18mm prime or 18mm - 55mm zoom?

Urgh.
i hate choices.
and i hate decisions.
i was already leaning towards the Fuji 18mm prime fast lens at f2, small and i love the square tin-look-alike hood. but after reading more and more reviews i came across the 18mm-55mm zoom. heard a lot of good things. someone or most of them even said it perform better than the 18mm prime, if u pixel peep that is. the zoom is also quite fast only a one-stop slow than the prime at f2.8. The name "kit" lens is misleading one said. Even the typical focal length 18-55 sounds cheap and plasticky like those Canon zooms but it was not. Almost all pros are liking it, using it in their professional work. Now that intrigues me. Do i get the prime or the zoom? i really hate it when im in this kind of situation. and what pissed me off more is that i'm always in this situation. silver or black? primes or zoom? x-pro1 or x-t1?
i always get into those decisions making situation. and i hate every bit of it. How i wish my em10 is silver but i got the black. i know its only aesthetic but i wear these cameras like it was my accessories. haha.
Anyway, back to the lens. If i take the zoom, i'll get a better performing lens (based on reviews), faster AF, i also get OIS which is really making the decision more harder, because i just love image stabilizer. and its versatile due to zoom. but i sacrifice the size of the smaller prime, maybe weight too, and the good looks hood. To be honest, i dont usually use too much zoom, i'd probably stay 18mm all the time but passing up on sharper image and faster af and OIS makes me in a difficult decision making situation. but making my camera longer in size also takes into consideration. but this but that. i have a trip to London coming and i need to decide which lens that i need. i dont really like big and long camera + lens combo. i love my x100s even with its hood on, i can put it in my bag seamlessly. which makes me leaning toward the prime. but its just a hard deal to pass this zoom lens. What are your thoughts?

Just some Olympus 25mm 1.8 lens sample pics for the sake of updates. LOL

Okay,
lack of updates,
doesnt really matter as i'm not sure i have readers or not... lol
Oh well, i just need to take this rant off my chest.

Seriously, my lazy mode is ON.
But i did bought that Oly 25mm 1.8 lens.
I plan on showing off the lens on the camera and some pics taken with it.
No scientific test, just some random snapshot. Dont pixel peep. Please. Not here.

Again, seriously,
I post this sample pics just for the sake of updating this blog.
Its been quiet.
Where have all my rants went to?
Fingers are just lazy to type in what i have in mind.
Okay, lets just start posting pics. Not much, just a few.

So i bought this brand new Olympus 25mm lens in Singapore at TK Foto. If you're in Singapore, get it there... the cheapest price i found than anywhere else and if you're a tourist you still get to claim TAX refund. Good Job TK Foto. Its in Funan Digi Mall.

 The guy who sold me the lens. 

i was putting the lens on my camera to do some test shots.

He said "This lens is great for portrait"

"Oh yeah?" i said

"Let me take your photo"

*Click*

Too bad i forgot to set the aperture wide open. This was at f3.5.

Still nice background blur.

Would love it at f1.8. Just because i like to shoot wide open.

 Wide open at f1.8

The fork is super sharp.

I'll post a photo of the lens on camera next time. 

With the JJC Square Lens hood On. Pure Camera Porn.

Okay, while i'm at it....

i have the feeling to post more pics now. Let me check whats in my Lightroom Library.

 Cool Scooter.

Spot the girl in cab with a haunting face. 

Must be that poster on the cab.

 My fav spot!

The pedestrian!

Nobody cares if i take a picture here..... i guess..

 Added more grain here.

i love how grain and Black & White combine.

 A tiring day

 This place used to be "hot" back in the 80s for us tourist.

I'm just waiting for this guy to pass into my frame.

To be honest, i find it hard to use this 25mm (50mm equivalent) for street photography.

Maybe i'm so used to x100s focal length, 35mm. 

Thats why its perfect for street.

The more reason for GASing the 17mm 1.8 Oly lens.

Next on the list it is.

All pictures are shot in JPGs.

Edited in Lightroom.

With VSCO presets.

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