Vautrin
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Hi,
So I'm looking at getting a new lens for my olympus e-510 and i'm a little confused.
The same lens in terms of focal length and maybe with a slightly different range of f stops can have a huge difference in price.
Zuiko Digital Lenses
A 14-42 mm f3.5-5.6 is $249
a 14-54 mm f2.8-3.5 is $799
A 14-35mm f. 2.0 is $2,299
That's a HUGE difference in price.
So for $2k I could literally buy "standard" quality lenses to cover the range of zoom from 15mm-600mm.
Or I could get one really high cost 14-35mm lens.
So my question is what do I really get for all that extra money? Is the $799 lens going to be huge difference over teh $249 lens?
Or will it not show up enough in the photos I shoot and I should stick with cheaper glass?
What do people do, how do you best trade off between price and quality?
Thanks,
Dan
So I'm looking at getting a new lens for my olympus e-510 and i'm a little confused.
The same lens in terms of focal length and maybe with a slightly different range of f stops can have a huge difference in price.
Zuiko Digital Lenses
A 14-42 mm f3.5-5.6 is $249
a 14-54 mm f2.8-3.5 is $799
A 14-35mm f. 2.0 is $2,299
That's a HUGE difference in price.
So for $2k I could literally buy "standard" quality lenses to cover the range of zoom from 15mm-600mm.
Or I could get one really high cost 14-35mm lens.
So my question is what do I really get for all that extra money? Is the $799 lens going to be huge difference over teh $249 lens?
Or will it not show up enough in the photos I shoot and I should stick with cheaper glass?
What do people do, how do you best trade off between price and quality?
Thanks,
Dan