60/2.8 Macro, 75/1.8, 12-35/2.8, 35-100/2.8. Money no enough. Which one???

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I already have the 12-35 2.8 and my next target is the 60 2.8 Macro.
The 12-35 is the lens that stay 90% on my OM-D and on my last weekend trip to Krabi, I had this lens all the time from the Krabi Night Market to the beach at Phi Phi island...
My other 2 lenses stayed in the camera bag at the hotel room.

 

[motionstills]

Think i may sell my PL 45mm and get the 60mm macro to take advantage of longer working distance

 

[shadowoflight]

The 12-35mm is my largest lens.. and its a giant compared to some primes..

Definitely, though I'm comparing with aps-c equivalents, and I'm more for the versatility and the weather sealing, so yeap

 

[theITguy]

Definitely, though I'm comparing with aps-c equivalents, and I'm more for the versatility and the weather sealing, so yeap

There is no weather sealing on the 12-35, only weather resistant if I do not remember wrongly.

 

[theITguy]

Of the 4, already have 2. Waiting for 35-100 and thinking whether to get the 75.

 

[tsaieh]

Think i may sell my PL 45mm and get the 60mm macro to take advantage of longer working distance

i have the PL 45mm before and i sold it away. now i had the 60mm. find that the 60mm AF is more faster than the 45mm when taking non-macro stuffs. maybe due to the setting u can chose as compare to the 45mm. less time for the lens to find the correct distance.

 

[Oly5050]

i have the PL 45mm before and i sold it away. now i had the 60mm. find that the 60mm AF is more faster than the 45mm when taking non-macro stuffs. maybe due to the setting u can chose as compare to the 45mm. less time for the lens to find the correct distance.

Thanks. I got the 60 n was tempted to get the 45 bec of the shorter physical length of the lens.

 

[tsaieh]

Thanks. I got the 60 n was tempted to get the 45 bec of the shorter physical length of the lens.

i would strongly suggest u get the oly45 and not the PL45.

 

[Oly5050]

i would strongly suggest u get the oly45 and not the PL45.

Already hv the oly45 which is severely underused. I thk that FL is not well used by me. My best used are around 12-14 mm. Then 35 mm n perhaps 7 mm.

 

[tsammyc]

For me it was just the 60mm. It is the reference lens for M43. It is incredibly sharp, zero distortion on RAW files and focuses like lightning even on macro subjects. Never had such a good macro lens even paying 2-3x the price for 1-2kg monsters.

The 75mm is a strange focal length for me and the 60mm is close in focal length. I am perfectly happy with the OLy 45mm 1.8 for Portraits.

I generally don't like zooms because there is some compromise in IQ and weight penalty, so the 12-35 is out for me, especially at the long end. I never found 200mm EFL long enough when I was on full frame, so the 35-100 isn't for me either. For casual snapshots and for vacation, my Sony RX100 is the perfect camera.

 

[hosm]

The 75 was the first prime lens that I got and I love it for the IQ and the big glass.
I was in Japan recently and all the other 3 lens stared at me in my face ( 60mm, 12-35mm & 35-100mm )
I bought the 60mm over the other 2 as I wanted a Marco lens as the kit lens 12-50mm marco have its limitation.
Price was not a deciding factor here even though the 35-100mm was 2x that of the 60mm
Now that I have the 60 and 75 being so close together.
Should I sell of my 75?
No way, I'll keep both as the 75 is till my first love.
The 60 is just a close notch behind.

Having said that, I dont mind have the 12-35mm and the 35-100mm as my travelling combo lenses...

 

[Oly5050]

The 75 was the first prime lens that I got and I love it for the IQ and the big glass.
I was in Japan recently and all the other 3 lens stared at me in my face ( 60mm, 12-35mm & 35-100mm )
I bought the 60mm over the other 2 as I wanted a Marco lens as the kit lens 12-50mm marco have its limitation.
Price was not a deciding factor here even though the 35-100mm was 2x that of the 60mm
Now that I have the 60 and 75 being so close together.
Should I sell of my 75?
No way, I'll keep both as the 75 is till my first love.
The 60 is just a close notch behind.

Having said that, I dont mind have the 12-35mm and the 35-100mm as my travelling combo lenses...

Among these lenses, based on frequency of use for casual and travel photography, the 12-35 is the one most used. 60 mm is indeed very good and sharp and excellent for macro, but its a bit too long for travel and for taking photos of friends. Personally, I think the 60 is a bit too long both on its physical length as well as focal length. I barely used my 45 1.8 although its really a great portrait lens. I doubt the 75 1.8 would be used even more. What more that it is bigger, and heavier. The only thing for me that the 75 might give me is its BIG glass indeed, like you said. Its has a bragworthy look to it. No doubt good for dedicated portrait and for street, but definitely not for casual, and travel. As such, I have not bothered to buy the 75. As such, you have to see how much use you get out of it. If I were you, I would definitely not buy, or would sell the 75, if I had bought it. No disrespect to the lens, but where I have limited resources, I only will now buy and keep what I will use. If I dun use it much, no matter how excellent it is, I won't buy it. This is stage 1 of curing my BBB virus infection. Hahaha

 

[scroogee]

i'm a noob when it comes to macros, so forgive my silly question: when a 60/2.8 macro lens is used as a portrait lens, will it have shallower DOF than a non-macro 60/2.8 lens?

 

[Kanski]

i'm a noob when it comes to macros, so forgive my silly question: when a 60/2.8 macro lens is used as a portrait lens, will it have shallower DOF than a non-macro 60/2.8 lens?

No. Shallow DOF is a result of being closer to the subject- same as any lens. A macro lens allows you to be even closer c/w a non-macro lens.

 

[scroogee]

thanks. so at same FOV, DOF is identical if FL and f-no are the same.
i take it, that when you guys talk of longer working distance for macro, you're still less than 0.5m from the subject

 

[sin77]

I have pl45. Anyone interested to exchange 60 mm?

 

[As7eroidS]

i have the PL 45mm before and i sold it away. now i had the 60mm. find that the 60mm AF is more faster than the 45mm when taking non-macro stuffs. maybe due to the setting u can chose as compare to the 45mm. less time for the lens to find the correct distance.

there are 2 functions - limit & full. use limit if u wanna take long/non-macro stuffs, full if u wanna take macro.

• Full: 0.15m / 0.50ft
• Limit: 0.5m / 1.64ft --> faster autofocus when shooting at longer ranges.

 

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