I have this lens, I think they positioned it very well on the market, after long thought process I ended buying it few years ago. :) You did not mention that it is a really beautiful lens, few only can compete (I know it is subjective but still... :-) ) I maybe not use it very often, and actually brought it from my photo cabinet during watching your review, oh it is a gem! But still my overall winner is 20mm f/1.7 no matter what lens I buy, this one can not get off my camera. But I mainly do photo. For video it is unusable. I'll take a look what other content you have. Thanks for really good review.
Indeed, this lens is unbeaten on its size, weight, and aperture combination which makes it a nice lens for video work in combination with its appropriate focal length. I didn't buy the 20mm F1.7 because its focal length didn't suit my work but now that you speak highly of that lens I have become curious as to why that lens is so good? what type of work do you use it for? and should I be getting one?
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@@RadCameraMan I went quite a long road with photography. No longer have studio or do any pay work, my profession is something elese now. For last years I photograph mainly environmental portraits of poeople that are important for me. But this lens I also use when I travel for actually everything. They say that 20mm is a "normal" lens in mft world because its focal length matches more or less the diameter of the sensor (thus diagonal FOV). I really don't know what is it in this lens for sure it is not the Auto Focus :) but it renders beautifuly. A little wider lens and you may end up with elongated faces and big noses. This one does not suffer from it and still is quite wide. I have it from the day it was released so many years ago I can't even remember, I own version one of course and thinking of buying version II because it is in black and looks better (I think with age you want to use pretty gear LOL). This lens is actually a legend. For me another important point is its size and weight because I use it as EDC with my E-M5 and I have it with me almost all the time. If you should buy it? Hard to tell, looks like you are more focused on video where this lens will be frustrating. But.... for the price? Just buy it and use it with small camera for photography (street photo, casual portraiture, travel). :) If you look for very distinct rendering I highly recommend Leica branded 45mm f/2.8 Macro (insane for portraits), and 25mm f/1.4 these two lenses are outstanding!!! If you have money to spend Olympus 75mm f/1.8 - I rarely use it because of not practical focal length but results are stunning too - but very different in character to Leicas mentioned lenses. My family members, for them photography is just pictures, they don't care so much, but almost every time they notice distinct quality from 45mm and 25mm Leicas. This was quite shocking but really even lame ones notices that something.
thanks for the details... I think you have encouraged me to extend my shopping list of lenses 😂 I already have the 75mm F1.8 so I just need to get the other ones 💸
Thank you for your great video, however, I will never use Panasonic lenses specially with Olympus Cameras, for me it must be always M.Zuiko crystals if you know what I mean.! Many greetings from Germany. Alfredo. ps. By the way, you are very good with your tech stuff about camera hardware.
Thank you. I mainly use Olympus M.Zuiko lenses as well particularly when it comes to zoom lenses because the rotation of the zoom ring is in the opposite direction on Panasonic lenses, so I won't be able to use my muscle memory. The only time I buy Panasonic Lumix lenses is either when I get one with a new Panasonic camera or if I cannot find an equivalent Olympus M.Zuiko lens (but that would only be for single focal length - prime - lenses).
That's interesting that you don't use lens hoods. I find that my photos get more contrast and richer colours when I avoid side lights hitting the lens. I agree with your take on this being a good and small lens, i.e. my selection criteria for buying a lens, because if a lens is big/heavy or if it's not good then I end up not using it.
@ I’ve found with modern lenses no difference in colors or contrast if you’re using a lens hood or not. Now the 12mm is one of Olympus first m4/3 and it can flare if you’re not careful.
Almost 20y of photography without lenshood here. All lenses still ok all this time, so i don't buy the argument with protection either. It doesn't really matter if i get more contrast, i process them with fade colours anyway, almost raw.
That's correct. It doesn't have a lens hood thread for attaching a lens hood however some people use its filter thread instead to attach a third party lens hood but that means the lens cap cannot be put back on the lens after usage unless the lens hood is detached. So some people have resorted to obtaining a larger lens cap and placing the lens cap on top of the lens hood instead of the lens itself. So those are two workarounds for this problem in order to avoid the front lens from being vulnerable as well as reducing side reflections. I will make a video about that lens soon.
Can you please share your perspective on the image quality of these two lenses and how they compare. The Panasonic Lumix 9mm F1.7 is the next lens on my shopping list.
I have this lens, I think they positioned it very well on the market, after long thought process I ended buying it few years ago. :) You did not mention that it is a really beautiful lens, few only can compete (I know it is subjective but still... :-) ) I maybe not use it very often, and actually brought it from my photo cabinet during watching your review, oh it is a gem! But still my overall winner is 20mm f/1.7 no matter what lens I buy, this one can not get off my camera. But I mainly do photo. For video it is unusable. I'll take a look what other content you have. Thanks for really good review.
Indeed, this lens is unbeaten on its size, weight, and aperture combination which makes it a nice lens for video work in combination with its appropriate focal length. I didn't buy the 20mm F1.7 because its focal length didn't suit my work but now that you speak highly of that lens I have become curious as to why that lens is so good? what type of work do you use it for? and should I be getting one?
@@RadCameraMan I went quite a long road with photography. No longer have studio or do any pay work, my profession is something elese now. For last years I photograph mainly environmental portraits of poeople that are important for me. But this lens I also use when I travel for actually everything. They say that 20mm is a "normal" lens in mft world because its focal length matches more or less the diameter of the sensor (thus diagonal FOV). I really don't know what is it in this lens for sure it is not the Auto Focus :) but it renders beautifuly. A little wider lens and you may end up with elongated faces and big noses. This one does not suffer from it and still is quite wide. I have it from the day it was released so many years ago I can't even remember, I own version one of course and thinking of buying version II because it is in black and looks better (I think with age you want to use pretty gear LOL). This lens is actually a legend. For me another important point is its size and weight because I use it as EDC with my E-M5 and I have it with me almost all the time. If you should buy it? Hard to tell, looks like you are more focused on video where this lens will be frustrating. But.... for the price? Just buy it and use it with small camera for photography (street photo, casual portraiture, travel). :) If you look for very distinct rendering I highly recommend Leica branded 45mm f/2.8 Macro (insane for portraits), and 25mm f/1.4 these two lenses are outstanding!!! If you have money to spend Olympus 75mm f/1.8 - I rarely use it because of not practical focal length but results are stunning too - but very different in character to Leicas mentioned lenses. My family members, for them photography is just pictures, they don't care so much, but almost every time they notice distinct quality from 45mm and 25mm Leicas. This was quite shocking but really even lame ones notices that something.
thanks for the details... I think you have encouraged me to extend my shopping list of lenses 😂 I already have the 75mm F1.8 so I just need to get the other ones 💸
Thank you for your great video, however, I will never use Panasonic lenses specially with Olympus Cameras, for me it must be always M.Zuiko crystals if you know what I mean.! Many greetings from Germany. Alfredo. ps. By the way, you are very good with your tech stuff about camera hardware.
Thank you. I mainly use Olympus M.Zuiko lenses as well particularly when it comes to zoom lenses because the rotation of the zoom ring is in the opposite direction on Panasonic lenses, so I won't be able to use my muscle memory. The only time I buy Panasonic Lumix lenses is either when I get one with a new Panasonic camera or if I cannot find an equivalent Olympus M.Zuiko lens (but that would only be for single focal length - prime - lenses).
I don’t use lens hoods, find them useless after 20 years of photography. But this really is a good lens and so small!
That's interesting that you don't use lens hoods. I find that my photos get more contrast and richer colours when I avoid side lights hitting the lens. I agree with your take on this being a good and small lens, i.e. my selection criteria for buying a lens, because if a lens is big/heavy or if it's not good then I end up not using it.
@ I’ve found with modern lenses no difference in colors or contrast if you’re using a lens hood or not. Now the 12mm is one of Olympus first m4/3 and it can flare if you’re not careful.
you need 20 more years ;)
@ twenty more years of fun. Absolutely!
Almost 20y of photography without lenshood here. All lenses still ok all this time, so i don't buy the argument with protection either. It doesn't really matter if i get more contrast, i process them with fade colours anyway, almost raw.
The Panasonic Lumix 14mm F2.5 II ASPH doesn't have a lenshood?
Makes the frontlens vulnerable.
That's correct. It doesn't have a lens hood thread for attaching a lens hood however some people use its filter thread instead to attach a third party lens hood but that means the lens cap cannot be put back on the lens after usage unless the lens hood is detached. So some people have resorted to obtaining a larger lens cap and placing the lens cap on top of the lens hood instead of the lens itself. So those are two workarounds for this problem in order to avoid the front lens from being vulnerable as well as reducing side reflections.
I will make a video about that lens soon.
I took the most auroras with this lens, but now i moved to 9mm
Can you please share your perspective on the image quality of these two lenses and how they compare. The Panasonic Lumix 9mm F1.7 is the next lens on my shopping list.