Hi, thanks for the response guys. Maybe my intention was not quite clear. I was looking for user shots from people who own the lens. Just like the other threads in this forum.
Hmm, the bokeh seems very busy...Bunch of shots from yesterday and today taken with GM5. It is a long post, but hopefully it shows the lens character like the bokeh and the mfd... Exif's are in the photos...
Hmm, the bokeh seems very busy...
You're right, these last ones have much nicer OOF backgrounds. Did you ever own an Olympus 45mm? If so how do you find it in comparison?
You're right, these last ones have much nicer OOF backgrounds. Did you ever own an Olympus 45mm? If so how do you find it in comparison?
Thanks for posting those reviews. The comparison with the Oly 45 was interesting with the 45 delivering some pretty poor corner sharpness. I've never noticed anything that bad with my copy - I think I'll do my own test and see if Gordon Laing's result is an outlier or not.I have Oly 45mm also, but I have not compared them. I use gm5 most of the time and that is one of the reasons I got the lens plus the mfd... I wanted a black 45mm anywayI think cameralabs did a good comparison of these 42.5 and 45mm lenses:
http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Panasonic_Lumix_G_42-5mm_f1-7_H_HS043E/
It looks like he compared 42.5mm to the new 30mm macro also in his 30mm review:
http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Panasonic_Lumix_G_Macro_30mm_f2-8_H_HS030E/
Thanks for posting those reviews. The comparison with the Oly 45 was interesting with the 45 delivering some pretty poor corner sharpness. I've never noticed anything that bad with my copy - I think I'll do my own test and see if Gordon Laing's result is an outlier or not.
Because they were shot against busy backgroundsIt's f/1.7 lens, so I don't expect miracles. I like it a lot so far. The advantage is the 1:2 macro mfd. There are not many lenses that can do that esp with its size and its aperture is faster then regular macro lenses. It is perfect for gm5.
their closest focusing distances are 31cm on the Lumix versus 50cm on the Olympus, delivering 35mm equivalent reproduction of 0.4x versus 0.22x.
On the four-thirds.org site the close focusing is listed as .2x which is 1:5. Is it actually closer?
Fred