Lens help for the GH5
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Picking lenses for mft can be tough if you don't own any already.
I have nikon lenses and mft lenses for my gh3, I only have nikon because thats what I already had, but you also don't need an electronic adapter for nikon lenses, which is nice.
As for mft lenses, there are plenty of great lenses, they are just a bit more expensive. The rokinon 7.5mm fish is a great lens if you want a fisheye, the olympus 12-40 is an amazing lens, but its $900. Panasonic makes a wide variety of lenses, you'll get what you pay for but they're all pretty decent.
I use a tokina 11-16 and tamron 17-50 with my kit, both work very well, but you'll need to choose nikon or canon. I also have a rokinon 8mm, panasonic 20mm and a nikon 70-210 (old lens).
TBH you best bet is probably the panasonic 14-42 kit along with a 45-150 would be a good start, but if you have like $2000 to spend on lenses, you can ball out with some olympus stuff, or go nikon/canon with an adapter.
I have nikon lenses and mft lenses for my gh3, I only have nikon because thats what I already had, but you also don't need an electronic adapter for nikon lenses, which is nice.
As for mft lenses, there are plenty of great lenses, they are just a bit more expensive. The rokinon 7.5mm fish is a great lens if you want a fisheye, the olympus 12-40 is an amazing lens, but its $900. Panasonic makes a wide variety of lenses, you'll get what you pay for but they're all pretty decent.
I use a tokina 11-16 and tamron 17-50 with my kit, both work very well, but you'll need to choose nikon or canon. I also have a rokinon 8mm, panasonic 20mm and a nikon 70-210 (old lens).
TBH you best bet is probably the panasonic 14-42 kit along with a 45-150 would be a good start, but if you have like $2000 to spend on lenses, you can ball out with some olympus stuff, or go nikon/canon with an adapter.
CabbyArrant
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topic:mhuddy_22 said:
Leica 12-60 is pretty cool but the 12-35 f2.8 version I is $700 right now which is pretty good
If you have no budget, the voigtlander lenses for mft are really fucking good and honestly still useable at 0.95 which was really impresssive.
I used to use the 10.5, 17.5, and 25 (didn't use the 42.5) and I really liked them, the 17.5 probably being my favorite of the bunch
I used to use the 10.5, 17.5, and 25 (didn't use the 42.5) and I really liked them, the 17.5 probably being my favorite of the bunch
