E-510 lens - help!

[milano]

Thank you, everybody, for your informative and helpful feedback. I'll let you know what I end up with. It may take me months to save up for the extra equipment though.

~milano

[milano]

Originally Posted by OhSnapPhotos

I don't want to steal your thunder, Milano, or detract from your original query, so I hope I do not do that.

I posted this question over in the Gear forum and have not yet had a response (I'm very impatient and I know there aren't always a lot of OLY users around).

What I'm wondering is - would the 50-200mm f/2.8 non-SWD lens be a good investment for low light and/or fast action indoor shots? I know it would be faster than the kit lenses I have.

I am also looking at some pancake and/or prime lenses and wondered - other than the 50mm - what people recommend for weddings (and the portraits that go with them) and children's portraits (often newborns in the home).

Again, hoping I'm not stepping on coat-tails and/or derailing the conversation from its current track too much!

OhSnapPhotos - check out http://forum.fourthirdsphoto.com/...you may find your answers there (if you haven't already).

Thanks!
~milano

[KodiakStar]

For both cases I would suggest the 14-54, its a great lens I've heard the 12-60mm is even better, but is a bit more expensive.

If you have one, a tripod also helps for indoor shots. I've used one taking pictures of my friends twin girls and it helps eliminate the camera shake I often have

If you don't have the lighting, you will probably have to shoot around ISO800 at least. The best way to figure out what would work good for you are to find examples of photos taken with the same (or nearly the same) camera body, and the same lens as you are interested in. For this I suggest:

http://flickr.com/groups/zuikodigital/ (Group for pictures just taken with ZD glass)

http://flickr.com/groups/olympusesystem/ (Group for Olympus shooters who have a ton of information and are very very helpful. Very active group)