I have the following lenses which came with my camera:
14-42mm & the 40-150mm
I hate having to change them when I have to take close up photos and far photos.
Can anyone out there help me with which lens can I purchase so that I wouldn't have to change my lens every single time?
Thank you soo much in advance! You're in luck! Olympus makes a lens, similar to the 18-200mm superzooms sold by other companies to people who need a 1 lens solution for things like travel.
The lens is the 18-180mm zoom, and I've put a link below so you can check it out.
It has the equivalent field of view of a 36mm (mild wideangle) to 360mm lens (strong telephoto). That should cover most of your needs, as a 1 lens solution.
As with any superzoom, there are some optical compromises, so you may not get as good a quality as before. But if you're missing shots because you're changing lenses, well, a one-lens solution would be worth it to capture that once-in-a-lifetime shot. You may be one of those people who should have purchased an SLR-Like camera. Those have a fixed zoom lens that you NEVER have to change. In your case the Olympus SP-550 UZ would have been a good choice. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare_...
However, there are some drawbacks to that. The sensor on the SP-550 not only has fewer pixels, it is much smaller as well. And your camera uses the state of the art Li-ion batteries as well.
Finding a lens that will give you 14 to 150mm coverage (if there was one in existance) would cost much more than the two lenses you already have and it would be much slower. The ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 18-180mm F3.5-6.3 comes the closest at around $450.
It is up to you if you want to sacrifice image excellence for convienience, but know that all the pros are changing lenses and loving every minute of it. They are there to get the shot and if it means carrying around two camera bodies with lenses or changing the lens during the shoot they just do it. Once upon a time there were no zoom lenses. A photographer owned lenses of all focal lengths and changed them as required.
fhotoace probably has the answer to your frustration. | 