I have transferred the bulk of my kit to work, intending to use it as I intended when bought, regardless of, almost in spite of, the huge Nikon kit I have been issued.
EM1.2 (long lenses and action)
G9 (video, wide and standard)
9, 12-40, 40-150 f4, 45 and 17mm make the core.
EM1x (300 or 75)
EM1.2 (Grip and strap, zooms or widest)
25, 75, 75-300 (a lazy luxury for bright light sports), 40-150 f2.8 and 300 make up the sports or event kit.
This leaves me with a decent enough kit for my own use and the occassional school job. This is in truth close to enough to work with is any one of the better tele lenses was added.
G9 (video and pro body)
Pen F (premium image quality, but some compromises in tracking AF etc)
2x EM10.2
2x EM5.1
Looking a little light on in telephoto lenses, the “home” kit has the pocket rocket 40-150 kit at hand. All images taken on a G9 at ISO 800-3200.
8-18 Leica, 12-60 kit, 12-60 Leica, 40-150 kit, 15 Leica, 30 Sigma and 45mm primes. With the 40-150 f2.8 bought home from work, I could function with just this and the bulk of my video gear is perfectly also.
The Sigma 30mm in it’s element (f2). This thing is sharp!
Let’s not forget the solid 45mm also. This lens has a beautiful gentle sharpness, ideal for portraiture and has fewer exceptions to consider than the quirky 30mm.
My intention over the Black Friday to Christmas sale period is to pick up another Em1x, then semi-retire the oldest Em1 mk2 to home and school use. The main reason for the “X” over other EM1’s is the durability (latch opening card and battery compartments) and imporved handling. It also comes with a second battery and charger and has the “grip” built in, so effectively $500+ of free accessories. The GH6 was on the radar, but for the difference I can afford the Ninja-V or similar to upgrade all the cameras.
I am looking forward to travelling next year.
The 9, 15, 45, 12-60 and 40-150 kit lenses cover a decent range for travel (18-300eq), weighing in at about 6-700g total. That’s five decent to exceptional lenses for about the weight of a full frame standard zoom lens, covering genuine extremes, fast options and optical quality (even with some weather sealing). With a Pen-F and EM10 mk2, the whole will come in at less than 2kg and fit in the Turnstyle 10.