Moving from Nikon, so which Micro four thirds lenses to get?

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Thinking about selling up my Nikon gear which consists of a d3, 24-70, 70-200, 85mm 1.8, 50mm 1.4 g, 35mm f2 and a few other bits. I have just bought a Panasonic gx1 and I find that this really fits how I work as I have kind of decided to move into fine art documentary stuff.

I have pretty much decided on buying a couple of Olympus Omd bodies, but I'm not about lenses. I think the new 14-35 f 2.8 is a must, but I'm not sure about the rest. I prefer working with prime lenses and I assume these are sharper. What would people recommend?
 
If shooting speed isn't top priority you could look at the Voigtlander 25mm f0.95. It saved my interest in MFT, it's sharp and it'll focus quite close. They also do a 19mm f0.95.

The Oly 70mm f1.8 seem to be getting rave reviews.
 
The new Panasonic 12-35mm would give you the same equivalent focal length as your 24-70 on your D3, not cheap at £900 but again meant to be an astounding lens.

The Olympus 12mm f2 is excellent as is the 45mm f1.8 the new 75mm f1.8 again is dear at £850 but again is meant to be an excellent lens.

The Panasonic 25mm f1.4 is another cracker, its my walkabout lens on my OMD.
 
simonblue said:
What do i get :(

Also what fine art documentary ?
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You can have the warm feeling of all the love and sharing going on.
 
Think long and hard - i recently switched from panny gh2 to Nikon and have no regrets. Never seemed to get the results i saw on dpreview - either i had a bad copy or the smaller sensor really does require a better technique than i have.
 
My experience with a G2 is that you can get decent results, but you don't have as much latitude with exposure, at least compared with a Canon 5Dc.

Skies are always noisier on the G2 regardless - pesky blue channel.
 
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