My first MFT camera and lenses. Was the EM5 with the 17mm 1.8 and the 45mm 1.8. Bought them the same time and fell in love with the 17mm. Hardly ever shot the 45 but when I did what a little gym it is.
I am lucky enough to have the 45mm 1.8 and 1.2 from Oly and I bought the Pergear after your video last week out of curiosity. I agree with all your findings however the king of portrait lenses for me is still Olympus 75mm F1.8 for pure headshots
I had the answer before watching the video. The Oly 45mm f1.8 is a wonderful lens, I don't know why Pergear bothered! Why don't they make something more exotic? Or a 75mm that rivals the Oly 75 because that is an expensive lens.
Because it's made for APS-C originally. The Olympus might be an amazing lens for the price, but similar offerings for Fuji X, Sony E and Canon EOS M are generally much more expensive. Nearly all lenses from Pergear, Kamlan, Meike, 7Artisans, TTartisan, Neewer and so on are made with an APS-C image circle in mind, and they just swap out the mount for MFT. Dedicated manual MFT lenses like Voigtländers, Mitakons and Laowas generally make more sense when it comes to size and focal length, but unfortunately they also tend to be more expensive.
Jimmy, Great video on Olympus 45mm f1.8! Mine is permanently attached to the Pen F = perfect mate. It’s sharp, beautiful color rendering &, of all, addictive to use. 👍🏼
I just checked eBay for prices on the 45/1.8. It’s STUPID cheap for such an excellent lens, or any lens, fir that matter. Thanks for singing it’s praises.
This is my opinion from owning almost all Olympus primes and zooms. The 60 mm f/2.8 Macro, is a objective that Olympus should have been transformed to the cheap fixed focal length lens category. And I mean by that the f/2.8 aperture ratio. The 45 mm f/1.8 is a objective that Olympus should have used with that f/2.8 idea through their 1st tier objectives: 7 mm f/2.8 12 mm f/2.8 17 mm f/2.8 25 mm f/2.8 45 mm f/2.8 60 mm f/2.8 75 mm f/2.8 100 mm f/2.8 All of those built like the 25 mm f/1.8 and 45 mm f/1.8. A excellent plastic f/2.8 fixed focal length lenses, priced very aggressively as low as possible, like 200-450 € each. Idea being, that ANYONE could afford to buy an excellent fixed focal length f/2.8 objective for their m4/3 PEN and E-M10 line bodies. These could even have a plastic bayonet instead metal, to get them affordable, sturdy and yet lightweight. Then 2nd tier objectives would have been their Premium line, like the 12 mm f/2 and 17 mm f/1.8 or 75 mm f/1.8. A metal shell on the objective, with metal nickel plated bayonet and come with a lenshood. These would be all f/1.8 aperture ratio objectives through all. 7 mm f/1.8 12 mm f/1.8 17 mm f/1.8 25 mm f/1.8 45 mm f/1.8 60 mm f/1.8 75 mm f/1.8 100 mm f/1.8 All those would have been a very serious objectives. Their premium line, priced to those 400-1500 € by the class (example 100 mm f/1.8 would cost 1500 €) This 2nd tier category would have been full filling the true premium feeling and optical quality as much as you can get from 60 mm f/2.8 macro or 75 mm f/1.8 or even the 45 mm f/1.8. And the 100 mm f/1.8 would have been king of the portraits, king of the bokeh. And then get the PRO line of fixed focal length objectives, as they were made now at f/1.2. This would have been Olympus 3rd tier fixed focal length objectives: 6 mm f/1.2 12 mm f/1.2 17 mm f/1.2 25 mm f/1.2 45 mm f/1.2 75 mm f/1.2 You would have priced each to 1200-1800 € range, fully weather sealed, built like the 45 mm f/1.2 and so on. Something crazy good, something crazy beautiful. Something that professionals would really, really admire and want to get to use. And then of course Olympus should have made three special objectives, tilt-shift ones. 9 mm f/2.8 17 mm f/2.8 45 mm f/2.8 And all be a MC-14 and MC-20 compatible if possible, so they could be offering hypothetically: 9 mm f/2.8 13 mm f/4 18 mm f/5.6 17 mm f/2.8 24 mm f/4 34 mm f/5.6 45 mm f/2.8 63 mm f/4 90 mm f/5.6 And each objective would need to be a Auto-Focus capable. Why? Because focus stacking... Something that is not talked about enough. to get a amazing DOF control on any plane.
OK... to be honest, yes, I can agree the 45mm is much better overall. However... if you're looking for a bit of the film photo vibes, I think the Pergear lenses (and other similar lenses) do well there, probably because of the bokeh and slightly soft looking focus. It's easy to dismiss softer lenses, but I think they have their uses for digital photographers who miss some of the tonality film spits out best IMO. My take. :)
I have a M43 Panasonic camera and use the great Oly 25mm/1.8 as my daily lens. I understand that you as an Olympus ambassador push this brand but the Panasonic 42.5mm/1.7 would be my choice. It has integrated stabilization (hence the higher price）and a much closer focus distance (better macro capability). Therefore the Panasonic would be my queen 👑 in this 'battle'. Keep it up...
My understanding build in stabilization in lens is only useful on Panasonic bodies. If you got for example em10mk2 or later it already got better stabilization than gx80 or gx9.
There are three other lenses that I would have compared with the King and those were 1. The sigma 30mm 2.8 , the sigma 60mm 2.8 and the sigma 1.4. The first two can still be found new and cost less than the King and the third a little more . If I was to add also the 25mm 1.8 little brother to the King, and I would have a challenge on my hands to pick a clear winner. Well, perhaps not. Taking the pure sharpness of the choices listed above, I would most likely come down in favour of the King, but it would be a close thing compared to its little brother if both were equally priced. Very nice review and thank you Jimmy . And finally, what would you have scored if you had used one of the sigma lenses like the 30 and 60 1.4 lenses? I somehow feel you would have made the case for the King, but it would still have been an interest video to watch . Thanks again for a great take on a great lens and one MFT users should really consider if they do not already have one.
Never heard of Pergear.. and very difficult to understand you said the name so fast. Was looking for the 1/2 speed button. Oh well it's a 2 year old video may look at one of a newer
A fantastic Lens indeed! I choose the LUMIX 42.5, to use it in non stabilised Cameras, such as the GH4, and because of the better close-up capabilities.
The 42.5mm F1.7 Panasonic is better than this Olympus lens in my eyes and it’s a mft lens as well. BUT it has little better open aperture AND a great minimal focus distance (about 30cm). This makes the Panasonic more versatile, even with a little higher price tag. What do you think about it?
Hi. Why do you think the Olympus 45mm 1.8 is not keeping face tracking focus on a GH4 body ? With or without plenty of light. I bought it used from ebay, but was like new. Also I can hear the focus, is it normal?
Unfortunately my 25mm was defective and out of stock now 😕 my plan is night photography with it and a little astrophotography. Some street in the night too, without focus on people. Will the 45mm be a good replacement? 🤔
Sorry to hear that your 25mm is broken. Is there any chance of fixing it? 45mm is great, and can do what you want but the question is style of photography. 45mm is a much 'tighter' lens in terms of angle of view. So if you like candid on the street and you can shoot from distant rather than get close, then it's ok. For landscape/astro, it's ok, but 45mm again, gets you detail shots and due to the compression of longer focal length, you need to be careful about focus, you may need to focus stack your image to get everything in focus, when shooting at 1.8
As far as I am know, they are all ED, it could sometimes be the labelling by the sellers. There are only two Olympus 45mm lenses in the line up. 45mm 1.8 and 1.2 Pro. Both have ED elements.
Very informative video thank you ! I'm struggling between choosing between (17mm 1.8 + 25mm 1.7) or (17mm 1.8 + 45mm 1.8) as my first pair of lenses for my brand new GX85, I can only afford 2 lenses for now ... What could you recommend ? I only shoot video and want a cinematic effect
Hey Benjamin, thanks for getting in touch. I would think 17 + 25 to start with. 25 is a more versatile focal length compares to 45mm. 45, does give you more separation and looks more cinematic but it's longer focal length gives you some restrictions when you shoot and you need some distance to work with it.
I don't know... If you only shoot nice round even bokeh balls wide open as f1.8, then the Oly 45mm is king no doubt. But the Pany 42.5 f1.7 focuses so much closer to the object, with otherwise very similar IQ (except bokeh balls), opens up so many more shooting options.
@Red35 Photography I got this lens yesterday as birthday gift. The issue is that I have no camera to use it on :D So now I need to by some mft camera. Please suggest me something for photography and video.
The Olympus 45mm f1.8 is in indeed a fabulous lens, but I would never call it the king of MFT portrait lenses. There are several portrait lenses I would suggest vie for that title ahead of the 45 1.8. For a start the 75mm 1.8 is a better lens, and is a better focal length for portrait. However, there are several shorter focal length portrait lenses that are better than the 45 1.8. The Panasonic 42.5 1.2 Nocticron, the Olympus 42.5mm 1.2 Pro, and the Voigtländer 42.5 0.95 are all more interesting choices for portrait in this focal range, and all of them could be argued to have better claim to the “king” title, and we should never forget the stunning Sigma 56mm 1.4. The 45 1.8 is a brilliant little lens, and its size and weight might give it a featherweight title, but “king” of MFT portrait lenses? Nope, not even close to it.
What a strange comparison Jimmy. This is comparing apples and pears. I would like to see a contest between the Oly 45mm f1.8 and the Lumix 42.5mm f1.7.
Thanks for watching Tjerk, well, this is more a 'periodic' comparison between the Olympus and any new 'portrait' lens. I do have another new one coming next week, which will be more 'alike'.
I appreciate this channel but feel like Olympus product reviews can get repetitive as there are only so many products to speak of. Would love to see more "how to" vids!
Appreciate your comment Simon. With all due respect, 'How To' video doesn't get the number for YT algorithm to work for the growth of this channel, I must admit. I did some way back but considering the return on investment for my time, it's not worth it. I will want to make some how to in the future once my momentum is back on track, something that it's hard to explain as this year has been tough for me and this channel.
@@Red35Photography I understand. I know that making youtube videos is extremely energy/time consuming, but just an observation that most "Olympus" channels seem to focus on gear. However, there are many cool "content/technical/creative" channels out there but none of them seem to use Olympus. So was just an idea that maybe somebody should create a channel or videos on how to create exciting content with Olympus. Anyways, I wish the best for you and your channel.
@@divisionwu Totally agreed with you. Time and time again, I tried to break that mould in this channel, everytime I did a video like that, no one really watches it. If funny that I know there are many who are interested in photography, but only a rare few who actually want to learn about photography :) But I will do some time to time, I won't give up :)
The Olympus 45mm f/1.8 is a very inexpensive portrait lens (especially on the used market) that works well in low light, but the chromatic aberration is about the worst I've seen on any micro four thirds lens. The 42.5mm f/1.7 from Panasonic is better in pretty much every respect. It has OIS, it is sharper, produces almost no chromatic aberration, and has an excellent close focus distance, although it can be difficult to get it to focus on objects that are close unless you use manual focus because it really likes to focus on the background. Another outstanding portrait lens that is very budget-friendly is the Sigma 60mm f/2.8, which is one of the sharpest lenses for micro four thirds and also has a great close focus distance. With some extension tubes, it's practically a macro lens. However, if you can afford the Sigma 56mm f/1.4 and you have the space to use its longer focal length, that lens is second to none! It is the sharpest micro four thirds lens that I am aware of, even beating the legendary Olympus 75mm f/1.8 in corner sharpness wide open! And the Olympus 75mm f/1.8 is an outstanding portrait lens as well, provided you have plenty of space. With options like those above, I would only recommend the Pergear 50mm or Olympus 45mm to those on a very tight budget who need a lens that is shorter or brighter than the Sigma 60mm f/2.8.
YES THE 50 MM IT COSTS 3 TIME LESS BUT IT IS ONLY MANUAL FOCUS SO I CAN USE MY OLD NIKON 50 MM WITH THE ADAPTER 4/3 BUT i WANTED AN AUTOFOCUS LENS AND THE 45 MM OLYMPUS IS VERY VERY GOOD AND THE REASON WHY i DON'T BUY THE 75 MM OLYMPUS IS BECAUSE IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE AND IT IS TOO MUCH 75 MM AN IN STUDIO YOU ARE ALWAYS TOO CLOSED TO THE PERSON OR YOU MUST HAVE A VERY BIG STUDIO BUT i CAN ADD i DON'T NEED THE 75 MM BECAUSE THE 45 MM IS MORE THAN ENOUGH AND IF i NEED MORE i USE MY 24/140 MM pANASONIC
who the hell ... which lens ? we are comparing to... it is NOT indicated in the title... nor did i understand your pronunciation... nor any clip capture at the front of the lens... sorry, have to stop watching this one few minutes in
BIG thumbs down for another sad example of a disingenuous and misleading review by Red 35. Unfortunately it is not his first time so I would really urge photographers who are not completely familiar with the m4/3 product line to take `EVERYTHING he says with a BIG grain of salt. Here what we have is a comparison between the very good and very compact Olympus 1.8/45mm lens with a cheap manual focus lens alternative . This allows the reviewer to state that the Olympus is the better of the two lenses , which is clearly the case , to sneak in a statement that the Olympus is the “king of m/43 portrait lens which is clearly an exaggeration First one has to understand that he is talking only about small and light portrait lens. But most importantly , Reid 35 voluntarily ignores the real direct competitor of the Olympus 1.8/45mm which is the Panasonic Lumix 1/7/42.5mm Most REAL and UNBIASED reviewers , while praising the excellent value for your buck of the Olympus 45mm , conclude that the LUMIX is actually a slightly better lens . The Lumix , in addition to include the hood , has better corner sharpness at the widest apertures, a closer minimum focusing distance and has lens stabilisation for owners of m4/3 Panasonic bodies . For a fair comparison of the Olympus versus Panasonic , you can check sites like optical limits
45mm f1.8 was my first purchase after the E-=M10ii twin zoom kit. Great Lens.
This lens is an absolute gem! I love it!
My first MFT camera and lenses. Was the EM5 with the 17mm 1.8 and the 45mm 1.8. Bought them the same time and fell in love with the 17mm. Hardly ever shot the 45 but when I did what a little gym it is.
Complete opposite for me, I have these two and use the 45mm 3-4x more
I am lucky enough to have the 45mm 1.8 and 1.2 from Oly and I bought the Pergear after your video last week out of curiosity. I agree with all your findings however the king of portrait lenses for me is still Olympus 75mm F1.8 for pure headshots
Just got mine on a Black Friday sale for 149€. Cheaper than "used" prices. Couldn't resist, although I planned to get the 25 first. ❤️☺️
I had the answer before watching the video. The Oly 45mm f1.8 is a wonderful lens, I don't know why Pergear bothered! Why don't they make something more exotic? Or a 75mm that rivals the Oly 75 because that is an expensive lens.
Because it's made for APS-C originally. The Olympus might be an amazing lens for the price, but similar offerings for Fuji X, Sony E and Canon EOS M are generally much more expensive. Nearly all lenses from Pergear, Kamlan, Meike, 7Artisans, TTartisan, Neewer and so on are made with an APS-C image circle in mind, and they just swap out the mount for MFT.
Dedicated manual MFT lenses like Voigtländers, Mitakons and Laowas generally make more sense when it comes to size and focal length, but unfortunately they also tend to be more expensive.
Thanks for this. I bought this lens today for a cheap price and it is in perfect condition.
I realy like my sigma DC 56mm 1,4 also a great portrait lens
Great Lens, the queen also is 75mm oly
King or not King but "he" arrived to my home Today :)
Thanks for the review. It helped me decide on buying one.
25mm f1.8 😁👍 my 2nd King. My Number Uno 40-150mm f2.8
Very good video . You are right this lens is king . I'm using this lens on my Panasonic GF5 and the results are just great .
Jimmy, Great video on Olympus 45mm f1.8! Mine is permanently attached to the Pen F = perfect mate. It’s sharp, beautiful color rendering &, of all, addictive to use. 👍🏼
I got this one too last week. Together with the E-M 10 Mark III. Got a really good deal on the camera with kittens and the 48mm lens.
I just checked eBay for prices on the 45/1.8. It’s STUPID cheap for such an excellent lens, or any lens, fir that matter. Thanks for singing it’s praises.
yes, love the lens. great portraits.
My favorite zuiko 45 1.8
This is my opinion from owning almost all Olympus primes and zooms.
The 60 mm f/2.8 Macro, is a objective that Olympus should have been transformed to the cheap fixed focal length lens category. And I mean by that the f/2.8 aperture ratio.
The 45 mm f/1.8 is a objective that Olympus should have used with that f/2.8 idea through their 1st tier objectives:
7 mm f/2.8
12 mm f/2.8
17 mm f/2.8
25 mm f/2.8
45 mm f/2.8
60 mm f/2.8
75 mm f/2.8
100 mm f/2.8
All of those built like the 25 mm f/1.8 and 45 mm f/1.8. A excellent plastic f/2.8 fixed focal length lenses, priced very aggressively as low as possible, like 200-450 € each. Idea being, that ANYONE could afford to buy an excellent fixed focal length f/2.8 objective for their m4/3 PEN and E-M10 line bodies. These could even have a plastic bayonet instead metal, to get them affordable, sturdy and yet lightweight.
Then 2nd tier objectives would have been their Premium line, like the 12 mm f/2 and 17 mm f/1.8 or 75 mm f/1.8. A metal shell on the objective, with metal nickel plated bayonet and come with a lenshood.
These would be all f/1.8 aperture ratio objectives through all.
7 mm f/1.8
12 mm f/1.8
17 mm f/1.8
25 mm f/1.8
45 mm f/1.8
60 mm f/1.8
75 mm f/1.8
100 mm f/1.8
All those would have been a very serious objectives. Their premium line, priced to those 400-1500 € by the class (example 100 mm f/1.8 would cost 1500 €)
This 2nd tier category would have been full filling the true premium feeling and optical quality as much as you can get from 60 mm f/2.8 macro or 75 mm f/1.8 or even the 45 mm f/1.8.
And the 100 mm f/1.8 would have been king of the portraits, king of the bokeh.
And then get the PRO line of fixed focal length objectives, as they were made now at f/1.2. This would have been Olympus 3rd tier fixed focal length objectives:
6 mm f/1.2
12 mm f/1.2
17 mm f/1.2
25 mm f/1.2
45 mm f/1.2
75 mm f/1.2
You would have priced each to 1200-1800 € range, fully weather sealed, built like the 45 mm f/1.2 and so on. Something crazy good, something crazy beautiful. Something that professionals would really, really admire and want to get to use.
And then of course Olympus should have made three special objectives, tilt-shift ones.
9 mm f/2.8
17 mm f/2.8
45 mm f/2.8
And all be a MC-14 and MC-20 compatible if possible, so they could be offering hypothetically:
9 mm f/2.8
13 mm f/4
18 mm f/5.6
17 mm f/2.8
24 mm f/4
34 mm f/5.6
45 mm f/2.8
63 mm f/4
90 mm f/5.6
And each objective would need to be a Auto-Focus capable. Why? Because focus stacking... Something that is not talked about enough. to get a amazing DOF control on any plane.
I just ordered one on Sunday
my king for real
OK... to be honest, yes, I can agree the 45mm is much better overall. However... if you're looking for a bit of the film photo vibes, I think the Pergear lenses (and other similar lenses) do well there, probably because of the bokeh and slightly soft looking focus. It's easy to dismiss softer lenses, but I think they have their uses for digital photographers who miss some of the tonality film spits out best IMO. My take. :)
I love my 45mm f/1.8! It's definitely the king!
I have a M43 Panasonic camera and use the great Oly 25mm/1.8 as my daily lens. I understand that you as an Olympus ambassador push this brand but the Panasonic 42.5mm/1.7 would be my choice. It has integrated stabilization (hence the higher price）and a much closer focus distance (better macro capability). Therefore the Panasonic would be my queen 👑 in this 'battle'. Keep it up...
My understanding build in stabilization in lens is only useful on Panasonic bodies. If you got for example em10mk2 or later it already got better stabilization than gx80 or gx9.
sigma 56 1.4
There are three other lenses that I would have compared with the King and those were 1. The sigma 30mm 2.8 , the sigma 60mm 2.8 and the sigma 1.4. The first two can still be found new and cost less than the King and the third a little more . If I was to add also the 25mm 1.8 little brother to the King, and I would have a challenge on my hands to pick a clear winner. Well, perhaps not. Taking the pure sharpness of the choices listed above, I would most likely come down in favour of the King, but it would be a close thing compared to its little brother if both were equally priced. Very nice review and thank you Jimmy . And finally, what would you have scored if you had used one of the sigma lenses like the 30 and 60 1.4 lenses? I somehow feel you would have made the case for the King, but it would still have been an interest video to watch . Thanks again for a great take on a great lens and one MFT users should really consider if they do not already have one.
Thanks. Great Vid. Kudos
I love my 45mm f/1.8
45/1.2 is a king. 75/1.8 is a queen.
Just got one..but I'm used to pulling manual focus with a converter and Canon FD primes..with my GH2 ..think i prefer the MF with the Canon TBH 🤔
What about the Yi 42.5mma f1.8? Just picked up one and so far so good - plus decent macro at f3.5
Thanks for this video
Thank you for the content.
Never heard of Pergear.. and very difficult to understand you said the name so fast. Was looking for the 1/2 speed button. Oh well it's a 2 year old video may look at one of a newer
And Add 26mm extension tube and you have a great macro lens !
What do you think about the sigma 56mm f1.4?
The amount of focus breathing in the Pergear was shocking!
45mm 1.8 was the very first no brainer purchase for my camera. Micro 4/3 camera owners should blindly pick this up ...
A fantastic Lens indeed! I choose the LUMIX 42.5, to use it in non stabilised Cameras, such as the GH4, and because of the better close-up capabilities.
Why is it better close up than the 45?
@@JimiCanRead you can take pictures very close to the subject.
@@TITAOSTEIN thanks
The 42.5mm F1.7 Panasonic is better than this Olympus lens in my eyes and it’s a mft lens as well. BUT it has little better open aperture AND a great minimal focus distance (about 30cm). This makes the Panasonic more versatile, even with a little higher price tag. What do you think about it?
I have had both, the Panasonic is worse af speed and alot more ca on olympus bodies.
The Pana has definitely worse quality bokeh. I had both.
It's not a fair fight! You need to compare it with the Panasonic 42.5mm f1.7
Hi. Why do you think the Olympus 45mm 1.8 is not keeping face tracking focus on a GH4 body ? With or without plenty of light. I bought it used from ebay, but was like new. Also I can hear the focus, is it normal?
Unfortunately my 25mm was defective and out of stock now 😕 my plan is night photography with it and a little astrophotography. Some street in the night too, without focus on people. Will the 45mm be a good replacement? 🤔
Sorry to hear that your 25mm is broken. Is there any chance of fixing it? 45mm is great, and can do what you want but the question is style of photography. 45mm is a much 'tighter' lens in terms of angle of view. So if you like candid on the street and you can shoot from distant rather than get close, then it's ok. For landscape/astro, it's ok, but 45mm again, gets you detail shots and due to the compression of longer focal length, you need to be careful about focus, you may need to focus stack your image to get everything in focus, when shooting at 1.8
The king of portrait leneses for M43 is the Pana-Leica 42.5mm f1.2 Nocticron.
Maybe on a Panasonic body but on Olympus the 45mm F1.2 wins by a country mile.
There is a more expensive 'ED' 1.8mm version of this lens on Amazon, is there a difference?
As far as I am know, they are all ED, it could sometimes be the labelling by the sellers. There are only two Olympus 45mm lenses in the line up. 45mm 1.8 and 1.2 Pro. Both have ED elements.
Very informative video thank you ! I'm struggling between choosing between (17mm 1.8 + 25mm 1.7) or (17mm 1.8 + 45mm 1.8) as my first pair of lenses for my brand new GX85, I can only afford 2 lenses for now ... What could you recommend ? I only shoot video and want a cinematic effect
Hey Benjamin, thanks for getting in touch. I would think 17 + 25 to start with. 25 is a more versatile focal length compares to 45mm. 45, does give you more separation and looks more cinematic but it's longer focal length gives you some restrictions when you shoot and you need some distance to work with it.
@@Red35Photography Thank you very much for your answer, I'll start with this combo then !
How would the Olympus 45mm f1.8 compares to the Panasonic 42.5mm f1.7?
I don't know... If you only shoot nice round even bokeh balls wide open as f1.8, then the Oly 45mm is king no doubt. But the Pany 42.5 f1.7 focuses so much closer to the object, with otherwise very similar IQ (except bokeh balls), opens up so many more shooting options.
But what about video? I hopped to find something about autofocus & EM1 MKII.
Just ordered the 25mm 1.8 😅
The 25mm reminds me a lot of the 45mm. Has the same look and image quality.
Unfortunately my 25mm was defective 😕 and out of stock now... Sad Xmas for me 😕
@Doc Anderson my idea is exactly the scene, in low light. I'm not into portraits 😕
@Red35 Photography I got this lens yesterday as birthday gift. The issue is that I have no camera to use it on :D So now I need to by some mft camera. Please suggest me something for photography and video.
e-m5 iii or e-m10 iv
The Olympus 45mm f1.8 is in indeed a fabulous lens, but I would never call it the king of MFT portrait lenses. There are several portrait lenses I would suggest vie for that title ahead of the 45 1.8. For a start the 75mm 1.8 is a better lens, and is a better focal length for portrait. However, there are several shorter focal length portrait lenses that are better than the 45 1.8. The Panasonic 42.5 1.2 Nocticron, the Olympus 42.5mm 1.2 Pro, and the Voigtländer 42.5 0.95 are all more interesting choices for portrait in this focal range, and all of them could be argued to have better claim to the “king” title, and we should never forget the stunning Sigma 56mm 1.4. The 45 1.8 is a brilliant little lens, and its size and weight might give it a featherweight title, but “king” of MFT portrait lenses? Nope, not even close to it.
I agree! But the small 45mm f 1.8 is “pure” mft philosophy. Very small, very light and very good!
For portrait, which one? A. PL25 1.4+45 1.8 or B 12-40 2.8? Thx
First combo for me
@@Red35Photography thx. w try to keep to that..cz with 40-150 in my bag, anything lighter would be great when traveling...
What a strange comparison Jimmy. This is comparing apples and pears. I would like to see a contest between the Oly 45mm f1.8 and the Lumix 42.5mm f1.7.
Thanks for watching Tjerk, well, this is more a 'periodic' comparison between the Olympus and any new 'portrait' lens. I do have another new one coming next week, which will be more 'alike'.
I appreciate this channel but feel like Olympus product reviews can get repetitive as there are only so many products to speak of. Would love to see more "how to" vids!
Appreciate your comment Simon. With all due respect, 'How To' video doesn't get the number for YT algorithm to work for the growth of this channel, I must admit. I did some way back but considering the return on investment for my time, it's not worth it. I will want to make some how to in the future once my momentum is back on track, something that it's hard to explain as this year has been tough for me and this channel.
@@Red35Photography I understand. I know that making youtube videos is extremely energy/time consuming, but just an observation that most "Olympus" channels seem to focus on gear. However, there are many cool "content/technical/creative" channels out there but none of them seem to use Olympus. So was just an idea that maybe somebody should create a channel or videos on how to create exciting content with Olympus. Anyways, I wish the best for you and your channel.
@@divisionwu Totally agreed with you. Time and time again, I tried to break that mould in this channel, everytime I did a video like that, no one really watches it. If funny that I know there are many who are interested in photography, but only a rare few who actually want to learn about photography :) But I will do some time to time, I won't give up :)
@@Red35Photography Jimmy...what if you appended a review video with a couple minutes on one or two techniques specific to that piece of gear?
It looks like you are reading your text. Lol
The king? The other 45mm (or 42,5mm) in m4/3 are far superior. This is only a good cheap lens.
My only Olympus lens lol. All others are Pannies
I feel sorry for your camera, if it's olyjip 😅
@@bamsemh1 it's a Lumix
The Olympus 45mm f/1.8 is a very inexpensive portrait lens (especially on the used market) that works well in low light, but the chromatic aberration is about the worst I've seen on any micro four thirds lens. The 42.5mm f/1.7 from Panasonic is better in pretty much every respect. It has OIS, it is sharper, produces almost no chromatic aberration, and has an excellent close focus distance, although it can be difficult to get it to focus on objects that are close unless you use manual focus because it really likes to focus on the background. Another outstanding portrait lens that is very budget-friendly is the Sigma 60mm f/2.8, which is one of the sharpest lenses for micro four thirds and also has a great close focus distance. With some extension tubes, it's practically a macro lens. However, if you can afford the Sigma 56mm f/1.4 and you have the space to use its longer focal length, that lens is second to none! It is the sharpest micro four thirds lens that I am aware of, even beating the legendary Olympus 75mm f/1.8 in corner sharpness wide open! And the Olympus 75mm f/1.8 is an outstanding portrait lens as well, provided you have plenty of space. With options like those above, I would only recommend the Pergear 50mm or Olympus 45mm to those on a very tight budget who need a lens that is shorter or brighter than the Sigma 60mm f/2.8.
YES THE 50 MM IT COSTS 3 TIME LESS BUT IT IS ONLY MANUAL FOCUS SO I CAN USE MY OLD NIKON 50 MM WITH THE ADAPTER 4/3 BUT i WANTED AN AUTOFOCUS LENS AND THE 45 MM OLYMPUS IS VERY VERY GOOD AND THE REASON WHY i DON'T BUY THE 75 MM OLYMPUS IS BECAUSE IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE AND IT IS TOO MUCH 75 MM AN IN STUDIO YOU ARE ALWAYS TOO CLOSED TO THE PERSON OR YOU MUST HAVE A VERY BIG STUDIO BUT i CAN ADD i DON'T NEED THE 75 MM BECAUSE THE 45 MM IS MORE THAN ENOUGH AND IF i NEED MORE i USE MY 24/140 MM pANASONIC
who the hell ... which lens ? we are comparing to... it is NOT indicated in the title... nor did i understand your pronunciation... nor any clip capture at the front of the lens... sorry, have to stop watching this one few minutes in
BIG thumbs down for another sad example of a disingenuous and misleading review by Red 35. Unfortunately it is not his first time so I would really urge photographers who are not completely familiar with the m4/3 product line to take `EVERYTHING he says with a BIG grain of salt.
Here what we have is a comparison between the very good and very compact Olympus 1.8/45mm lens with a cheap manual focus lens alternative . This allows the reviewer to state that the Olympus is the better of the two lenses , which is clearly the case , to sneak in a statement that the Olympus is the “king of m/43 portrait lens which is clearly an exaggeration
First one has to understand that he is talking only about small and light portrait lens. But most importantly , Reid 35 voluntarily ignores the real direct competitor of the Olympus 1.8/45mm which is the Panasonic Lumix 1/7/42.5mm
Most REAL and UNBIASED reviewers , while praising the excellent value for your buck of the Olympus 45mm , conclude that the LUMIX is actually a slightly better lens . The Lumix , in addition to include the hood , has better corner sharpness at the widest apertures, a closer minimum focusing distance and has lens stabilisation for owners of m4/3 Panasonic bodies .
For a fair comparison of the Olympus versus Panasonic , you can check sites like optical limits
Somebody needs a nap.