12-35 vs 100-300 vs tripod

[BelgiumCastGijs]

Hey everyone!

 

I bought my Panasonic G7 and a manfrotto MVM500A monopod.

I only have the kit lens (14-42) at the moment, so I wanted to add a lens to my collection, however, I don't ahve a decent tripod, I do have a 5 year old $20 tripod that unstable.

 

First, I'm not sure if I should get the tripod first or get a lens first, I haven't experienced any situations where I absolutely needed a tripod so I guess it's not that urgent...

So I was looking at the panasonic 100-300mm and the panasonic 12-32mm pancake lens (links below), but I'm not sure which one to get... 

I mostly do vlogging, Nature photography and I want to get into product photography, but that's for later.

 

Thanks in advance!

-Gijs

 

Links:

Tripod and videohead: 

http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-MT190GOA4TD-Aluminum-Section-Tripod/dp/B00V08ZMV8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1460561080&sr=8-1&keywords=190+go%21

http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-MVH500AH-Flat-Fluid-Black/dp/B00CHNREYS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1460561107&sr=8-1&keywords=mvh500ah

 

100-300mm:

http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-H-FS100300-100-300mm-4-0-5-6-O-I-S/dp/B0043VE28S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1460561134&sr=8-1&keywords=100-300

 

12-32mm:

http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-interchangeable-12-32mm-F3-5-5-6-H-FS12032/dp/B00FYK2LE4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1460561156&sr=8-2&keywords=12-32mm

 

thanks again!

[Scruffy90]

A tripod is always useful to have whether you may think you need it or not, but I always go for lenses first depending on my current need. Now the question is do you need a standard focal length (believe the panasonic is m4/3) or do you need a super telephoto? If you get the super telephoto, the tripod would be a tremendous help with keeping things steady at the long end.

[BelgiumCastGijs]

4 hours ago, Scruffy90 said:

A tripod is always useful to have whether you may think you need it or not, but I always go for lenses first depending on my current need. Now the question is do you need a standard focal length (believe the panasonic is m4/3) or do you need a super telephoto? If you get the super telephoto, the tripod would be a tremendous help with keeping things steady at the long end.

I think I'll get the 100-300 (works as a 200-600 in 35mm full frame), I have a tripod, it's not the most steady but it functions... So the telezoom would be useful for nature photography I think