Ranking my 5 favourite TINY lenses
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2024
- Here are my most used tiny lenses for micro four thirds! check them out here:
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Lumix 12-32mm: geni.us/7iLNm
Olympus 45mm f1.8: geni.us/cTNGw
Lumix 20mm f1.7: geni.us/NS9qpBm
Lumix 14mm f2.5: geni.us/fRGj
Olympus 17mm f1.8: geni.us/fmYsvy
Lumix 35-100mm: geni.us/J76Y
♦︎ Also MPB for used gear (the price estimates in this video are based on the used market):
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Timestamps:-
00:00 intro
00:19 Number 5
01:52 Number 4
02:55 Number 3
04:32 Number 2
06:28 Number 1
08:50 Bonus Pick!
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What is your favourite micro four thirds lens? (Tiny or otherwise!)
Recently got a Ttartisan 25mm f2 for my EM5 mk2. Really surprised by the quality of it, and it's cheap! Manual focus fun.
M.Zuiko 30mm f3.5 macro lens (which is very lightweight.) Others are Sigma 60mm f2.8 (which is very sharp) and Samyang 300mm f6.3 Reflex lens (which is very tiny for that much focal length. It's a little difficult to focus precisely, but it's very enjoyable lens, at least for weird photographers like me.)
@@jarihuikari8921: Nice choices.
Close call. The 20mm is more versatile, but I love the Oly 45mm for portraits... Those two. Other than that, I have a Pana 14-45mm (very sharp but a bit heavy for my taste) plus an old Oly 40-150mm that I've never used. I'm interested in the 12-32mm but also in the Panaleica 15mm ...
My favourite M43 lens has to be the Olympus 60mm macro lens. I love this so much. Second to that the Olympus 45mm you had in your video. Such a nice portrait lens.
I think you nailed it, imho. Only one I would add to the list is the panny leica 15mm 1.7.
The only lens that I would like to have .....
I take it you don’t know about the DJI ‘clone’?
The PL 15mm is my go to on a GX9 for walkaround. Feels like and shoots like a really classy setup.
@@stevewhiteley9249 I completely agree. It’s my latest setup and though I don’t have that many images, I love it.
I love the GX9 with a PL 15/1.7. Not only does it look good on the camera, it captures excellent images. I find the focal length just about right. A very versatile setup.
The 20mm F1.7 is easily my favorite Lumix lens ever. Tiny, well-made, sharp, fast. Only the focusing speed leaves a little to be desired. But overall, just so much goodness in a tiny package.
It focuses loudly. Which is sad. Yes - a favorite lens. But not for video.
Great video! The combo of the 20 and 45 is all I need for most events and walkabouts.
Fun video, really highlighting the benefits of M4/3 lenses for everyday use. I bought the Lumix 20mm and 14mm used many years ago from a guy who was clearing out his M4/3 gear. I paid around $250 for both and they have paid me back in spades. I also did a strangers project on Flickr and many of my portraits were taken with the Olympus 45mm, the results were always very satisfying. I really enjoy your channel Emily, all the best from a Scouser in Canada.
your whole persona is AWESOME and i like how informative your videos are
Charming and informative, as always. Great images, too!
I love you mini-lens picks. I have two of them but might consider getting the 45mm for portraits. Thank you for your reviews and you sharing your time and experiences.
I've really been looking forward to this video as I mentioned on your last video and I'm not not disappointed! My E-M5 from MPB is being shipped right now and I've been looking at the 12-32mm lately as a small zoom. I'm glad you have this on your list. I already own the 14mm and the Lumix 14-45mm Mega O.I.S. and absolutely love them! I also bought a Lumix 25mm 1.7 which I can't wait to try out.
Keep up the great work, Emily! I love your channel!
I've only started my endeavor into micro four thirds several months ago, thanks to the introduction of the 90 macro which compelled me to go with an OM-1. Also added the Pen F for a second camera. I have the first three lenses on your list. 🙂I really like the M.Zuiko 30 macro for a small lens. However, my favorite lens is one of the bigger ones, the M.Zuiko 40-150 f2.8 on the OM-1 paired with one of the three of the tiny lenses on the Pen F.
Just bought a Lumix GF3 body and this has given me lots of ideas for what to get to accompany it! Thank you!
i always enjoy your videos! you have a lovely smile! ❤
It’s a great list when it starts with the three lenses you kept!
The combination of the Oly 17 and Oly 45 on my Pen-F is my go-to walk around kit. Either lens fits easily in a pocket and with them I cover most walk around situations.
Hi Emily, I recently bought the Panasonic 35-100/4.0-5.6 for the reasons you mentioned and you are going to love it. I often pair it with the PL 15/1.7 and PL 25/1.4 which results in just a 10mm gap between each lens. Love your channel by the way ❤
So glad I found your channel! I think you are highlighting what I love about the m43 ecosystem: small size and low weight mean I am enjoying my camera a lot more and taking it with me a lot more. I just don't have to think about it. I love the line-up for this video and I agree with most of what you said. I think focal length is also a matter of personal taste so my top pick is the 14mm. It's perfection, to me.
Great choices. The thing I love most about MFT is the compact size. The top choice in my bag might actually be the Panasonic 14-140 just because of the range it covers.
Hi Emily,
Love your channel, only found it by chance looking for some inspiration for a new compact camera after selling all my full frame Nikon gear ; you have really given me some brilliant ideas that I'd would never of thought of! I'm currently working my way through all your videos, the way you put it across is brilliant, keep up the good work 😊
Love your camera wall!
Great choices and fun presentation! 😊
I think you hit the nail on the head with this lot.
I got the 12-32mm and the 35-100mm with my GX80 and still love them for the pocketability, although I often use my 14-140 instead where I can get away with wandering about with a longer lens and don't want to keep changing lenses.
It was thanks to your review that I picked up a Meike 28mm f/2.8 a year or two ago. I love that little pancake - it's such a joy to use and produces beautiful images AND it's cheap as chips!
You have reminded me and inspired me to use the little 14mm Lumix lense, I went through a phase of buying lenses and not using them enough, perhaps I should pair it with my GF6 as a compact arrangement. Like your informal presentation and fun attitude.
I love the 14mm and I use it on a GF3 because it's an awesome pairing.
My favorite tiny lens combo was the Lumix 14-42mm power zoom on my GX850❤. Power on and instantly ready to go. A combo so small that it fit in my pocket! But, if you love something, give it away...to a child. My grand daughter loves her new GX850 with a tiny lens. Tiny cameras with tiny lenses that fit the hands of a child opens their eyes to new ways of seeing!
Great choices. Love my pani 20..
I love ALL the lenses you mention, but I think my 'new' favourite M43 lens has to be one I bought to go on a recent cruise. It's a little bigger, but it's the amazing olympus 14-150 zoom. What an insanely versatile chunk of magicness! Not stupidly large for its range either!
Excellent selection! I have owned or still own all of those but my favourite overall is the PanaLeica 15mm. To my I the pictures turn out really well. More expensive though but after testing it I sold my Olympus 17mm. Thanks for another great video!
I recently went to Rome, and found that the Lumix 12 to 32mm lens is a belter for both interior and street photography. It is definitely my new favourite lens, although I do love the Lumix 25mm F1.7, it tended to be used far less than I thought it would. I also found that the Olympus 9mm F8 Body Cap lens was great fun (and very small).
Going to Rome in September and considering leaving my 25mm at home and just taking the 12-32 and the 45mm - just wondering if you brought a longer zoom and if so did you use it much? Thank you!
@@rebeccamaher7850 Yes I took a Lumix Vario 14 to 45mm f3.5-5.6 Mega OIS which I used a couple of times on Palatine Hill, but that was all. I also took an older Lumix Vario 45 to 200mm f4-5.6 Mega OIS which did not use at all as it does weigh a bit more than other lenses (although there were some shots which would have benefited from this lens), I don't think I will travel with it in future, but I would consider something around the 100mm mark if it is light weight. the other lens that was used a fair amount was the Lumix 25mm f1.7 which was great for indoor shots as the wide aperture did cut the potential noise issue. I think that a fast wide angle for indoor use would be great (I like the look of the 14mm!).
Having a small light camera and lens setup makes all the difference.
In the range of tiny pancake lenses, I also love the Olympus and Lumix 14-42mm powered zooms. Both brands have one. The Lumix also has IS. Though it has to be said, the 20mm 1.7 is my favorite tiny lens. So much goodness in such a tiny package.
Love your videos. You're just so awesome!
I'm so glad there's still someone on TH-cam who appreciates truly small camera gear. Maybe if you keep driving up prices of 2nd hand tiny M43 gear Pana/Oly will take notice and focus on small gear again... can always hope :) 14, 20, and 12-32 is my travel kit (with a GX850)
@MicroFourNerds, I SO look forward to your videos!! This one I love as well, especially your rankings. I would love to know your five favorite M43 cameras for all genres. I practice both street and wildlife and tired of carrying around two cameras....but I too LOVE the tinier ones! thank you again.
I have the Lumix 12-32mm and the Lumix 35-100mm. Great lenses and very compact. For people who consider the Olympus 45mm lens, there is also a similar lens from Lumix, i.e., the 42.5mm F1.7. It is quite small, and has very good optics with a small minimal focusing distance, so it can be used as a semi-macro lens, if a proper macro is not at hand.
I started my micro four thirds journey and fell in love with my first lens, a Panasonic / Leica 15mm f1.7. I am trying to expand my skills with a 30mm f1.4 Sigma which is both not as wide and a bit chunkier compared to the 15mm.
Looking forward to your review of third party lenses, keep posting your awesome videos!!
Not only informative, but very fun to watch! For me, the 14mm and the 35-100 would be nice adds.
Thanks. I love your reviews and own a Panasonic Lumix GX9 with the kit 12-32 lens and the Olympus 17mm 1.8 as well as an Olympus zoom. Great system ❤
Thank you for this video!
Thank you for the video! Being a big fan of M4/3 system I do appreciate everything you do to remind the world about this amazing photography eco-system. For your next tiny lens review may i suggest you have a look at Olympus M. Zuiko 17mm f/2.8 Pancake and Panasonic Leica 15mm f1.7. My gut feeling is that you will love them, especially the latter. All the best and can't wait to see your next videos!
I don't know what I like most about this nerd. The professional information - great lenses indeed - and oh yes - used refurbished are as good as new if you know from where you buy -or is it the wonderful photograph she produces - or just - her way to communicate. I wish I had teachers like her in my life. Thank you! And yes - Lumix is my favorite tool, toy, and collector's items.
Great video. These lenses are why I picked up a M43 camera. Love the Olympus 17mm and Panasonic 14mm. Maybe it’s time for a tiny zoom, too.
Great video Emily. I agree with your rankings. I like the Pana Leica too but it's an atypical focal length not for everyone. Only one I love as a small lens in addition is the panasonic 35-100mm f4-5.6. The fact you can have a 70-200 equivalent lens with IS that you can keep in your pocket just amazes me. It's not optically wonderful but it's way better than anything my smartphone can achieve and I can always have it with me. GX880, 14mm f2.5 and the 35-100 and i'm sorted for the day.
The Oly 45mm 1.8 is an incredible lens and I need to use it more. I also have the Oly 17mm 1.8 and have started to use it more. Doing a lot of nature/wildlife photography, use my Oly Pro zoom lenses a lot more. But I've made it a goal to spend more time with some of the prime lenses own that spend far too much time in the storage bag. For image quality, the 45 mm 1.8 lens is my favorite.
Another great video. You were born to do this! 🎉 😊 I Agee the Olympus 17mm (the most expensive in the list) is worth every penny.
Thanks so much ☺️
Just got a preloved Loawa 10mm F/2. It's super fun.
Such an awesome video! The rating system is amazing with some incredible tips & fantastic shots!
The oly 17mm is a lens I would really like to have. But you're right, it's pricey. And I have the panleica 15mm f1.7, which is a fantastic lens. So I cant justify getting the oly when its about the same focal length, almost.
As for compact zooms, I have had two of the 12-32's but have sold them both. I actually prefer the oly 14-42 pancake because I can turn the camera one with one hand. The Lumix one, you have to turn the lens for it work --- needing two hands just to turn the camera on.
I have two kids, a 6 month old and an almost three year old --- having two hands to handle a camera is just a luxury I unfortunately do not have 🤣
Glad I found your channel. Your content is great, you are funny and your picture samples a amazing…
i love that 14mm on my bmpcc OG. yeah i will usually go for the 12-35 lumix for that camera but when i just want something that is absolutely minimal, i'll just use the 14mm, turns the OG into this mini cinema powerhouse!
The Oly 17mmf1.8 gives a nice cinematic look to videos. This one is all metal and feels great in the hand.
I have a “mini” combo that is fantastic for my needs, Lumix gm1 with 12-32mm and 35-100mm f4-5.6 and all fits in small sling bag for EDC 👌
All excellent choices including the 35-100 (you'll love it!). I have them all except the 14, and I think about acquiring that one. I have a little backup travel kit that includes the Panny GM5 plus the 12-32, the 35-100, and the 20. It all fits in a little bag including a charger, extra batteries, etc. I also use the same lens set with an Olympus e-pl6 (VF-2 EVF added). The IS in the Panny zooms is better than the 2 axis IBIS in the e-pl6. Great images from both cameras with those lenses. A great example of less is more. Great video, thanks. Look forward to one with third party lens options.
Your videos are fantastic, my native language is not English, but I understand everything. Your photos are amazing too. I'm just getting ready for a photo trip to Transylvania, and I think your presets will be good for making the result more beautiful, I'll buy it.
I have all 5 of them and love them all!🥰
i like your videos very much. i'm glad you added the olympus. it has really nice definition -- i'm looking at your vids on my 55inch panasonic plasma, and with the olympus i can follow the image deep into space -- the far buildings pop as much as your panny images pop the foreground. i've just yesterday got the gx85 from amazon, but i also got a Leica R to MFT adapter for my 50mm summicron R. i'll see what's what. thank you for your very nice videos and very nice personality.
Great video - thanks!
I use the tiny, light, plasticky 35-100/4.5-5.6 on my LUMIX GM-5. Love it for a little reach. It has captured some images I love.
I also like the Panasonic 9 mm f1.7. Maybe not so cheap, but it is great.
I have the 20mm. Love it!
These lenses are ridiculously good!
I don't even own a micro four thirds camera but for some reason TH-cam recommneded me your channel. And I loved the vibe!😂
Your sense of humor when rating the lenses is really something haha. And your pictures are awesome, by the way!
Thanks so much! 😁🙏
I used to own Lumix 45-150 lens which is tiny, lightweight and great fun to use
Good one , very educational and interesting. I love pancake lenses.
This is a great round up. I've got the 17mm f1.8 and I agree, it's bloody amazing. The Oly 45mm makes sense as it's natural pairing but I think I prefer the lumix 42.5mm just because of the stabilization. I've got the cheap 12-32 and 35-100, a great pair for an outing with good light. I usually then add the Lumix 25mm 1.7 to my bag. It's small and light, albeit not super tiny. The actual tiny lens that get's the most use from me is the Laowa 9mm f2.8. Fully manual, built like a tank, rectilinear and tack sharp. It wasn't cheap but it's earnt its keep as my real estate video lens.
Absolutely love your choises and presentaiton! Olymupus 25mm f1.8 is an other great option in "tiny lens" cathegory
very interesting i am going on hols soon and was looking for a light small lens for my em10 mkII thanks for sharing.
I think your lens choices are very good. I think the 35 to 100 mm lens will be an excellent addition. I also think that the Olympus 25 lens is a very good choice.
My Olympus 17mm was on my camera when it was hit by a large stone falling several hundred meters on (yes!) Mount Olympus last summer. It still works though the manual focus clutch ring can't be engaged at the moment. Basically, the lens and the OM1 hanging around my neck served as very expensive body armour protecting me from the actual stone strike. The Camera body works fine, though with some scars and a bit of scraping to get the lens-removal button moving freely again. So, I endorse the durability of this lens.
Brand new LUMIX 14mm on the way thanks to your recommendation. Thank you.
The Oly 17mm is my most used lens, it pretty much live on the G100, excellent little lens. I have considered the 35-100mm you mention but as i have the 45-150mm F4-5.6 which is quite small and pocketable I never went beyond considering.
I think it's time i got my Lumix 14mm out again! I've had that lens about 12 years now and I've taken some great photos with it but it hasn't had much use recently. Now that i have my tiny GX880 I've definitely caught the bug for compact and lightweight gear📷
Great video BTW 😎👍
I'm glad I have both the Lumix 20mm f1.7 and the Lumix 14mm f2.5. The latter being my default mount. I never flinched from fixed focal lenses for a decade now. Which makes people react at times.
Now I'm furiously looking for the Olympus 17mm f1.8! THX
Would you say the 20mm is better than the 14mm? I feel like the lumix 14mm is a little bit too wide
When I bought a used OM-D E-M5 Mark II the nifty nittle PZ pancake 14-42 zoom was included with it. No IS in it of course, since it's intended for an Olympus body that already has it. But really sharp nice results and love the motorized action with automatic extension/retraction over the manual two handed action on the otherwise really nice 12-32 (own two o those, silver and black, lol). Plus having a manual focusing ring in this super compact package is really really great for situatuons when the focus needs a helping hand. Only thing that takes a bit getting used to is the opposite turning direction of zooms Olympus vs Panasonic.
One of my favourite lenses is the Chroma Camera 24mm f11 for l39 mount. With a cheap adapter it falls into the same category as the Olympus body cap lenses but is a much tighter fov which is super interesting for this type of lens. It also covers up to full frame if you have any cameras with a larger sensor or a film rangefinder.
I have that tiny 35-100 f/4-5.6 for about a month and I love it. It paires well with my Olympus E-PL7! I agree with you that is not 50mm (fullframe) wich represents our angle of sight, more between, as you say, 28 to 35 to maximal 45mm... so the 14mm, 17mm and 20mm in micro 4/3 are the best focal lenghts to represent that.
3rd Party lens review would be Grrr...ate! Your a joy to watch, keep it up cheers :)
Thank you for this video. I currently have 2 of those, the Oly 45 f1.8 and the Lumix 20mm f 1.7, and I've had the Lumix 14mm before (but the cat dropped the camera from the shelf and dented the attached UV filter which made it impossible to remove. Love how the 14mm got more than perfect scores in the Tiny and Cheap ratings.
Looking forward to your review of 3rd party lenses. I wonder if you'll get to review the latest 7artisans 18mm f6.3 lens that could, easily, be included as a tiny lens. Cheers!
Be sure to check out the risespray fully manual lenses! I personally like the 35mm 1.6 the best, but I also have the 50mm 1.8 now (which is a bit hazy but it is absolutely tiny). These lenses are super cheap, but the 35mm for me just has a vintage quality that I don't find on many other contemporary lenses, especially for the price.
Love my Panasonic Leica 15mm. It’s beautiful, and a great combo with my GM1.
My favorite is the Panasonic Leica 15mm f1.7. My second is 1st kit lens you talked abiut. An amazing lens.
Thanks!
Thank you for the video.
I have most of the tiny size lens besides 17 1.8 and 35-100.
I will keep using the M43 system.
Because this is better than good.
I love my Leica Summilux 15mm f1.7. That's my go-to lens for compact prime.
Good choices! But my Lumix 12-32 compact zoom fell apart without much use, the front ring just decided to come loose on its own. I think I can stick it back but I also have an Olympus version, though not EZ.
Love the 20mm 1.7, also the 15mm 1.7 is a winner for me.
To add to the list here, I also like the Oly 12-45 f4. I also have the 12-40 2.8, but for the f4 balances better on smaller cameras like my gx85. It also fits better in my smaller travel bag with the 17mm and either 25 or 45 1.8s. One small zoom and two small bright primes.
please teach us how you edit your images. it looks really good
The 17mm 1.8 is maybe my best micro43 lens ❤
great vid, new sub.
I use a Fujifilm X-T3 and love to use the 27mm f2.8 pancake lens with it for walking around the streets of London
I have the 35-100 a great lens and is very useful.
Came here looking for my F1.7 20mm. Was not disappointed. 3rd place isn't bad. But honestly, only lens you ever need.
Good selection of tiny lenses for micro 4/3. Of the 5 lenses you mention, I have 2 alternate suggestions. (1) I prefer the P 42.5mm f1.7 to the O 45mm with both being about the same size. In addition, the P 42.5mm is an excellent option if you have an older Panasonic body and want lens stabilization, which the O 45mm does not provide. (2) The P 14mm is a good pick but I think the PL 15mm f1.7 is a better choice. It is also quite small, it is a Leica design, and is slightly faster (f1.7 vs f 2.5) than the 14mm. One thing to note about the P 20mm I vs II is that both are optically identical - the II just has a different coating. I love the P 20mm.
Of the ones you featured, I have the 12-32 & 20mm f1.7, love them both. I also have 2 others I also love, the LUMIX 14-42 pancake power zoom & Olympus 13-42 pancake zoom.
Correction: Olympus 14-42 pancake zoom
Congratulations on your channel. I have to say that I quite agree with you. I have those lenses and I like them all. My order could be:
1.- M.Zuiko 17mm f1.8, 2.- M.Zuiko 12mm f2, 3.- M.Zuiko 25mm 1.8, 4.- Lumix 20mm 1.7, 5.- Lumix 14mm 2.5, 6.- M.Zuiko 45mm 1.8 (although for portraits it would rise to number one).
In a different league are the Lumix 12-32mm (I like it much more than the 14-42 from Olympus) and the Lumix 35-100 with a tiny size (excellent all-metal construction).
I spent most of that video thinking 'what about the Lumix 35-100?' and then you mentioned it at the end. This lens stunned me as I also have the 2.8ii version which is awesome. I'm not kidding, you have to look very close to see a difference! Obvs you dont have weather sealing, constant 2.8 or the ruggedness of the 'pro' lens but this tiny piece of plastic is seriously good quality! Really looking forward to seeing what you think of it, Emily! The 12-32+35-100 is a full pocket sized system perfect for the GX/GF/GM/PEN etc cameras. Mine sit with the GX9 and with the Summilux 15mm whereas I have the 2.8ii lenses with my G9
12-60 mm lumix+ 45-175 motorzoom Upon that 12-32 14 mm 42.5mm only for stills. Next will be Iowa 7.5mm.
I am using 3 out of 6 of these lenses as well ... the Lumix 12-32, Lumix 14mm and the Lumix 35-100mm :) Still am thinking about the 20mm but until now I couldn't convince myself as I also own the Lumix 25mm and love the photos I get with it.
The Panny Leica 15mm is my favorite lens ever possibly….amazing character
Got a few of the lenses mention the 20 mm f1.7 version 1 which was my joint first lens with a zoom 14-45 with a GF1 both zoom and camera traded in. I won't get ride of the 20mm although don't use it that much now as mentioned slightly slow and loud focusing. The other from your list is the Olympus 17 mm. I also have the 12mm f2 which nice both of which are my standard Pen F carry kit. Also mention in replies is the 15mm f1. 7 which lives on my IR converted GX80. For a tiny zoom for me it is the Olympus 9-18. Going third party any of the 7.5mm fisheye, body cap 10mm f8 Pergear is quiet fun. Just picked up the laowa 6mm which is fairly small.
hey just wanted to say that MICRO FOUR THIRDS ROCKS!!!!!!!!
I bought a new 17mm f1.8 last week, the metal body is amazing. It's not a lens but an artwork.