Cdouthitt wrote:
As Cholly said, depends on the lens camera combo. In general primes will be better, but I'm happy with all my zoom lenses. Olympus Zuiko HG (high grade) and SHG (Super high grade) zooms are some of the best made.
What Cdouthitt says is true, and one of the reasons I shoot Olympus.
I use 1 prime in mzuiko glass. The 17mm f2.8 and the AOV equivalent is 34mm. I use 1 M.zuiko prime for portrait... the 45mm f1.8 for a 90 mm (best portrait length) equivalent.
For a zoom, because all pana m4/3 fit Oly (same sensor same mount), I use the Panasonic Lumix G Vario (leica) with Mega OIS, 100-300 f4-5.6 for equivalent 200-600.
All these lenses (as in ALL) total approx $1200.00 based on current retail new. With the 14-42mm kit zoom and my E-PL5 16mp PEN coming in at $499 new, in addition to that $1200 for three new lenses.
That puts me at a range equivalent from 28mm to 600mm with some fast prime glass, and very good glass overall.
Plus the whole kit weighs less than one Canikon full frame kit with ONE lens.
Total outlay $1700. Images, excellent. Not for everyone, but Pros are starting to pick up Olympus as alternates to what they have been shooting. Mostly for a light alternate, but often saying the Olympus ends up being their "go to" kit going out the door.
My next investment may be the plug in high resolution EVF for my E-PL5, at about $250, or an EM-1 body. Problem with the EM-1 body is that Oly always has another body coming up, and the upgrades in Oly bodies are often more creative and more feature rich than most other MFR upgrades, which I usually call "upDATES".
That's what has kept me shooting predominantly OLY since 1972... most creative company I see in the market.
I've dabbled in both Nikon, and Canon, even in digital, even full frame, but Oly has been in my bag more than any other camera/lens maker for the last 40 years.