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Best budget lens for the olympus pen e pl8?

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From Olympus PEN E-PL8: Olympus PEN E-PL8: A mirrorless camera by Olympus with a 16.1-megapixel Micro Four Thirds sensor, announced in 2016. Specs - Maker: Olympus - Mount: Micro Four Thirds - Sensor: Micro Four Thirds, 17.3 x 13mm, crop factor 2.0 - Resolution: 16.1 megapixels - Stabilisation: in the body - Announced: 2016 - Type: mirrorless camera Focal lengths on it Lenses frame like 2.0 times their focal length on full frame: 12mm like 24mm, 18mm ...

From Your first camera: How to split the budget: Spend roughly as much on lenses as on the body, or more. A modest body with a great lens takes better pictures than a flagship body with a cheap zoom. A sensible first kit: 1. The body with its kit zoom, for everything. 2. A cheap fast prime, a 50mm f/1.8 or its APS-C equivalent, for people and low light. See lenses. 3. A spare battery and a decent memory ...

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