But Markus, you have the skill to take better photos with a potato than others w/ little skills using full-frame. Your a master of your craft and you are totally crushing youtube! Love your videos and the inspiration I get from watching them. Thanks for being you!
Cool lens for a cool camera system. Thanks! Having a beautiful model helps, but your photography is great on its own merit. Those were some beautiful, well-lit photos.
... and the BEST lens is the one you own. I switched from A6000 series to Pen F + bunch of lenses. And carry 2 or 3 MORE lenses with me due to their sizes.
Gorgeous setting, lighting and model! Every time I think M4/3 is getting obsolete, you come out with a video like this... The lens would pair perfectly with the Olympus Pen cameras I've been looking at.
Cara looking away at 2:17 was so pretty! And, oh my gosh - I giggle every time I watch the outro of “you” chasing “Cara” with the music. Perfect for you two adorable human beings.
Markus....I picked up one of these on eBay and absolutely love it!! I'm using it on my Lumix GX85. It is so small and easy to travel with. Thanks so much for the recommendation.
I have already taken over 100 shots with my GM1! This thing simply blows me away. Now I can take a camera with me wherever I go. Wow! I am completely flabergasted. I sacrifice almost nothing for its small size. It even handles great. Thanks again.
Underrated lens I would say. I think once you start to further understand value for lens quality you really start to appreciate this gem. Its a lens that knows its place and performs well in situations its made for.
Yes. Ive been filming and shooting with this little sucker for ages. My sentiments exactly. Its not a kit lens. Its just perfect.. i got two of them.. lol 😆 Thanks marcus for always your no bullsh1t reviews and very entertaining show. Im always learning new things for my vids/photo journey
Great video. I have both of the lenses mentioned in this. I find the Panasonic PZ is slightly sharper at 14mm, but the Olympus EZ is better all-around. Love the look of the Olympus much more and it basically lives on my E-P7 (by the way, you can't get this in USA). The E-P7 is only 337g (with battery and SD card), and it's fairly light, but lacks a viewfinder. I found a way to get around this by putting a non-reflective screen protector on it and I can see it decently in the sun now without carrying a loupe.
Another great find. Thank you very much for sharing your review of this tiny lens. I will move this year to East-Asia. Therefore my whole collection of 11 Sony cameras and 170 lenses needs to go. Once everything got sold (I will keep only my old NEX-7 with two tiny lenses) I will switch over to M43 (most probably the new OM-1) and for sure I will purchase then (in my destination country) this tiny Olympus lens because I want to go as small and portable as reasonable (for quality) and I want to avoid the intimidating impression my full-frame lenses are creating. In this context I highly appreciate your constant focus to tiny and portable stuff.
This is my favourite ouside in good weather casual use lens on my EM5ii. I also have the automatic lens cap on it which makes it seem like a point and shoot and also prevents loss of a lens cap. Very handy little lens :-)
My Lumix GM1 came by courrier this morning. It came with the Panasonic 12-32mm pancake lens. I took this kit out this afternoon and I was blown away. The GM1 is an amazing camera and the little Panasonic lens is pretty shrp and very cool. Thanks for doing the reviews that you do. I watch them all. Thanks for being enthusiastic about the GM1 it is a great camera and supoer fun!!!! Its your videos that encouraged me to purchase the GM1. THANK-YOU.
I bought one of these a while ago specifically because it was so compact. I can pop it on my OM-D EM1 Mk II and put it in my coat pocket when walking around.
I forgot the coolest thing about this lens: you can buy a lens cap that opens when you turn on the camera. Super useful, acting like a point and shoot camera. The only downside is that you cannot put filters on it.
Hi can you make a video about budget flashes. Which is best budget flashes to use for photoshoots. Also how to use multiple flashes for photoshoots. Thank you, Keep up the great work!!
Hi Markus and Cara! I have the Lumix 45-175 power zoom. Apart from the 14-42mm power zoom there is a 12-50mm Olympus power zoom as well. Greetings from Sweden.
Ive been using my Sony A7s iii for basically all video stuff lately. Does anyone think I will have regrets if I sell my GH5m2 ? I used to love it but since the Sony it just says on the shelf. Great videos! As always Marcus. So lucky to have a great model to work with as your wife too!
@@yohan2437 I'm talking about sharpness and image quality not Markus's skills. We can say: "Yeah. Isn't the indian but the arrow" but the ugly true is many ppl was disappointed with their kit lens. I'm a G7 user and my kit lens is good for video but in stills, his permorfance isn't even close from what I saw in this video. And I think that's the reason why Markus made this video: To show how better is this lens compared to others kit lens for MFT. Greetings from Perú
@@chinenko7741 You can't really assess the quality and sharpness of a lens by looking at the equivalent of an 8.2 mp image frame from a 4K video. The conditions used for the photos take advantage of the best possible lighting in bright sunshine supplemented by skillful use of flash. This creates maximum contrast which would make most any consumer lens look good at this low resolution. Don't be so quick to dismiss kit lenses. Too often uninformed newbies sell them off too early thinking their lack of skill can be compensated for by using a more expensive lens.
I use mine when hiking and for streetscape/landscape photography and have never felt I’m not getting enough quality for the 12x16, 16x20 type of shots I do. I know there’s better lenses but not this light, and good quality 37 mm filters are certainly cheaper than equivalent 77 mm filters on my Canon.
Thanks Markus for demonstrating how good this pancake lens deliver such a amazing performance.now gonna purchase one unless u have one laying around you want to sale it to me lol just saying you always giving away certain lens ECT so why not ask.well hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving.Happy Thanksgiving to you and your wife and love ones.later😉👍
I live here in Las Vegas would love to run into you sometime special doing photo shot something like that trough out the years you have inspire me to take photography as a great hobbie and video filming I learn a lot from your videos ones again thanks.and be safe enjoy life LIVE,LAUGH,LOVE. BYE NOW👍😉
The IIR version (non pancake, very quickly mentioned in the end) must not be 'disrespected'. Many reviews claim the pancake to be prone to vignetting and electronic failure. The IIR is more robust, can get filters and hood fitted and usually in second hand market is found for HALF the price of the pancake. And after all, size wise both are very small.
I have had that lens and found the Lumix GX PZ14-42 to be the better. Glass is about the same but the PZ has better mechanicals than the somewhat clunky EZ. So much so that now have two PZ and parted with the EZ. One of the PZ usually rides on Oly E-PL7, they work really well on both breeds and suit the smaller 'pocket size' MFT cameras.
I love the feature and have no doubt about the quality. It looks good too. But I can't grasp the idea of electric zoom over manual. I do have the bigger version, it looks worse but quality is on par.
Just give it a try!! This lens is realy good. Its sharp and produce good image. With this lens, i'd rather buying a lighting equipment than upgrading my lens to expand my photography skils. The trade off of this lens is bokeh, but photography is not just creating bokeh right? Photography is also about composition, lighting, and so much more aspects.
I have a half dozen Olympus lenses, some of them pro quality, but this is the compact lens I use when I travel because it is so ridiculously small and convenient. It is wonderfully sharp and I use it with my EM5 Mk II which is also very compact in size. I would highly recommend the Olympus LC-37C lens cap for this lens which automatically opens and closes with the lens being turned on. It's inexpensive ($33) and very cool they way it operates. And thanks again, Markus, for another inspiring video that emphasizes fun and creativity.
You would need to make a video on cameras lens. Never really understood what was their use in the first place: yeah, there is the focus thing, but why some are giant and expensive and others, small and cheap. Within all these models, how do you figure out what you need if it's just about blurring ?
Hi Markus, you might not see this comment, but I want to thank you very much. I shoot professional and follow your channel for quite a while. I find myself leaving my full frame Canon equivalent at home when I am on private trips. Now in 2023 I want to buy into the M43 system. I want to shoot pictures wherever I go and a smart phone just doesn't give me the creative control I'd like to have. I'm looking to get an Olympus pen camera and this lens to start. I intend to buy some prime lenses later on. I am so excited 😁
@@MarkusPix Update. I just ordered a brand new Olympus pen E-P7 from Japan. And it comes with the standard kit pancake lens and the 40-150 R lens. I'm really excited and can't wait. (menu is in multiple languages incl. english)
Would you recommend this lense for the Panasonic GM1 and can it produce blurry backgrounds or are the Zuiko 25mm & 45mm better options for the GM1;regards
Is there a longer power zoom and/or with wider aperture? Guessing power option allows for smooth constant zooming when video recording? Not sure why that would be useful for stills?
1:04 i thought you need an adapter for the olympus lenses to panasonic bodies .... later in the video Markus talks about AF, how is this possible with no adapter? am i missing something?
I personally want cameras I can change the lenses on so I can get the look I want, so the G7 is more my style. If I was going to take something as big as a G85, I might as well take full frame, or at least APSC. The whole point of MFT is to be small and lightweight. The G7 is super lightweight, I love it.
Not sure if a MFT to NX mini adapeter exists, but good question. I should look into it. They have a MFT to NX adapter and that could then go onto an NX to NX mini adapter, but then it wouldn't be a small lens system anymore
The durability of this lens is not good, the flexible cable inside is easily broken, when it broke, the lens shall not functional, it just goes in and out.
Yes that has been my experience as well. I researched online and it would appear to be a problem with these lenses, very disappointed as I liked the lens. I’ve replaced it with a second hand eBay purchased Panasonic 12/32 pancake .
Using this lens for two years now I haven't even realized it has a manual focus ring too. Thanks man for the tip!
So great to see you showing the 14-42 EZ some love. Use mine any time I’m looking for a compact photo walk setup.
Thanks for another great review!
Wow I'm loving that lend it brings the subject up almost 3D and the background settles in nicely
Thansk Markus!! I Just love your videos... It inspires me a lot on building better, and compact/lightweight setups.
Thanks for the great information, perfect site and perfect subject to show off the lens.
But Markus, you have the skill to take better photos with a potato than others w/ little skills using full-frame. Your a master of your craft and you are totally crushing youtube! Love your videos and the inspiration I get from watching them. Thanks for being you!
Excellent job with the lighting. Outstanding.
Thanks Guys! Beautiful shots Markus!
Love you guys !
Boom! Thanks Markus and Cara, we love u!
Always loved your videos. Thank you.
Cool lens for a cool camera system. Thanks! Having a beautiful model helps, but your photography is great on its own merit. Those were some beautiful, well-lit photos.
Thank you, great content as always.
Love how you also use slightly older cameras and show the benefits of more affordable lenses…
... and the BEST lens is the one you own.
I switched from A6000 series to Pen F + bunch of lenses. And carry 2 or 3 MORE lenses with me due to their sizes.
Awesome little lens! Great results!
Gorgeous setting, lighting and model! Every time I think M4/3 is getting obsolete, you come out with a video like this... The lens would pair perfectly with the Olympus Pen cameras I've been looking at.
Cara looking away at 2:17 was so pretty! And, oh my gosh - I giggle every time I watch the outro of “you” chasing “Cara” with the music. Perfect for you two adorable human beings.
Exactly what i was looking. thanks for video.
Markus....I picked up one of these on eBay and absolutely love it!! I'm using it on my Lumix GX85. It is so small and easy to travel with. Thanks so much for the recommendation.
Based on your recommendation I bought this lens for my MFT. I love it. Very compact and second hand cost me $140 with shipping
I never been disappointed by this lens.
I have already taken over 100 shots with my GM1! This thing simply blows me away. Now I can take a camera with me wherever I go. Wow! I am completely flabergasted. I sacrifice almost nothing for its small size. It even handles great. Thanks again.
I slapped one of these on a Lumix GX9 and now have the ideal full-featured but compact travel setup. Fits in the pocket of my cargo pants.
Underrated lens I would say. I think once you start to further understand value for lens quality you really start to appreciate this gem. Its a lens that knows its place and performs well in situations its made for.
Thanks Markus for sharing all this !
Just moved from FF & Aps to m 4/3. Just got some cheap old cams & this & other lenses. Great stuff & very helpful. Thanks.
The focus ring makes the difference for me. Thanks!
I love this need it for my camera. Thank you.
Lovely pictures again markus and cara
Super nice pictures.
Yes. Ive been filming and shooting with this little sucker for ages. My sentiments exactly. Its not a kit lens. Its just perfect.. i got two of them.. lol 😆 Thanks marcus for always your no bullsh1t reviews and very entertaining show. Im always learning new things for my vids/photo journey
Cara is so radiant, always. 🦋
Great video. I have both of the lenses mentioned in this. I find the Panasonic PZ is slightly sharper at 14mm, but the Olympus EZ is better all-around. Love the look of the Olympus much more and it basically lives on my E-P7 (by the way, you can't get this in USA). The E-P7 is only 337g (with battery and SD card), and it's fairly light, but lacks a viewfinder. I found a way to get around this by putting a non-reflective screen protector on it and I can see it decently in the sun now without carrying a loupe.
Great set and setup !
Another great find. Thank you very much for sharing your review of this tiny lens. I will move this year to East-Asia. Therefore my whole collection of 11 Sony cameras and 170 lenses needs to go. Once everything got sold (I will keep only my old NEX-7 with two tiny lenses) I will switch over to M43 (most probably the new OM-1) and for sure I will purchase then (in my destination country) this tiny Olympus lens because I want to go as small and portable as reasonable (for quality) and I want to avoid the intimidating impression my full-frame lenses are creating. In this context I highly appreciate your constant focus to tiny and portable stuff.
This is so non-gear and - insta-style!
Very cool channel and refreshing different to the most other talking about gear.
I appreciate that!
Thanks for this. I just got mine out and put it on my g100!
Great video Marcus!
what a lovlely scenery
This is my favourite ouside in good weather casual use lens on my EM5ii. I also have the automatic lens cap on it which makes it seem like a point and shoot and also prevents loss of a lens cap. Very handy little lens :-)
My Lumix GM1 came by courrier this morning. It came with the Panasonic 12-32mm pancake lens. I took this kit out this afternoon and I was blown away. The GM1 is an amazing camera and the little Panasonic lens is pretty shrp and very cool. Thanks for doing the reviews that you do. I watch them all. Thanks for being enthusiastic about the GM1 it is a great camera and supoer fun!!!! Its your videos that encouraged me to purchase the GM1. THANK-YOU.
I'm glad you like it! The tiny size just amazes me and it's better than many cameras much bigger
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I bought one of these a while ago specifically because it was so compact. I can pop it on my OM-D EM1 Mk II and put it in my coat pocket when walking around.
I forgot the coolest thing about this lens: you can buy a lens cap that opens when you turn on the camera. Super useful, acting like a point and shoot camera. The only downside is that you cannot put filters on it.
Do you happen to have a link? :)
Thanks to your lens videos I'm thinking about buy an used m4/3 camera and the 45mm f1.8 oly lens. You got incredible image quality with the 45mm.
It’s probably the cheapest way to get excellent portrait pro photos.
Thanks for another great video. Be safe and skilful. Pinge
👍🏾👍🏾 I LOVE Panasonic, I have a hacked GH2, and also a GH4! This lens is amazing and I'll be adding it to my family. Many Thanks!
What do you mean hacked gh2?
@@andresgonzalezcerda7635 Hacked firmware that allows the GH2 to shoot at a much higher bitrate. Lots of videos on this on UA-cam. 🙏🏾
Hi can you make a video about budget flashes. Which is best budget flashes to use for photoshoots. Also how to use multiple flashes for photoshoots. Thank you, Keep up the great work!!
Hi Markus and Cara!
I have the Lumix 45-175 power zoom. Apart from the 14-42mm power zoom there is a 12-50mm Olympus power zoom as well.
Greetings from Sweden.
You know what sells a great lens is the GREAT subject matter. You obviously have have both here.
I love my 16 50 kit lens on sony a6000. A great lens like this one.
Thank you
neat lil lens,
Ive been using my Sony A7s iii for basically all video stuff lately. Does anyone think I will have regrets if I sell my GH5m2 ? I used to love it but since the Sony it just says on the shelf.
Great videos! As always Marcus. So lucky to have a great model to work with as your wife too!
OMG, i can't believe we can get that kind of pictures from that "kit" lens...Thanks Markus!
It's not the lens, it's the skill of the photographer
@@yohan2437 I'm talking about sharpness and image quality not Markus's skills. We can say: "Yeah. Isn't the indian but the arrow" but the ugly true is many ppl was disappointed with their kit lens. I'm a G7 user and my kit lens is good for video but in stills, his permorfance isn't even close from what I saw in this video. And I think that's the reason why Markus made this video: To show how better is this lens compared to others kit lens for MFT. Greetings from Perú
@@chinenko7741 You can't really assess the quality and sharpness of a lens by looking at the equivalent of an 8.2 mp image frame from a 4K video. The conditions used for the photos take advantage of the best possible lighting in bright sunshine supplemented by skillful use of flash. This creates maximum contrast which would make most any consumer lens look good at this low resolution. Don't be so quick to dismiss kit lenses. Too often uninformed newbies sell them off too early thinking their lack of skill can be compensated for by using a more expensive lens.
@@yohan2437 Well, you have your opinion based on your experience. So do I. It seems we are in a dead point. Have a great day.
I use mine when hiking and for streetscape/landscape photography and have never felt I’m not getting enough quality for the 12x16, 16x20 type of shots I do. I know there’s better lenses but not this light, and good quality 37 mm filters are certainly cheaper than equivalent 77 mm filters on my Canon.
Thanks Markus for demonstrating how good this pancake lens deliver such a amazing performance.now gonna purchase one unless u have one laying around you want to sale it to me lol just saying you always giving away certain lens ECT so why not ask.well hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving.Happy Thanksgiving to you and your wife and love ones.later😉👍
I live here in Las Vegas would love to run into you sometime special doing photo shot something like that trough out the years you have inspire me to take photography as a great hobbie and video filming I learn a lot from your videos ones again thanks.and be safe enjoy life LIVE,LAUGH,LOVE. BYE NOW👍😉
Hello nice photos. Saludos
The IIR version (non pancake, very quickly mentioned in the end) must not be 'disrespected'. Many reviews claim the pancake to be prone to vignetting and electronic failure. The IIR is more robust, can get filters and hood fitted and usually in second hand market is found for HALF the price of the pancake. And after all, size wise both are very small.
I had the lumix 14 to 42 as shown, but found the focus switch hard to operate precisely with my old hands. I will have to try out the Olympus version.
And in Olympus cameras you can set the zoom speed to slow, normal and fast, separate for photo and video
Olympus make the best lens
I love cara’s dress❤
Inspired indeed, now where is my camera, lenses, batteries, I'm sure I left it in that cupboard!
I must get one for my G80.
I have had that lens and found the Lumix GX PZ14-42 to be the better. Glass is about the same but the PZ has better mechanicals than the somewhat clunky EZ. So much so that now have two PZ and parted with the EZ. One of the PZ usually rides on Oly E-PL7, they work really well on both breeds and suit the smaller 'pocket size' MFT cameras.
I love the feature and have no doubt about the quality. It looks good too. But I can't grasp the idea of electric zoom over manual. I do have the bigger version, it looks worse but quality is on par.
Olympus lenses are mostly very sharp, paying more money gives you only wider aperture and weather sealing.
I actually like that lens on the Olympus Pen F.
Just give it a try!! This lens is realy good. Its sharp and produce good image. With this lens, i'd rather buying a lighting equipment than upgrading my lens to expand my photography skils. The trade off of this lens is bokeh, but photography is not just creating bokeh right? Photography is also about composition, lighting, and so much more aspects.
I like that you like the mft System :)
I have a half dozen Olympus lenses, some of them pro quality, but this is the compact lens I use when I travel because it is so ridiculously small and convenient. It is wonderfully sharp and I use it with my EM5 Mk II which is also very compact in size. I would highly recommend the Olympus LC-37C lens cap for this lens which automatically opens and closes with the lens being turned on. It's inexpensive ($33) and very cool they way it operates. And thanks again, Markus, for another inspiring video that emphasizes fun and creativity.
You would need to make a video on cameras lens. Never really understood what was their use in the first place: yeah, there is the focus thing, but why some are giant and expensive and others, small and cheap. Within all these models, how do you figure out what you need if it's just about blurring ?
Hi Markus, you might not see this comment, but I want to thank you very much. I shoot professional and follow your channel for quite a while. I find myself leaving my full frame Canon equivalent at home when I am on private trips. Now in 2023 I want to buy into the M43 system. I want to shoot pictures wherever I go and a smart phone just doesn't give me the creative control I'd like to have. I'm looking to get an Olympus pen camera and this lens to start. I intend to buy some prime lenses later on. I am so excited 😁
My feelings exactly!
@@MarkusPix Update. I just ordered a brand new Olympus pen E-P7 from Japan. And it comes with the standard kit pancake lens and the 40-150 R lens.
I'm really excited and can't wait. (menu is in multiple languages incl. english)
Like the effect of using flash in bright daylight.. very nice glow... how do you keep your eyes open haha
Easy when you have the sun behind you
Ive been there Cara
Gorgeous red rock…
house
That’s got to be great on the GM5.
Hi there. I am looking for a wide pancake lens for filming my regular vlogs on a Sony ..any recommendations? .
Would you recommend this lense for the Panasonic GM1 and can it produce blurry backgrounds or are the Zuiko 25mm & 45mm better options for the GM1;regards
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Is there a longer power zoom and/or with wider aperture? Guessing power option allows for smooth constant zooming when video recording? Not sure why that would be useful for stills?
Can we do macro photography with this lens???
Hello!Is it right that the AF and the apeture works with panasonic cameras?
Best regards from germany
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1:04 i thought you need an adapter for the olympus lenses to panasonic bodies .... later in the video Markus talks about AF, how is this possible with no adapter? am i missing something?
Putting that on a Lumix G100 might make the camera pocketable.
Would you see any need to upgrade the G7 to a G85 or G95? Or is the G7 good enough for what it does?
I personally want cameras I can change the lenses on so I can get the look I want, so the G7 is more my style. If I was going to take something as big as a G85, I might as well take full frame, or at least APSC. The whole point of MFT is to be small and lightweight. The G7 is super lightweight, I love it.
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Would this work with Samsung nx mini+ adapter?
Not sure if a MFT to NX mini adapeter exists, but good question. I should look into it. They have a MFT to NX adapter and that could then go onto an NX to NX mini adapter, but then it wouldn't be a small lens system anymore
After watching this. I bought one 😅
A model or a lens?
Markus Pix represents the most obvious proof that a photographer's skill matters much more than the camera in his hand.
Does this lens Olympus 14-42mm EZ fits with Panasonic G7???????
yes of course
why isn’t the zooming in and out just mechanical as you turn it ? Olympus’s could have saved some money …
The durability of this lens is not good, the flexible cable inside is easily broken, when it broke, the lens shall not functional, it just goes in and out.
Yes that has been my experience as well. I researched online and it would appear to be a problem with these lenses, very disappointed as I liked the lens.
I’ve replaced it with a second hand eBay purchased Panasonic 12/32 pancake .