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Looking ahead not back

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Update 3-5: shifting from 12-35 to 14-140A, with wx seals and nice range. This removes three lenses from my pile: 12-35, 45-150 and my damaged 14-140 with its chipped front element, which I cannot use with full confidence. 

I'm also swapping a G100 Lumix in place of the gf7; its USB charging, two dials and viewfinder are solid positives over the GF7. No ibIS, but better 20Mpx sensor, excellent viewfinder, and audio inputs - and oh ya, 4k too.

µ43 primes: 10-17-23-30macro-45mm. The 17 and 45 are Oly f/1.8, and so the Zonlai 50 is now expendable. The 10 and 23 are manual focus, but AF rules otherwise.

Zooms: 14-140 plus 35-100. That brings me a range of 28-280mm/e with weather seals and 28-200 with decent speed (the 14-140 is a pinch faster than 12-60 at 35mm). That's plenty good enough for me. 

The elder 4thirds ZD 70-300 is available for longer reach. Its bulk won't make it a take-everywhere option but that's OK.

bodies: eM1 mk.II and G100 are versatile in different ways; hopefully they will not interfere with each other. 

Pentax: the K-s2 remains with me, awaiting its solenoid surgery. The camera works fine in M mode with aperture-ringed lenses, but DA lenses will not work properly with the camera until I operate. This kit is generally inactive and will be up for sale in the near future. 

And here's a table with my Pentax primes, plus their effective speed-boosted values!

The 85/2 and 135/3.5 are really small even with the µ43 adapter, and while the speed-booster adds a bit of weight the spacing of focal lengths is nice. I could also include the Pentax DA70 Limited but the speed booster I own would only shoot it fully closed. It would work fine as a 70/2.4 though!