Hi guys, I've been searching for clues in the Lens topics but couldn't find any, and it seem to be a bit mixed subject, so if a corresponding topic exist, please excuse me and please point me to it. I want to buy a DSLR style camera for stills and videos, mostly for family pictures, vacation / documentary purposes. I have narrowed it down to Canons’ 650D and GH2. Both seem to have AF capabilities in video, both of them will do fine for stills. Regarding the lens I was thinking of a zoom lens (18-135mm on 650D, or 14-140mm on GH2) and a fast, portrait, autofocus prime: 50mm F1.8 for Canon, and when searching for a lens for GH2 I couldn’t find anything other than Olympus 45mm F1.8, which costs 300$ more than a Canon 50mm. I know that there are nice old FD lens, but they lack an autofocus, which seems to make a life much easier. Am I missing a lens here? Am I over evaluating the importance of autofocus on a portrait prime lens? General thoughts about the two cameras for the purpose are welcome. Thanks.
I needed to buy my main lens for interviews and pieces-to-camera which will occupy 75% of a doco.
I Really wanted some Samsung glass. I mean, I was trying to convince myself that a Samsung 85mm or smaller would do what I need - clean image, nice bokeh - and that somehow I was going to be able to handle manual focus as well.
Today I bought an Olympus Zuiko 45mm. All those reviews couldn't be wrong.
45mm is extremely affordable, and as I said you don't need anything else.
None of Canon lenses (except two STM ones) are made for fast, silend and video oriented AF.
In this case get Olympus. Go to it's dedicated topic and check that all owners love this lens. As for Canon, look at least for 50mm F1.4 http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Standard-Medium-Telephoto-Cameras/dp/B00009XVCZ
Can you please determinate first what do you want? m43 has enough good AF lenses, including primes.
Again, you are comparing different lenses, entry level cheap 50mm lens to real small gem. And this are lenses for completely different systems.
IF you don't need AF this is the topic -
http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/369/-50mm-lenses-fast-ones#Item_63
Canon lens cost $36?
Plus 45mm Olympus is real gem, fast, sharp as hell, very light and really silent.
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