Panasonic Lumix 25mm F1.7 | H-H025E-K Prime Lens, Black - Micro 4/3 Mount Compatible Panasonic & Olympus

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It achieves an attractive and smooth out-of-focus effect when working with shallow depth of field due to the rounded seven-blade diaphragm. centre, and 50lpmm at the edge - and stays ahead of the 14-42mm kit zoom for resolution until about F11.

The iPhone 15 Pro Max stretches into new telephoto territory with its tetraprism design and 5x (120mm equivalent) reach. Engage with our used photography equipment partner MPB in a forum dedicated to giving members the opportunity to feedback their experiences or seek advice. is a fairly small lens, although it’s not as compact as Olympus’s equivalent or Panasonic’s slimline 20mm f/1. Reproduction in whole or part in any form or medium without specific written permission is prohibited. I can pretty much confirm almost everything you wrote, as I have a very similar experience with this lens on my E-M10.

Good sharpness even side open over most of the image area, with some softness and fringing in the corners until you stop down around a stop and a half. When discussing the Panasonic 1,7/25 mm lens, the author claims that for full frame this lens has a maximum aperture of 3,4. It’s petite, handles well, focuses quickly and silently, and most importantly, it is a decent performer on the optical test bench.

In fact, the lens’s main flaw is when shooting directly into the light, where strong veiling flare can cover much of the frame. We tested it with a Panasonic G9 and found the touchscreen makes it painless to move focus smoothly and silently, with just the tap of a finger.Nowadays, most fixed lens cameras come with a 35mm or even 28mm because they are more interesting and flexible and can replace the 50mm, given the high resolution and hence croppability of the modern images. Panasonic’s Nano Surface Coating technology has been applied to the lenses within the system to ensure images are consistently crystal clear – even when photographing light sources in low light environments. Is the extra optical oomph worth the upgrade over the iPhone 15 Pro’s 3x (77mm equivalent) telephoto? Enable the “constant preview” to prevent this behaviour and your camera will focusing with the aperture that you set.

The VFA target should give you a good idea of sharpness in the center and corners, as well as some idea of the extent of barrel or pincushion distortion and chromatic aberration, while the Still Life subject may help in judging contrast and color. I'm just trying to understand where this lens sits according to the other 25mm lenses in the system based on your testing. An inner focus drive system and stepping motor for smooth, silent operation to work with the camera’s high-speed, high-precision Contrast AF system for both photo and video recording.Together with the 25mm focal distance, which is nearly the same viewing angle and sense of perspective as the human eye, this lens is ideal for both portraits and scenery with a clear subject and outstanding colour rendering. The full frame pixels in that example will be bigger so the image will appear darker but it just needs a the values to be rescaled and you will have the same image with the same noise performance. Generally speaking, the camera knows exactly how much light it should let in and then I match that with manual exposure. Panasonic has had its more expensive version of the "nifty fifty" available for some time, the 25mm ƒ/1.

While experienced photographers know sharpness isn’t everything in a lens, it feels like a somewhat retrograde step. That said, stopping down the lens just a bit helps to mitigate it, and although it doesn't entirely disappear even by F2. You may notice ghosting when shooting directly into the sun, usually manifesting as a multiple-color haze or purple blobs. This would reveal the IQ advantage of larger sensors while stopping so many comparisons that don't make sense because there are not always equivalent lenses between formats, only hypothetical ones (e. It was hard to make fast wide-angles for long-flange SLRs with a big image circle, and no one had a great handle on it.But this chunky yet competent backpack doesn't have a killer feature or look that makes it stand out from some pretty tough competition. so yeah this will be about as good as it gets for the average M4/3 user that isn't springing for an f1. If you want a compact camera that produces great quality photos without the hassle of changing lenses, there are plenty of choices available for every budget.