Which do-it-all zoom lens?

[DonaldM]

Thanks for posting your experiences. Not many of us get to shoot with the top-tier Leica glass. I'd love to get a set of the APO primes, but it sounds like the 24-90 would be a great alternative. Have you ever used the 90-280?

Sorry, no I did not. I could try the APO lenses from a friend. Two or three of them: that is really heavy. If you want go light the 20-60 from Panasonic is not bad. I tried that on a LUMIX S52X and a Leica SL601.

 

[Babylonia]

I've been using an S5 and 20-60 for two years now almost only for Time-Lapse work. Never used a more expensive L-mount lens, only old Nikon glass. My work mostly ends up on YouTube in 4k, with all the compression. Would more expensive glass make any difference you think?

Well, for the purpose of Time-Lapse work - YouTube 4K, I doubt that you ever see the differences in using more expensive L-mount lenses.
Time-laps - more or less you can compare to a kind of "video" / movie.
Separate images are shown in such a short time, afterwards changing to another image.
That "viewers" (people looking the time-laps video) never have the time / see the individual optical short comings.

Maybe if a lens have serious flare and ghosting problems under extreme lighting conditions, it shall be noticed.
But these short comings "artistically" seen, also can have its charm.

Just check to "pause" a normal video. So you only do see "one" image for a more long time.
You shall be shocked, how bad such an image is looking, quality wise.

If you have doubt, just rent or borrow an L-mount lens (if there is a possibility) for some days to get more experience in what it brings to you.
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