, but the continuous autofocus lets me down, especially since I don't have much Panasonic glass for DFD. Unfortunately, the E-M1 II doesn't even measure up to the G85 when it comes to video, much less the GH5. One nice thing about the G85 is that it takes UHS-II cards, so even though it doesn't shoot quite as quickly as the E-M1 in C-AF mode, it dumps the buffer much more quickly. Neither the G85 nor the E-M1 II has 120 fps, which is quite unfortunate. The E-M5 III does, but Olympus took away the headphone jack from the accessory grip.
You have a very good lens line-up. Well covert for different genres.
Can I use the lens of OLYMPUS PEN Lite E-pl3 for OLYMPUS PEN Lite E-PL7?
My OLYMPUS PEN Lite E-PL7 kit lens was broken and I'm planning to buy OLYMPUS PEN Lite E-pl3 kit lens for replacement...
It will be really helpful if I have the advice.
Me he cambiado desde Nikon DSLR a Olympus , tal como mencionas en varios de tus videos, es una excelente tecnologia desarrollada por Olympus que extienden las posibilidades.
Tus videos son muy buenos y agradezco que compartas esos conocimientos de tu experiencia con Olympus.
Vas a tener que aprender un cuarto idioma, español. Saludos
Google Translate me ayudó. Gracias por el comentario. Espero que esto haya sido correcto.
@@ForsgardPeter Esta en perfecto español.
Good lord, the many punch in edits are jarring.
The links in your description area do not work.
Which one?
Hei! Olisiko sulla ehdottaa edullista objektiivia Olympus omd e-m5II kameraan? Tällä hetkellä kamerassa 25mm 1:1.8 objektiivi, joka ei aivan riitä. Pitäisi kuvata liikkuvia hevosia ja zoomille olisi tarvetta.
Jos kuvaat sisällä niin valovoimaa tarvitaan. Valitettavasti valovoima maksaa. 40-150mm f2.8 olisi varmaan sopiva, mutta edullisuus on vähän niin ja näin. Yksi vaihtoehto voisi olla 45mm F1.8, ei toki zoom. Toinen ei-zoom 75mm F1.8.
was that a photo of Peter McKinnon at 3 min 9 seconds ?
Yes, I met him in Helsinki a few years ago.
Thanks for this useful video. I have pen-f with 7-14mm f2.8 and 75-300 f4.8 now. What should my next lens ? Hope get your advice. Thanks again.
It all depends on what is the things you like to make images of. You seem to have the wide angle and telephoto ranges covert. Maybe you could get a fast prime lens like a 25mm f1.2 Pro or the 25mm f1.8?
Peter Forsgård Hi Peter, thank you very much for the advice! I like to take photos of landscapes. Do you think 12-40mm/f2.8 is good for me or not? Thanks again!
Lin
@@linzhou1685 I’m new here and Peter recommends this lens for landscapes .
Great Video peter, I love that you go into used lenses and bodies, I started with my kit lens and started adapting older canon lenses. That was the appeal at first, then I added a Panasonic 20mm F1.7, then the Oly 45mm f1.8 and the the 12mm F2.0 all great additions. I picked them up buying used camera bodies. Oly em5 Mk 1 and the Em5 Mk ii. It was worth but them with the lenses. I saved a ton of cash that way and basically got the bodies for free. When I got the MK1 I got the 12-50MM dust proof and splash proof with that body, amazing all purpose lens.
But all in all my favorite lens is a 4/3 lens 14-54 F2.8 lens that I use with a adapter. That lens is my favorite lens of all time. Its big, heavy but stunning. Anyway, thanks again for the video.
It’s a lot of fun to use adapted lens on the bodies the 7-14 is a great lens.
Werry nice work. Thank you from Denmark 🇩🇰
Thanks.
Thank you sir, this was helpful!
I started shooting with SLR 43 years ago and has a line of analog cameras from 4X5 ", MF, and different brands in the 35mm format, and of course even more optics. Especially Nikon I used until I switched to MFT.
Two weeks ago I received an offer for a brand new Olympus Pen-F body for under $ 1000, which is a good price in Norway. What lenses do I want for it?
I would need a fast prime, and I had one. The Pana/Leica 15/1.7. The Pen-F is ofering with Olympus 17/1.8 in a kit. That's perfect match for it.
I would love to have something wide, light, cheap, good and maybe a zoom. Then I have the Panasonic 12-32/3.5-5.6 and that lens with the exellent 35-100/3.5-5.6 telezoom and then it's perfect travel equipment.
I could also drop the telezoom and take with me a fast prime, as an Olympus 45/1.8 or 75/1.8. I also have the excellent Pana/Leica 45/2.8 macro.
For extreme wideangel shooting, I would by a Laowa 7.5mm f/2.
Then I would have the perfect travel combo for nearly every situations.
It looks like you a very good combo as you said yourself! Pen-F and 17mm f1.8 is very good for street photography. The 45mm f1.8 ads nicely to the kit if you like to doo street portraits. For wide angle zoom consider the M.Zuiko 9-18mm. Its small and light weight.
Another great video , I am going through this process right now. Do you have any concerns about future of M43 with all the new mirroless entries?
Thank you very much for your comment. Its hard to say what the future on m43 will be. Its
a great system and the small size has it advantages. It has also proved its capabilities, but of course the advantages what m43 have is going to vanish. Time will tell, but I am not too worried about m43, but its hard to predict the future. It all depnds very much what Olypus will do next.
Which lens did you get? 😇
What do you recommend for indoor action or basketball photos when you cannot use flash? Thank you and love your videos.
I would look for the fast lenses. The Pro zoom 40-150mm f2.8 is most likely the best choice. Its not the least expensive, but a very good lens. Other choices could be fast primes, the 45mm f1.8 or the 75 f1,8. These two lens has very good value for the money.
I have 3 GH5 and all have the 12-40mm lens. now, just recently purchased 7-14mm and loving the wide capabilities, shortly will follow a 40-150mm for product filmography work as well. Very happy with Olympus Lenses that I own.
Iam only interested in still photography and not filming 📹 so in this condition which lenses I should buy ocording to you. I want to buy Panasonic GH5 or Olympics OM D EM1 ii. Mostly i am interested in protrat, land scrap, Sports., just tell me which lens for which situation. No one wants to tell like you do. I have seen so many vedio blogs. But not like you. Waiting for Your reply. Thanking you.
If you only do photography I would go with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 MKII. GH5 is more video centric camera. I would get a fast prime wide-angle lens for landscape, 45mm for portarits and 40-150mm for sports. Of cause it depends a bit on your style. The wide-angle can be used for portraits etc.
It's a manual lens but the Kamlan 50mm 1.1 is awesome on m EM1...It's pretty well built too and about 150.00 US...For walking around I found the Panasonic 20mm 1.7 pancake to be one of the best.
Have not tested the Kamlan, but have hear that its very good. Panasonic makes good lenses too.
The Kamlan for portraits is awesome..
What does 7.5+ EV for rumored EM1X mean?
EV means exposure value. If I understand this correctly its the amount that the exposure can be corrected. But I can be wrong.
If you can change the closed captions the 7-14mm Pro lens shows up as a 17-14mm.
I will correct that. Thanks for letting me know.
The picture in 3:14 was great.
Thanks!
If you're talking about the trees in snow I agree. Nice shot
Hi Peter, what's the best lens for all-round photography or travel.
That depends a bit on how and what you like to photograph. If you want to use a prime then I would say that the 17mm f1.8 is a good choice. If you prefer a zoom lens, then I would say either 14-150mm or the 12-200mm.
I'm going on holiday so I might be photographing cityscapes and street photography
Both of those lenses will work. I would go for the 14-150mm. I personally liked it a bit more than the 12-200mm.
@@ForsgardPeter are they good with low light
Thank's to share your option of the lenses.
i have alsor 4/3 lenses like the old 7-14 to heavy for me know my next buy will be the 7-14 µ4/3 2.8 you like it :-)
The 7-14mm is a good Lens and I do love it. Its not smallest lens on the M.Zuiko line up.
Thanks a lot for your very useful videos! Can you help me to make right choice. I need a wide angle zoom lens for landscape shooting for my EM5MII. I'm considering two lenses despite the fact that they are quite different - 9-18/4-5.6 and 7-14/2.8. What do you recommend?
Thank you. I think both of those choices will be good. The advantage with the 7-14mm is the weather sealing and it has a wider aperture f2.8 vs. the 9-18mm f4-5.6.
I would go with the 7-14mm, but of course the price is a bit higher than the price of the 9-18mm.
Thank you! I like 9-18 - it's compact and it matches with m43 philosophy. But recently I bought my first PRO zuiko lens - 12-40/2.8. And I am simply amazed at IQ of this lens! And now I'm leaning towards 7-14 too...
Cool video
very helpful and informative, but that in-and-out zooming is quite distracting
Sorry, it was the edit that I did that way on this video.
Great info. Subscribed.
Thank you.
Excellent video. I just discovered and subscribed to your channel. Maybe you already have done a review of the 12-40 f2.8 pro but I don't see it. Would you do a video on this lens or comment on it? It's getting great reviews and your perspective would be appreciated! Thanks!
Thanks for recommendations! I really dislike manufacturers who pack junk kit lenses in their kits. It exhibits a lack of concern for the customer experience. It's the reason I don't but Olympus'. I don't trust them. Still, your videos are very interesting. Thanks!
Peter McKinnon at 3:08
Excellent! Thank you.
hi there
sir i was thinking about fuji Xt 4 as a photograph option. sir i want to no you opinion on this camera. if you say then i will think about it.your review metters me a lot.
thanking you
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Hi, what do you recommend for shooting the moon?
Thank you.
If you want the moon to be big in the picture I would recommend the 75-300mm, the 40-150mm either version the pro or none pro. The Pro version with the MC-14 extender is an option too. The ultomate is the 300mm f4 and the MC-14 teleconverter. Which one those is the one for you depends on the budget you have.
@@ForsgardPeter
Ok. Great thanks again.
sir waiting for your reply
just got my pen ep5. can you tell olympus to update their oi share? its really buggy
Which operating system you are using?
@@ForsgardPeter using android. do they have one that connects to pc windows?
Random zoom in and out is very annoying.
First try to get more creativity and skilss out of the lens(es) that you already have. You don't have to buy a new lens every month,do you? Yes, that's what Olympus wants and any brand...
But..i very nice video..
It’s nice to have an Olympus(i own the EM-1), it’s not nice Olympus has you😜
really useless. in summary, buy all entire Olympus store))) no lumix? no sigma? at all?
and btw very very so many times look like .... 16mm it's very very wide? (8 in m43) for real? shameful attempt to make money
He's an "Olympus Visionary" which basically means he's sponsored by Olympus. With that in mind I think you can understand why he never mentioned any other lens manufacturer...
16mm is the classic full frame fish eye focal length