Hello Matti, my Lumix 20mm 1.7 is my favorite. It sits nice on my G9 or GX85. I love it for my street, and landscape shots. I've even used it for a couple of wedding shots on my "B" camera.
If I had to pick a single favorite, that might be mine too. I like it even more since I got an Olympus body with PDAF; it spends a lot less time hunting for focus than it did on my GX9.
Listening to you talk about camera gear is very therapeutic. I'm interested to check out that 40mm myself as an all purpose lens. I have the Sigma 35mm f2 and 65mm f2 contemporary lenses and I find those to be be a great pair of contrasting focal lengths.
I can so understand your delight with this focal length. My Fujifilm 27mm mkII (40ish FFEqu.) is my favourite, love the field of view and can happily live with the F2.8.
Being 68, my favourite is an oldie. The Tamron 17 mm. f: 3.5 with integrated filter turret. That sucker was so rectilinear and sharp my Kodachrome 25 shots were amazing. Contrast was impeccable too.
Much to my surprise, my favorite is the Olympus 75mm. I used to be all about wide-angle photography, but the 75mm, with its 150mm equivalent angle of view, somehow captivated me. The focus ring isn’t as dampened as I would prefer, but every time I use this lens it remains a joy.
For me it’s the M.Zuiko 12-100mm f/4. It covers about all of my needs while being relatively lightweight. A perfect fit for my OMD E-M1 mk ii. Bought the lens and body second hand and it was my best purchase in photo equipment.
Hello Matti, for me, the most important is, compacity, lightweight, weathersealing, so i've often got a prime 40mm/50mm FF equivalent mountvon my camera (loving my old 25mm f1.4 ii lumix, and now i use 35mm f2 fuji, i found that the lumix would have better rendering than the fuji). I'm looking to the 27mm ii to be more compact. I love compacity to always take my camera with me🙂
Favorite lens. My favorite lens of all time does not match the cameras I own now. So with the limits that it is a personal use lens for photos I want to print which is totally different than my walk around lens to capture memories or the lens I use for paid jobs. The lens I would want to use for prints is the Olympus 17/1.2. It has two different characters. One at 1.2 and 1 at 5.6. I have the choice of looks. And although not mentioned, there is an emotional connection. When I open a file to edit it, the files from this lens stand out. I do not have to check which lens I used as I do some of my other photos. The RAWs (I use flat RAW without a profile) it such a joy to edit and look at. There is more to work with and more I can do with the file than any other lens I have used on a 30 or 24mp camera. I spend more time processing my best or favorite photos than I do taking them usually unless you count wait time for the right image which can be days. The 17/1.2 makes that time more enjoyable to me. However, I have been selling prints since 1964. And that has a large effect on my favorite lens today. Many photos I can think back of when I did something similar or maybe better in my past of they look similar to ones I have seen. And I like the 17/1.2 as it is different. Not as good as my favorite F2 lenses of all time. But since to be my favorite it has to be on a camera I own not rent, that is my choice. Although for very different reasons than yours. Which is totally valid as there is no one universalbest lens. There is a best for each individual lens that only the person using it can know..
Yeah I find that the 17mm f/1.2 has an optimal OOF rendering that strikes a balance between informative and blurry, for me. Not too much, not too little. So what's there that's OOF looks quite smooth without being distracting. And what's in focus can either have a soft look when used at f/1.2, or be pin sharp at f/2.8 to f/4.
@@RyougiVector I like the way it handles OOF. It is not a subject against a backdrop. For some photos printed large it gives that look as though you could walk into the photo and you can tell how far everything in the photo is. The only other lenses I have seen this look from are the Nikon 12/2 and the Leica Summicron APOs (mostly the 35 but the 50 did also). I am not comparing the lenses at all. Just the look that makes the viewer part of the photo instead of looking at it.
I can't afford very expensive lenses. So these are some cheaper alternatives. I shoot often macro images and my favorite lens is therefore my m.zuiko 30mm f3.5 macro. It's very light and sharp and nice all around lens too. Another lens that I like (strangely) A LOT is my Samyang 300mm f6.3 Reflex (MFT) (600mm equivalent!) It's small and light and the shortest focus distance is only 0.9m. It can produce really exciting looking pictures. Manual focusing is challenging but once you get it right it gives you great pleasure! Due to camera's IBIS one can manage quite well without tripod. Those who say it's not sharp at all didn't nail the focus. It's sharp enough. (Off course you don't take quick snapshots with such a lens.) These two lenses I take often with me when I go out with my E-PL8.
40 is just not wide enough for an all around lens. I’d accept 35, but ideal is 30. I’m a M43 shooter so that means 15mm. The Lumix Leica 15mm (30mm in full frame) is my favorite lens. Not too wide, but OK for a landscape. Still nice for portraits. It’s the lens I keep on my m43 body for walking around.
I also love the panasonic leica 15 mm lens, its my favourite lens mounted on a panasonic GX9 body. this combo is very compact and unatrusive so people don't seem to be bothered when I pull it out. here in canada and in the usa people generally dislike having their picture taken by strangers. but with this small combo I just look like a tourist and not a threat to anyone. zen billings 🇨🇦
I had the same dilemma with MFT. I had the brilliant Leica 25mm but was not using it, favouring the Lumix 20mm instead. There is a subtle but noticeable difference in going over the image circle diameter as to going under it. The Leica got traded.
40mm might be my favorite focal length. During High School i shot almost all my photo's with a Rollie 35 with the 40mm f3.5 Tessar, loved the result. The lens I grab first now (I guess that makes it a favorite) is the 17mm f1.8 m.Zuiko (34mm equiv.) maybe not the best in that focal length but I like the look I get from it.
My old 35mm Summicron in M-mount is my favourite lens. I can use it on my Leica M9 as well as on my newly acquired Lumix S5 and Leica Cl with an adapter. Your qualifications for a lens are similar to mine - it has to be small, light and attractive
Thank you for promoting the SONY 40 mm f2.5. With a SONY APS-C it means 60 mm focal length (Am I right?). With full format it means 40 mm, a focal length of the normal class tending to a mild wide angle. My favorite lens with Lumix 4/3 cameras is the Olympus M. Zuiko 17 mm f1.8. Its focal length is equivalent to 34 mm ff. and satisfies my belongings in street-, landscape-, family photography. My LEICA DG VARIO-ELMARIT 12-60 mm with power O.I.S. never will be my beloved favorite lens. LAOWA 7.5 mm f2.0 and PERGEAR 12 mm 2.0, both manuals, the same, but the 7,5 mm all the time in the bag.
I wouldn't call it promoting, because I'm not actively trying to sell the lens or temp anyone to buy it. I'd call it an opinion, maybe. Thanks for sharing your favorites.
Hi Matti, that focal length is the sweet spot for me too. I have the Sigma 45 f2.8 for my Leica SL, the Voigtlander 40 f1.2 for my Leica M’s and the LUMIX 20 f1.7 for M4/3. Just a great walk around focal length.
I also have this lens and I love it! 40mm is my favourite focal length for travel and street photography. I am just gearing up to buying a Ricoh GRiii X as I find a whole day with my A73, and the 40mm, in hand does cramp my hand up a bit. That is mainly due to my shooting style though, as I like to keep my camera in hand rather than on a strap. The Ricoh should help with this.
When I had the Olympus m43 camera my favorite was the 17 mm f1.8 as it is a great travel lens. Now with Sony I have that 50 mm and it is great, too. Already had a 24 and the 35 from Samy as these are light and small lenses to carry when traveling. It is great that now there are these lighter and smaller options as that is one advantage in a mirrorless system.
Great choice. I have the 50mm version but surprisingly my favorite is the kit lens that came with my A7c. Very underrated and plenty sharp for my purposes. The versatility of the focal range works well for almost any scenario.
On my D7200 is 35mm f1.8 (sharp, lightweight, fast) second place old 50mm 1.4 (soft, vintage look, small and lightweight - totally get your feelings about "how to feel the lens" ;)). With Gh5 is 25mm f1.4 DG (photo)
I've had this lens for around 6 months on my a7riii and I've hardly used anything else since for all the reasons you've just shared. The most beautiful lens I've ever owned was the Zeiss Batiss 135mm, a thing of true beauty, but wholly impractical for street photography....
My favourite lens-like a few other commenters-is the Lumix 20mm f/1.7. The 40mm FL is a goldilocks FL for photographing people/events imo, and that lens strikes the perfect balance between size/weight, aperture, etc.
The Sony 50mm 2.5 variety of this lens has been glued on my A7C for quite some time. Before the Sony G series came out I purchased 5 of the Sigma ‘I’ series lenses, though I now wish that Sony had this series available to me at that time, they just seem made for the A7C. Now those Sigmas are nice lenses, but my everyday walk around is the 50mm Sony with a Sigma 24mm and a Ricoh GR iiix in my pocket. Well, I might add my Sigma 90mm F2 ‘I’ series in the bag once in a while for extra tight documentary shots. Will you review the new Sony 16-35mm F4 PZ? It’s high on my list as the 35mm end is where I’d keep it mostly for travel. Thanks
Out of those I use more or less every day that would be Fuji XF 35/1.4 R. Light, sharp, relatively small, has great character. Yes, the autofocus is slow-ish and misses sometimes, but I can live with that. But, my absolute favorite is my beat up and scratched Asahi Super-Takumar 105/2.8. Haven't seen any other lens that renders as nice as this one. This lens i'll never sell.
Sadly I have not had the opportunity to use an M.Zuiko Pro lens but I really want the OM System 20mm Pro lens. Currently I am torn between the M.Zuiko 45mm and 25mm f1.8s and if I HAD to choose it would be the 45mm. I enjoy the tighter field of view for my composition. Pro lenses are my current goals. Soon...lol But as for hobby photography, my M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro sees a lot of camera time.
Don't forget the Sigma 19 mm f2.8 Contemporary (C)! With 4/3 cameras it can play the role of a normal lens. It is small, its AF function works well but it has no physical aperture ring. For a long time it was my favorite prime with Lumix cameras.
I only bought this lovely 40mm out of the trio due to your own words at the review and your own photography! Not sure yet if it is my favorite prime lens yet cause couldn't try it for street photography yet which I think is where it shines. I started film photography with only a 50mm and didn't love it cause felt it's always too tight. I'm rather into 35mm for all purpose but couldn't pass on this one as its very compact and light and also featured while it's sharp wide open and peaks at 4!
What's my favorite lens? That's like asking me which child is my favorite. Answer: it depends on the day. If I had to choose just one (or if I only had one lens), it would be the Panasonic 20mm. A close second would be a do-it-all zoom, such as the Oly 14-150. I usually carry both: a do-it-all and a fast prime; one on the camera, the other in a pocket with an additional battery. That's my standard walk-around kit. No camera bag. Works for me.
Hi Matti, I think the reason why the Sigma didn't appeal, might have been do to with the camera body it was attached to. If Lumix made a FF body like the Sony A7C, with it's classic styling, it might have been a winner! Maybe it's a bit about the concept, like in any other relationship. I had to sell all my mft gear yesterday... thankfully to good home. I still have the Lumix S5 and a few lenses, but I don't LOVE the set-up. It's a workhorse. Why am I googling Fuji XS10 and manual silver 7artisan lenses even though I cant afford anything at the moment? What an attractive little camera system that would be...(to me anyway).
The Minolta 50 mm f1.7…it was the very first lens I bought for my first camera, the Sony Alpha 58. At that time I didn’t know a lot about photography, so, instead of focusing on the gear aspect (sensor size, crop factor, ecc) , I just focused on using it. As of today, there are photos I took whit that lens that I can’t replicate whit modern equipment…I usually tell my friends that, that lens taught me how to take photographs. I have yet to find something that gives me back the same pleasure of use.
My choice of favourite lens is much the same as yours - compact, light and convenient. Not the best lens ever, nor the fastest. Anything longer than the image circle diameter is a telephoto (actual definition is a lens physically shorter that its focal length, but hey, most are like that). The image circle diameter of 135 film (FF) is 43.3mm, hence 50mm is a bit tighter FoV, and the popularity of 42-45mm lenses as "standard" going back to film, especially compact cameras. I shoot MFT and have two lenses that fit this criteria, so much so that I have acquired duplicates of both over the years. Not quite sure why now but they're kinda his n' hers. I do favour zooms - so that is the pancake PZ14-42 which is a does-everything wide-tele, and the fast 20mm f/1.7 pancake.
My favorite lens depends on what I am doing. If I am photographing squirrels, birds, or other small animals, I like my Sigma telephoto. If I am photographing flowers or insects, then my favorite is my Canon 100mm. If I am photographing humans it's a tough call between my Canon 85mm and my Nikon 180mm. If I.am taking pictures on Mount Rainier, then a wide angle like my Canon 17-40. Suppose I am just walking around and shooting at Dash Point state park... Then my Nikon 80-200mm D lens is a real favorite. I guess my bottom line answer is even stranger still. I have maybe 70 lenses. And for some combination of task and camera, each of them is a favorite, which is why I have not sold them or given them away. So maybe my answer is none is my favorite or maybe my answer is that all are my favorites. And I would like to mention that my tiny, cheap Canon 50mm STM is sharp as a razor. What do I want in a favorite lens? Fast is almost always good, at least f4 (but I can live with f5.6 for a telephoto of it's long enough). Light weight is nice if I am hiking, but if I plan to use a tripod and I don't have miles to carry it, then heavy is fine. Sometimes, I want a special look. Maybe a super wide lens. Or maybe a 300mm prime for the ultimate in separation and clarity. Since this is a viewpoint question, there are no wrong answers, and I expect everyone to like different things than I do based on preference and use case.
If a 40 mm lens similar to yours was available for the Canon RF mount, I think it would be my favorite. Instead, I’m mostly using a 35 mm, but it is a little too wide, and so it is “nice,” but not a “favorite.” I agree: 50 mm is just a little too narrow. So, 40 mm is the “Goldilocks” focal length.
I just bought the OM 20 mm 1.4 (so 40mm in ff terms) and wait for it:) Thought, 25mm (50) was a bit too narrow, 17mm (34) a bit too wide for travel, street, portraits including the scene or portraits of small groups of 2 or 3 people, so a „many purpose“ lens for travel and everyday - at least I hope so :)
40mm are a great focal length (though I prefer 35mm !), there are a reason that most old analog compact cameras had 38mm or 40mm Lenses, my Leica Minilux has a 40mm Lens which have the best ever optical quality performance of all analog compact cameras. I want Lenses to be solid built, compact, handy, easy to use, aperture ring (AF/MF button if it is a autofocus Lens) and with the highest possible optical quality performance as possible, I do not care about how how it looks that much, but of course it will be nice if it als looks good. I use Sony A7RIV and I expect only to use the best possible Lenses, so I do not want the compact Sony G Line which often depends too much on software for corrections. At the present time my most used Lens are the Voigtländer APO-Lanthar 35mm 2.0 Aspherical, a great Lens !
Hello Matti, my Lumix 20mm 1.7 is my favorite. It sits nice on my G9 or GX85. I love it for my street, and landscape shots. I've even used it for a couple of wedding shots on my "B" camera.
Thanks for sharing! I like the Lumix 20mm too and it's on my GX9 very often.
I like the Pana 20 mm a lot. But it also depends on the camera and the subject/occasion. On my GM1 I would almost always use the 12-32.
Thanks for sharing.
If I had to pick a single favorite, that might be mine too. I like it even more since I got an Olympus body with PDAF; it spends a lot less time hunting for focus than it did on my GX9.
Funny, but last year I mostly use 20mm 1.7 on GM1 (at home and outside) also using 42,5mm 1.2 on G81 (mostly at home).
Listening to you talk about camera gear is very therapeutic. I'm interested to check out that 40mm myself as an all purpose lens. I have the Sigma 35mm f2 and 65mm f2 contemporary lenses and I find those to be be a great pair of contrasting focal lengths.
Thanks. I really like those Sigmas too. both excellent lenses.
I can so understand your delight with this focal length. My Fujifilm 27mm mkII (40ish FFEqu.) is my favourite, love the field of view and can happily live with the F2.8.
Thanks for sharing!
Being 68, my favourite is an oldie. The Tamron 17 mm. f: 3.5 with integrated filter turret. That sucker was so rectilinear and sharp my Kodachrome 25 shots were amazing. Contrast was impeccable too.
Thanks. That's a wide favorite😀
Much to my surprise, my favorite is the Olympus 75mm. I used to be all about wide-angle photography, but the 75mm, with its 150mm equivalent angle of view, somehow captivated me. The focus ring isn’t as dampened as I would prefer, but every time I use this lens it remains a joy.
Thanks.
For me it’s the M.Zuiko 12-100mm f/4. It covers about all of my needs while being relatively lightweight. A perfect fit for my OMD E-M1 mk ii. Bought the lens and body second hand and it was my best purchase in photo equipment.
Thanks for sharing!
m.Zuiko 75mm f1.8 for me. Its a though to use focal length but I always reach for it when I just want to have fun with my camera.
Thanks.
Hello Matti, for me, the most important is, compacity, lightweight, weathersealing, so i've often got a prime 40mm/50mm FF equivalent mountvon my camera (loving my old 25mm f1.4 ii lumix, and now i use 35mm f2 fuji, i found that the lumix would have better rendering than the fuji). I'm looking to the 27mm ii to be more compact. I love compacity to always take my camera with me🙂
The Panasonic 20mm 1.7 paired with my GX-85 is my "every day walking around" combo. It just works, every time.
Thanks. The Lumix 20mm is lovely.
I guessed right upfront the focal length :) For me, It is Pana Leica 12-60 weather-sealed lens and body.
Thanks for watching and guessing😀
My fave is my Sony 24-105. It’s very versatile and sharp!
Thanks.
My new favourite is the Oly 12mm f2.0 which is also my only prime lens, barring the vintage Helios 44m2 and Autovivtar I have
Thanks for sharing. I used to own the 12mm and can verify that it is a really nice lens😀
Favorite lens. My favorite lens of all time does not match the cameras I own now. So with the limits that it is a personal use lens for photos I want to print which is totally different than my walk around lens to capture memories or the lens I use for paid jobs. The lens I would want to use for prints is the Olympus 17/1.2. It has two different characters. One at 1.2 and 1 at 5.6. I have the choice of looks. And although not mentioned, there is an emotional connection. When I open a file to edit it, the files from this lens stand out. I do not have to check which lens I used as I do some of my other photos. The RAWs (I use flat RAW without a profile) it such a joy to edit and look at. There is more to work with and more I can do with the file than any other lens I have used on a 30 or 24mp camera. I spend more time processing my best or favorite photos than I do taking them usually unless you count wait time for the right image which can be days. The 17/1.2 makes that time more enjoyable to me. However, I have been selling prints since 1964. And that has a large effect on my favorite lens today. Many photos I can think back of when I did something similar or maybe better in my past of they look similar to ones I have seen. And I like the 17/1.2 as it is different. Not as good as my favorite F2 lenses of all time. But since to be my favorite it has to be on a camera I own not rent, that is my choice. Although for very different reasons than yours. Which is totally valid as there is no one universalbest lens. There is a best for each individual lens that only the person using it can know..
Thanks for sharing. I have never tried that Oly 17mm, but maybe one day I'll have a chance.
Yeah I find that the 17mm f/1.2 has an optimal OOF rendering that strikes a balance between informative and blurry, for me. Not too much, not too little. So what's there that's OOF looks quite smooth without being distracting. And what's in focus can either have a soft look when used at f/1.2, or be pin sharp at f/2.8 to f/4.
@@RyougiVector I like the way it handles OOF. It is not a subject against a backdrop. For some photos printed large it gives that look as though you could walk into the photo and you can tell how far everything in the photo is. The only other lenses I have seen this look from are the Nikon 12/2 and the Leica Summicron APOs (mostly the 35 but the 50 did also). I am not comparing the lenses at all. Just the look that makes the viewer part of the photo instead of looking at it.
Easy one. The Sony 135mm 1.8. I love everything about it.Sure a bit heavy but man... That picture quality.
Thanks. I've heard nothing but praise for that lens.
I can't afford very expensive lenses. So these are some cheaper alternatives.
I shoot often macro images and my favorite lens is therefore my m.zuiko 30mm f3.5 macro. It's very light and sharp and nice all around lens too.
Another lens that I like (strangely) A LOT is my Samyang 300mm f6.3 Reflex (MFT) (600mm equivalent!) It's small and light and the shortest focus distance is only 0.9m. It can produce really exciting looking pictures. Manual focusing is challenging but once you get it right it gives you great pleasure! Due to camera's IBIS one can manage quite well without tripod. Those who say it's not sharp at all didn't nail the focus. It's sharp enough. (Off course you don't take quick snapshots with such a lens.)
These two lenses I take often with me when I go out with my E-PL8.
Thanks for sharing.
To me the perfect lens is one that neither adds nor subtracts from me getting the image on the sensor that matches the image in my mind.
Thank you.
40 is just not wide enough for an all around lens. I’d accept 35, but ideal is 30. I’m a M43 shooter so that means 15mm. The Lumix Leica 15mm (30mm in full frame) is my favorite lens. Not too wide, but OK for a landscape. Still nice for portraits. It’s the lens I keep on my m43 body for walking around.
Thanks for sharing. The Lumix Leica 15mm is a nice lens and certainly a worthy favorite😀
I also love the panasonic leica 15 mm lens, its my favourite lens mounted on a panasonic GX9 body. this combo is very compact and unatrusive so people don't seem to be bothered when I pull it out. here in canada and in the usa people generally dislike having their picture taken by strangers. but with this small combo I just look like a tourist and not a threat to anyone. zen billings 🇨🇦
I had the same dilemma with MFT. I had the brilliant Leica 25mm but was not using it, favouring the Lumix 20mm instead. There is a subtle but noticeable difference in going over the image circle diameter as to going under it. The Leica got traded.
40mm might be my favorite focal length. During High School i shot almost all my photo's with a Rollie 35 with the 40mm f3.5 Tessar, loved the result. The lens I grab first now (I guess that makes it a favorite) is the 17mm f1.8 m.Zuiko (34mm equiv.) maybe not the best in that focal length but I like the look I get from it.
Thanks. I used to own the 17mm Zuiko and I liked it a lot even though it was not the best optically.
Picked up the OM 20mm f1.4 and have really enjoyed it. My first autofocus prime lens.
Thanks for sharing.
My old 35mm Summicron in M-mount is my favourite lens. I can use it on my Leica M9 as well as on my newly acquired Lumix S5 and Leica Cl with an adapter. Your qualifications for a lens are similar to mine - it has to be small, light and attractive
Thanks for sharing. Those Leica M lenses can be really wonderful.
Thank you for promoting the SONY 40 mm f2.5. With a SONY APS-C it means 60 mm focal length (Am I right?). With full format it means 40 mm, a focal length of the normal class tending to a mild wide angle. My favorite lens with Lumix 4/3 cameras is the Olympus M. Zuiko 17 mm f1.8. Its focal length is equivalent to 34 mm ff. and satisfies my belongings in street-, landscape-, family photography. My LEICA DG VARIO-ELMARIT 12-60 mm with power O.I.S. never will be my beloved favorite lens. LAOWA 7.5 mm f2.0 and PERGEAR 12 mm 2.0, both manuals, the same, but the 7,5 mm all the time in the bag.
I wouldn't call it promoting, because I'm not actively trying to sell the lens or temp anyone to buy it. I'd call it an opinion, maybe. Thanks for sharing your favorites.
Hi Matti, that focal length is the sweet spot for me too. I have the Sigma 45 f2.8 for my Leica SL, the Voigtlander 40 f1.2 for my Leica M’s and the LUMIX 20 f1.7 for M4/3. Just a great walk around focal length.
Thanks for sharing.
I also have this lens and I love it! 40mm is my favourite focal length for travel and street photography. I am just gearing up to buying a Ricoh GRiii X as I find a whole day with my A73, and the 40mm, in hand does cramp my hand up a bit. That is mainly due to my shooting style though, as I like to keep my camera in hand rather than on a strap. The Ricoh should help with this.
Thanks for sharing. The GR3x is fantastic and you are going to love it😀
When I had the Olympus m43 camera my favorite was the 17 mm f1.8 as it is a great travel lens. Now with Sony I have that 50 mm and it is great, too. Already had a 24 and the 35 from Samy as these are light and small lenses to carry when traveling. It is great that now there are these lighter and smaller options as that is one advantage in a mirrorless system.
Great choice. I have the 50mm version but surprisingly my favorite is the kit lens that came with my A7c. Very underrated and plenty sharp for my purposes. The versatility of the focal range works well for almost any scenario.
Thanks. I've heard some favorable opinions about the kit zoom, but unfortunately have never tried myself.
On my D7200 is 35mm f1.8 (sharp, lightweight, fast) second place old 50mm 1.4 (soft, vintage look, small and lightweight - totally get your feelings about "how to feel the lens" ;)). With Gh5 is 25mm f1.4 DG (photo)
Thanks for sharing. I used to own the Nikkor 35mm DX and it really is nice.
I love my Sony G 24 2.8. I was pretty surprised how well it fit into my style of shooting. Especially excellent for travel as I just found out.
Thanks for sharing.
I've had this lens for around 6 months on my a7riii and I've hardly used anything else since for all the reasons you've just shared. The most beautiful lens I've ever owned was the Zeiss Batiss 135mm, a thing of true beauty, but wholly impractical for street photography....
Thanks for sharing.
My favourite lens-like a few other commenters-is the Lumix 20mm f/1.7. The 40mm FL is a goldilocks FL for photographing people/events imo, and that lens strikes the perfect balance between size/weight, aperture, etc.
Thanks. That little Lumix is a super nice lens and one of my favorites too.
my favorite lens is 1. Sony FE 40mm f2.5 G 2. Sony FE 20mm F1.8 G , 3. Sigma 90mm F2.8 combine with Sony A7C is my ideal light weight combo.
Thanks. Nice set up.
The Sony 50mm 2.5 variety of this lens has been glued on my A7C for quite some time. Before the Sony G series came out I purchased 5 of the Sigma ‘I’ series lenses, though I now wish that Sony had this series available to me at that time, they just seem made for the A7C. Now those Sigmas are nice lenses, but my everyday walk around is the 50mm Sony with a Sigma 24mm and a Ricoh GR iiix in my pocket. Well, I might add my Sigma 90mm F2 ‘I’ series in the bag once in a while for extra tight documentary shots. Will you review the new Sony 16-35mm F4 PZ? It’s high on my list as the 35mm end is where I’d keep it mostly for travel. Thanks
Out of those I use more or less every day that would be Fuji XF 35/1.4 R. Light, sharp, relatively small, has great character. Yes, the autofocus is slow-ish and misses sometimes, but I can live with that.
But, my absolute favorite is my beat up and scratched Asahi Super-Takumar 105/2.8. Haven't seen any other lens that renders as nice as this one. This lens i'll never sell.
Thanks for sharing.
Sadly I have not had the opportunity to use an M.Zuiko Pro lens but I really want the OM System 20mm Pro lens. Currently I am torn between the M.Zuiko 45mm and 25mm f1.8s and if I HAD to choose it would be the 45mm. I enjoy the tighter field of view for my composition. Pro lenses are my current goals. Soon...lol But as for hobby photography, my M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro sees a lot of camera time.
Thanks for sharing.
Using very often the A7C with 40/2.5G as a small combo for just having a camera with me.
40mm fits both street and street portraits.
Thanks. That combo is a really sweet FF set up.
Don't forget the Sigma 19 mm f2.8 Contemporary (C)! With 4/3 cameras it can play the role of a normal lens. It is small, its AF function works well but it has no physical aperture ring. For a long time it was my favorite prime with Lumix cameras.
That's true, the little Sigma is a really nice and affordable lens.
I only bought this lovely 40mm out of the trio due to your own words at the review and your own photography! Not sure yet if it is my favorite prime lens yet cause couldn't try it for street photography yet which I think is where it shines. I started film photography with only a 50mm and didn't love it cause felt it's always too tight. I'm rather into 35mm for all purpose but couldn't pass on this one as its very compact and light and also featured while it's sharp wide open and peaks at 4!
Thanks. Hope you'll enjoy the 40mm eventually.
really want to try that lens, have the 24 and it's so nice
You have to try it! It's really sweet and you'll like it for sure, if you like the 24.
What's my favorite lens? That's like asking me which child is my favorite. Answer: it depends on the day. If I had to choose just one (or if I only had one lens), it would be the Panasonic 20mm. A close second would be a do-it-all zoom, such as the Oly 14-150. I usually carry both: a do-it-all and a fast prime; one on the camera, the other in a pocket with an additional battery. That's my standard walk-around kit. No camera bag. Works for me.
Thanks for sharing. I also like that little Lumix 20mm a lot.
Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/4 adapted to Fuji X-PRO3. The lens is small, nice looking, reasonably sharp and renders colors beautifully. Cheers!
Thanks! That's not the most usual set up, but sounds interesting.
For me it's been the Panasonic 20 f1.7 it's been a workhorse lens and so lightweight. I still wish they would add stabiliser to this lens
Thanks. I like that little 20mm a lot too.
Hi Matti, I think the reason why the Sigma didn't appeal, might have been do to with the camera body it was attached to. If Lumix made a FF body like the Sony A7C, with it's classic styling, it might have been a winner! Maybe it's a bit about the concept, like in any other relationship. I had to sell all my mft gear yesterday... thankfully to good home. I still have the Lumix S5 and a few lenses, but I don't LOVE the set-up. It's a workhorse. Why am I googling Fuji XS10 and manual silver 7artisan lenses even though I cant afford anything at the moment? What an attractive little camera system that would be...(to me anyway).
Thanks for sharing. Maybe that Sigma would have worked better on a smaller camera.
The Minolta 50 mm f1.7…it was the very first lens I bought for my first camera, the Sony Alpha 58. At that time I didn’t know a lot about photography, so, instead of focusing on the gear aspect (sensor size, crop factor, ecc) , I just focused on using it. As of today, there are photos I took whit that lens that I can’t replicate whit modern equipment…I usually tell my friends that, that lens taught me how to take photographs. I have yet to find something that gives me back the same pleasure of use.
Thanks for sharing.
One of the my favorite lens is precisely the Fuji 27mm 2.8! Very nice!
Thanks for sharing.
My choice of favourite lens is much the same as yours - compact, light and convenient. Not the best lens ever, nor the fastest.
Anything longer than the image circle diameter is a telephoto (actual definition is a lens physically shorter that its focal length, but hey, most are like that). The image circle diameter of 135 film (FF) is 43.3mm, hence 50mm is a bit tighter FoV, and the popularity of 42-45mm lenses as "standard" going back to film, especially compact cameras.
I shoot MFT and have two lenses that fit this criteria, so much so that I have acquired duplicates of both over the years. Not quite sure why now but they're kinda his n' hers.
I do favour zooms - so that is the pancake PZ14-42 which is a does-everything wide-tele, and the fast 20mm f/1.7 pancake.
Thanks for sharing😀
My favorite lens depends on what I am doing. If I am photographing squirrels, birds, or other small animals, I like my Sigma telephoto. If I am photographing flowers or insects, then my favorite is my Canon 100mm. If I am photographing humans it's a tough call between my Canon 85mm and my Nikon 180mm. If I.am taking pictures on Mount Rainier, then a wide angle like my Canon 17-40. Suppose I am just walking around and shooting at Dash Point state park... Then my Nikon 80-200mm D lens is a real favorite. I guess my bottom line answer is even stranger still. I have maybe 70 lenses. And for some combination of task and camera, each of them is a favorite, which is why I have not sold them or given them away. So maybe my answer is none is my favorite or maybe my answer is that all are my favorites. And I would like to mention that my tiny, cheap Canon 50mm STM is sharp as a razor. What do I want in a favorite lens? Fast is almost always good, at least f4 (but I can live with f5.6 for a telephoto of it's long enough). Light weight is nice if I am hiking, but if I plan to use a tripod and I don't have miles to carry it, then heavy is fine. Sometimes, I want a special look. Maybe a super wide lens. Or maybe a 300mm prime for the ultimate in separation and clarity. Since this is a viewpoint question, there are no wrong answers, and I expect everyone to like different things than I do based on preference and use case.
Thanks for sharing. Maybe you have too many lenses😀
@@mattisulanto for some people, photography is a hobby. For others, it is a profession. And for some of us, it is a disease. ;-)
If a 40 mm lens similar to yours was available for the Canon RF mount, I think it would be my favorite. Instead, I’m mostly using a 35 mm, but it is a little too wide, and so it is “nice,” but not a “favorite.” I agree: 50 mm is just a little too narrow. So, 40 mm is the “Goldilocks” focal length.
Thanks for sharing! Maybe Canon will eventually release a 40 for RF. They had a 40 for EF, so it would make sense.
Pentax 20-40 was a good lens.... Close to 28mm on apsc and a little over 50mm
Thanks.
My favorite lens for youtube video in ef 17-40 f/4. But for photos 24-104 f/4😎👍
Thanks for sharing.
I just bought the OM 20 mm 1.4 (so 40mm in ff terms) and wait for it:) Thought, 25mm (50) was a bit too narrow, 17mm (34) a bit too wide for travel, street, portraits including the scene or portraits of small groups of 2 or 3 people, so a „many purpose“ lens for travel and everyday - at least I hope so :)
Thanks for sharing. I hope you'll like the OM 20mm.
What camera are you using it on?
@@pounceonyou1958 Olympus EM1 Mk2. But still waiting for the delivery
40mm are a great focal length (though I prefer 35mm !), there are a reason that most old analog compact cameras had 38mm or 40mm Lenses, my Leica Minilux has a 40mm Lens which have the best ever optical quality performance of all analog compact cameras. I want Lenses to be solid built, compact, handy, easy to use, aperture ring (AF/MF button if it is a autofocus Lens) and with the highest possible optical quality performance as possible, I do not care about how how it looks that much, but of course it will be nice if it als looks good. I use Sony A7RIV and I expect only to use the best possible Lenses, so I do not want the compact Sony G Line which often depends too much on software for corrections. At the present time my most used Lens are the Voigtländer APO-Lanthar 35mm 2.0 Aspherical, a great Lens !