Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 25 mm F1.8 Lens, Fast Fixed Focal Length, Suitable for All MFT Cameras (Olympus OM-D & PEN Models, Panasonic G-Series), Black

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It is worth nothing that this is a single test at a single focus distance. I have not had a chance to do a formal test at further focus distances, but this test was chosen to give a nice balance between focus distance and shallow depth of field abilities. Focus distance was approximately 0.7m, which is somewhat close, but well short of the minimum focus distance of both lenses (0.25m for the Olympus and 0.3m for the Leica). Full Scene – Olympus 25mm f/1.8 @ f/1.8 Full Scene – Panasonic Leica 25mm f/1.4 Summilux @ f/1.4 Sharpness

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At the end of the day though, a 25mm acts like a 50mm for focal length/magnification so this is what you are going to see when looking through your viewfinder. It will not be like when you put a 24mm on your full frame camera, but like when you put a 50mm on your full frame camera except for the Depth of Field control. Basically, on Micro 4/3 we are magnifying that 25mm to give us a 50mm field of view. The lens design includes 9 lens elements in 7 groups and has 2 aspherical glass elements to prevent aberration. You will not encounter lateral chromatic aberration, red and blue edges at sharp contrast transitions, with the Olympus 25 mm f/1.8 – not in the jpg files from the camera and not in RAW files that you open in Lightroom or Photoshop. In both cases, any chromatic aberration is corrected by the camera. But in this case, that’s not needed. This is a good lens design, because if we remove the software correction for chromatic aberration we still don’t find any lateral chromatic aberration. It’s pretty damned amazing. Olympus said to us that they basically took the same formula for the 45mm f1.8 and modified it to work with the 25mm focal length. And it seemed to have worked. The 45mm f1.8 is one of the sharpest and most affordable Micro Four Thirds lenses that we’ve tested, so it’s only natural then that the 25mm f1.8 is right up there. Sell the kit you’re not using to MPB. Trade in for the kit you need to create. Buy used, spend less and get more. Buy. Sell. Trade. Create. This lens features superb IPX1-equivalent splashproof and dustproof performance and freezeproof performance to 14°F for the ultimate reliability unique to the M.Zuiko PRO series. When paired with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 and E-M5 series, you can have peace of mind using this lens in punishing environments such as rain and snow. Fluorine coating is used on the front lens for easy cleaning in rainy, snowy, or dusty environments. Filter Support

The blue column represents readings from the centre of the picture frame at the various apertures and the green is from the edges. Averaging them out gives the red weighted column. And with that said, we’re happy that the focusing isn’t only accurate but fast. If you’re shooting portraits, the OMD system’s face detection is also a major help in getting something accurate–providing it really detects the face correctly. Image Quality Model: Jesse Philbin distance of ~3 meters at least (because when shooting from a close distance it dosnt matter if the lens is f3.5, the dof would still be plentiful) Note: Panasonic produced an earlier 25mm lens as part of their Leica partnership. This “PanaLeica” 25mm features an impressive f1.4 aperture and produces great results. It issomewhat older however, so doesn’t focus nearly as fast as the two newer models and is a bit bulkier. But if fast aperture is your priority, it’s still worth taking a look at.

Olympus M.Zuiko 25mm f/1.8 review | Digital Camera World

Not realistic because I think most users are going to own either an olympus or panasonic camera, and be choosing from an oly or panasonic lens. A bunch of Panny users will no doubt buy this Oly 25 and plenty of Oly shooters are using the Panny 25.Makes no real sense to pair a given lens with a specific body just for the sake of the review because its not like people are going to go get a GX7 and sell their EM1 just because they want the Panny 25mm. I would be curious if you had an opinion about color. I’ve done some testing lately just to compare how the major MFT lenses produce color and I’ve found I tend to prefer the color of the Panasonic Leica branded lenses. I don’t think there’s a big difference between a Panasonic or an Olympus camera mounted with these lenses. Of course there will be Panasonic bodies applying some corrections to Panasonic lenses (and viceversa) but it’s something you can do in Lightroom as well.

Olympus 25mm F/1.2 vs 25mm F/1.8 Lens Review Olympus 25mm F/1.2 vs 25mm F/1.8 Lens Review

You can upload: image, audio, video, document, spreadsheet, interactive, text, archive, code, other.Although it seems you are a little bit into mirrorless 4/3 en fuiji yourself, that doesn’t withhold me from searching for a …objectively :] opinion and to see for myself. (Although in this review it seems like you left out the bokeh picture itself.) Sharpness.BOTH of these lenses can render a super sharp image. BOTH have slightly different color and contrast signatures though. I would say that the Olympus is just as sharp as the Panasonic..well, 99.5% as sharp when both lenses are shot at 1.8. I’d say the Panasonic has a little bit better Micro Contrast though as when looking at some real world street shooting files on my 27″ display I see it. This is a sign of a very good lens, and is one area where Leica excels with their uber expensive lenses. For example, the Leica 50 Summicron f/2 has amazing micro contrast and one of my all time favorite Leica lenses for the M system ( or Sony A7). The Panasonic 25 1.4 is a Leica/Panasonic collaboration so it shares some of that Leica magic. I used to think it did not but it does indeed though not to the level of true Leica glass. The difference is not huge between the Panasonic and Olympus by any means but you can see it when pixel peeping. So because of this, For overall performance and sharpness, the Panasonic wins. Despite its ultra wide-angle design, the M.Zuiko Digital ED 8-25mm F4.0 PRO lens is 72mm filter-compatible, allowing the use of PL or ND filters. This provides more versatility, potentially minimizing glare and reflections, and enhancing the final look of an image. Other Features With the clutch engaged, will the focus settings remain even when camera is turned off and on again? I need this when using the camera on a film set where we might take a break and need the same settings upon return.