MFT Lens recommendations?

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I recently purchased the twin lens E-PL5 kit.
Initially as a partner to my EOS 600D but now wondering about a complete swap.
Not sure which lenses however would be fair replacements for me Canon ones.

I currently have:
Sigma 10-20mm
Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 - find this can lack sharpness and contrast at the 70mm end.
Sigma 105mm F2.8 macro
Canon 17-40mm F4 - I love the sharpness and clarity of this.
100-400mm IS

Options.
Olympus 60mm F2.8 macro - seems to be the only MFT macro?
How would the Panasonic 100-300 work as a replacement for the Canon 100-400 is?
The rest I am not sure about.
Have thought about the three Sigma Art lenses - 19mm, 30mm and 60mm?
Similar zooms to my current seem excessively expensive so thinking the primes might fit nicely?
Just need a wide angle then.
 
I have the Sigma 60mm 2.8 DN prime and it is absolutely superb, build quality, image quality both excellent and 120mm is great for portraits, a great way to spend £125

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I'd choose the Oly 75-300 MkII over the panny 100-300....it will give you a little more at the short end, it is a superb lens, quick to focus and cheaper :)

I have no experience with any of the sigma prime's....I can tell you one thing...the 12-35 and 35-100 are brilliant but yes a bit of an investment...
 
dejongj said:
I can tell you one thing...the 12-35 and 35-100 are brilliant but yes a bit of an investment...
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I'd second this. Not looked back since I bought these two lenses (in fact, it was the 35-100 which finally convinced me of the format).
 
arad85 said:
I'd second this. Not looked back since I bought these two lenses (in fact, it was the 35-100 which finally convinced me of the format).
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To be honest it was something I learned from when I had my Nikon gear...I took the long road with lots of step changes and updates, trying to avoid paying the price for the 24-70 and 70-200....Ultimately it took me 3 years to get there with lots of money spend on weaker options that never fully satisfied. So going to m43 I was like sod it, I'll go straight there and avoid all the frustration along the way and (perhaps weird logic) save some money by not taking all these side steps...
 
Thanks for the responses and apologies it took so long for me to respond.
That 60mm Sigma looks like it gives pretty nice images!
The other two mentioned (12-35 and 35-100) were the ones I had initially looked at, but I am just not sure I can justify that outlay anymore on lenses.
My idea with the primes was that they should be good quality given a) they are the 'Art' series and b) they are primes! It also means I could get all three fairly easily without having to commit to selling the 600d and lenses which is an advantage.
With the other two there is no question that I would have to sell first or quickly afterwards which leaves a risk plus I am not sure if I would get enough to cover them?
 
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