Best Micro Four Thirds Lenses // My Most Used Lenses
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- After being a m43 convert for quite a while now, I thought I'd go through the lenses I use the most... and the lenses I've let go along the way. Here are some of my favourite, most used, lenses
What are your favourite micro four thirds lenses? Let me know in the comments below!
Some of my fave m43 lenses:
Lumix 12-35mm: geni.us/OrHp
Lumix 35-100mm: geni.us/vHL74Y
Lumix 25mm f1.4: geni.us/X76N
Olympus 45mm f1.8: geni.us/cTNGw
Olympus 17mm f1.7: geni.us/fmYsvy
Olympus 15mm bodycap: geni.us/bAZCdk
Olympus 9-18mm: geni.us/jVz59A
Meike 25mm f2.0: geni.us/Gw4ulV1
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Totally stuck my camera on a book and pushed it to do these "slider" shots 😆 links in the description if you want to check out any of the lenses mentioned!
Pushing a book as a slider is a good idea.
Really surprised you didn't mention the 20mm 1.7. That is definitely my most used lens. Followed by:
Olympus 12mm f2
Olympus 45mm f1.8
Panny 45-150mm f3.5 or whatever
For macro, I bought the macro attachment for the 45mm lens. This works great and allows me to keep everything compact enough to fit in my medium size think tank turnstyle bag. I also use a fl300 mini flash with the tiny Korean remote flash attachment thingy.
Hi Emily!
I would love to see in this channel a Review to the Chinese Bokeh King!, The Kamlan 50mm F1.1 for micro 4/3rds Is manual focus and is cheap but I heard very cool stuff about that little baby.
Best regards.
Another great video Emily. Lovin’ the lens lineup. The one lens that I’d add for travel and a great companion to your 25mm is the LUMIX 14-140 f/3.5-5.6. Not the fastest in the world or weather sealed but a real Swiss Army knife if a lens when you’re out for a (bright) day and don’t know what to expect as the focal length range is incredible and it’s very sharp! Great when you just want to sling the camera over your shoulder and want to be ready for (almost) anything!
Absolutely! I really need a longer lens. I'm severely lacking in that and they're super handy
Ok this video was great and I'm so happy to see a woman in this field because we are so underrated. 90% of the videos I see about video/photography are made by men, it's just really refreshing to see you here ! Go on ♥
Fantastic on camera personality. Absolutely lovely
Hard to beat the Pan/Leica 15mm f1.7 on a GX85 body.
Thank you for this video, Emily. The Olympus 17mm, f1.8 is also one of my favorite lenses. I also like the Laowa 7.5mm f 2.0 for stunning landscapes, and I really can recommend the Olympus 60mm f2.8 macro. It is amazing, not just as a macro lens.
I can't afford the fancy lenses for now, so I use:
12-32 kit lens
45-150 kit lens
9mm Olympus body cap lens
50mm f/4 Pentax macro
I'd love to have the 15mm, 40-150/2.8 and a faster normal range zoom of some type.
The Olympus 45 f/1.8 is an amazing piece of kit. I sold mine in a fit of madness, but might need to replace it. It's always interesting to hear other people's favourites, and two of my personal must haves are the sigma art 19 and 60mm primes. Stunningly sharp, as well as being dirt cheap. Despite having switched to canon M50 last year, because I love dual pixel af for video, I've recently found myself gravitating back to M43 in the guise of the GX80, and may just need to get a second one........🤔
When I used my g9 for photography my fav lenses were olympus 75 1.8, sigma 30 1.4 and sigma 16 1.4. Now that I only use it for video I wanted to get Panasonic lenses to help with the video af performance and o wanted to go cheaper as video doesn’t have to be as ultra sharp ... so my workhorse is the panny 14-140 and when I need low light ... I have a couple cheap primes .. panasonic 25 1.7 and 42.5 1.7
I keep holding back on getting the 17mm 1.8 but one of these days, I am just going to get it. As you said, the focal length is covered by zooms, but obviously not @ 1.8 and as you mentioned, it just LOOKS so good on the smaller bodies. My favorite lens right now is the 45mm 1.8 but I am considering changing that to a 56mm 1.4 sigma. Havent decided yet :)
Great videos, sorry about the olympus fisheye loss! :/
Smashing video 😊
I love using my lumix leica 15mm on my GX8 , every time I think ooh I'll use my lumix 25mm or lumix 14 to 140mm, I end up just staying with the 15mm leica , love the leica look it gives me and I can't get enough of it 😊
When I was panasonic, this and the 12-35 were my favorite lenses. The 15mm produces super sharp contrasty images.
The color rendering from the Leica 15mm is stunning. i Think thats the best lens i have. I love my Oly 45 f1.2 aswell. but, yeah.
Yeah the 15mm Leica is superb!
I did some early spring cleaning too and today shipped out 3 cameras, 5 lenses, a flash and 2 camera bags, so, now down to essentials. I would love to see a comparison between the FD lenses and the Minoltas when you get around to adapting them.
The 60mm f/2.8 Macro is amazing! Also... 60mm f/2.8 isn't just only for macro. DO IT! Go for it. You won't be disappointed.
What do you use it for, if you don't mind me asking?
I've tried taking it on walks in the hope of seeing dragonflies etc while out. But I find it's way too narrow for taking pictures of landscapes and way too wide for specific wildlife (birds etc), if that makes sense.
I've heard several people say they use it for portraits but I also have the 45mm which is much better for that.
So for me it's only use is Macro (not that I'm complaining) which is a shame as I love the lens so much 😂
Have you also got the 30mm Macro? I'm hoping to get that one day so I can take it on such walks as I think the closer to "standard" focal length would be more useful in that situation. Not as a replacement for the 60mm, but as a companion...
@@stuartnelson3202 , well dragonflies are hard. But I have several shots of bumblebees from last time my apple trees had flowers.
@@stuartnelson3202 When I am walking in the mountains ans not keen on birds (in flight) I take the 60 mm both for lanscape and "macro" shooting. It is so confortable to change the focal distance in one turn.
Yes I missed some shots where I could not increase the distance, but while in the mountains there are certain reqirements for readyness and free hands...
I don't have many lenses, but favorite ones are:
12-35/f2.8 as very versatile lens. I don't like lens flare and bokeh. Since dual IS and 12-60 i don't think this one is a must have. Just one of them.
12-60/f3.5-5.6 as sometimes even more versatile lens for travelling. Very cheap as kit lens and surprisingly good.
45/f1.8 as portrait lens also suitable for kids (only Olympus lens I have). I guess this one is must have for MFT users (or similar from Panasonic)
20/f1.7 as good lens for indoor/social events. I think it can be changed for any 17 or 25 lens, but this one is small. Can't recommend it for video.
Not my favorite:
14-45mm/f3.5-5.6 from 2010. On GF1 one side was not sharp and image stabilization was worse than on 12-35 that replaced it.
45-200mm/? This one is quite heavy, big and not sharp above 120mm so I rarely use it and even take it with myself. And sometimes I regret not having it. No complains about image quality to 100mm.
On consideration list:
Laowa 7.5/f2 (but i don't think it's worth money due to very specific use)
45-175 to replace 45-200
Some kind of macro lens, but same problem as Laowa (maybe 60mm Olympus?)
I think Panasonic missed the mark with the Leica lenses, they should have kept the specs the same across all versions of the summilux, e.g..
1. Weather sealing
2. F1.4
3. Special lens coating
4. Metal finishes (hood too)
5. OIS (Even the wide bodies)
6. Aperture rings
7. AF/MF Switch
8. OIS on off switch
9. Same quality manual focus electronics
10. Mechanical aperture
11. Regular updates, hell any updates would have been nice...
12. Accessible filter screw on all lens bodies (Even ultra wide lenses)
These are the expectations for a Leica branded lens...bring them on.
My kit right now is exclusivly Lumix-based, matching your 12-35, 35-100, and the 25mm 1.4. The only change is that I use the 1.7 42.5 from Pany. I barely if ever use use other brands of lenses so I can steal the advantages of 1 billion axis stabilization.
I've had none of those lenes
My favorite pan 42.5mm and
oly 12-60mm it's broken
😥
2nd 12-40mm daughter stole it
Next lens pan 12mm f/1.4
Pan 200mm 2.8
Anyone else panic when the 45mm started rolling across the table??? 😂
I just got the Oly 75mm F1,8- super , I use a lot the 100-300mm F4-5,6 for birds a lot, the rest are less used. I have adapters for most of my vintage FF glass- Konica -AR; Olympus -OM; Nikon -F; Minolta -MD; M-42 ; C-mount for 16mm cine lenses. Also the electronic adapter for the older 4/3rd lenses , (I have 2 zooms of the pro series, and they are great and weather sealed) which tells the IBIS the focal length. Still wanting the adapter for the Pentax A110 lenses, for I have all of them.
Really love your videos!! And this one is super helpful.Love these tiny lenses. Usually shoot a mix of landscape, street and wildlife. On a budget, so I’m using an EM-1 and currently only have Panasonic 45-150mm f4-5.6 and the 25ml 1.7. I have a birthday coming up though and I’m wondering what to get next. Do I I need the 35-100mm (instead/ as well as the prime?) or should I go with 12-35mm? Ideally I wouldn’t have to switch out lens on any single day trip. Or trade them both in and get a 12-150mm? Hah!
Nice overview!
I got that Olympus 60mm macro lens .. I like it! Used it some .. hope to use a lot more of it!
Also, I like those Lumix f/2.8 zoom lenses that you mentioned.
I have a GH5 and a GX8.
It’s 2023 and my setup is:
12-60mm all round zoom for travel and video (because I don’t have the 12-35)
20mm 1.7 for small package
Oly macro 60mm 2.8 for macro/tele
Oly 45mm 1.8 for portraits
I love these babies
Currently doing a balancing act between my Fujifilm X-H1 and newly acquired Olympus E-M1 Mark II. Only have the 12-40f2.8 Lens right now, and am leaning towards getting a 35-100f2.8 for the long end, and getting rid of the (near equivalent) focal length on the x-h1 (my 55-200). Also looking to trade my Fuji 90mm f2 for a 16mm f1.4, and then get the Sigma 56mm f1.4 for the Olympus.
I would consider the Sigma 56mm over the Olympus 60mm. That said...all of sudden the Olympus 75mm has been rediscovered for a number of reasons.
I do mostly party/event photography. People at night or on concerts, ... water gunfight is the most funny event i covered :)... So i have three camerabags, two Olympus bodies and about the lenses...
Large Bag:
I use this set when I dont know what exactly to expect.This kit consists of Olympus EM-5 Mark III, Olympus 12-40 F2.8 PRO, Lumix G X Vario 35-100 Mark II and Leica DG Summilux 25mm F1.4 mark II.
Olympus 12-40 is universal all rounder, Lumix 35-100 is a medium tele and portrait lens (possible focal lenght is similar to portrait lenses for FF) Leica DG 25mm serves as secondary/backup all-rounder, with better bokeh and speed.
Medium bag:
My secondary body is Olympus M10 and lens here is Leica DG Vario Elmarit 12-60 F2.8-4.0. Those serve as a backup equipment, but I often replace body for M5. The philosophy here is one body and one zoom.
Small Bag:
M10 or M5 Mk III + Leica DG 25mm. This is kit when i dont want to indimidate people with big camera. Here is still place for one lens or small flash.
Few other lenses which i add to each as needed:
Olympus 45mm f1.8
Olympus 75mm f1.8 - One of the most sharpest MFT lenses (the other being Leica 25mm :D). Little bit bigger, but still light enough to be added to first two sets. Unfortunately this one is very underused, despite its qualities.
Thanks for your video, I really enjoyed it. I do corporate training and just take happy snaps when i go on holidays. I use 2 x Lumix G85, which are perfect for my work. I have 1 x panasonic kit 12-60 mm zoom and 1 x Olympus 40-150mm zoom. Could you recommend a budget 100-300mm zoom for a G85? Thank you, Cheers, Peter
I use a Voigtlander 42.5mm F/0.95 for portraits. The Olympus 45mm f1.8 sounds like great value for money
Thank you. You inspire me. I got GH5 ii and 12-60mm panny leica lens. Looking other lenses for creativity video.
I concur. The Lumix 25mm F1.4 is fantastic. Please get the OM adapter. The OM 50mm 1.8 is such a good all round lens and has heavenly colour and boker. The 50mm with the OM 28mm and the Lumix 25 makes a good video set. I'd Skip the om 24 and 30mm. I found them disappointing.
The 45mm f1.8 Olympus is sharp indeed! In a standard kit lens, the 12-32mm Lumix is great -- cheap, but image making ability is very good. I do have the Lumix 25mm f1.7 which is pretty good, and very inexpensive. I am considering the Lumix 14mm, on sale here in the States, for $198 and the Lumix 30mm macro, which test wise does superb, and is on sale for $298, once again a tempting deal. If you have tried these, let me know your thoughts on the two. I have the Olympus 14-42 R II kit, which is good and the Lumix 45-150mm which is very good up to most of the range, but gets only good when at full zoom -- good enough. I am thinking the Lumix ( made in Japan ) 14mm at f2.5 and 30mm f2.8 are indeed fast enough for my street photography, where I am not shooting full wide aperture anyway. The 30mm doubles as a macro lens. -Loren lorenschwiderski.smugmug.com/
My most used is... 12-60 (3.5-5.6) why ? Becouse that's the only one I had so far (well I have 25mm f1.7 now too, but just getting to use it now ) 😂 great video as always !
My most used lens is the olympus 17mm f1.8 ... I find it very versatile, not too wide, good optics, love the clutch mechanism on it (though i m a bit mistrusting of the DOF scale on there). And yes It feels great, looks great on my om-d em5 and is a joy to use.
Hi Iam using Lumix G7 since 3months... Meike 25mm is really worth buying?? Because Micro four third lenses are a little bit expensive in India...
for me the 42.5mm F1.7 Panasonic Lumix is my favorite - it has IS and just so great - then the Lumix 35-100 F2.8 and Lumix 12-35mm F2.8.
thank you for making the video :) .. hmm my most used lens is my Sigma 56mm 1.4. Its the best lens i have for Micro Four Thirds and it performs amazingly always. Much better then the other two sigma lenses.
On my GH4 I use a speed booster with a 24mm Nikkor a is f2.8 which is good for crowds or confined spaces, I think it works out to about 36mm but I could be wrong. I also use a non speed boosted 45mm f2 Zeiss Planar from a Contax G1 which is superbly sharp and is effectively a fast 90mm. I like to use my Nikkor f2.8 135mm with a 2x converter which makes it a 540mm for moon shots.
I’m an Olympus guy so I have almost only Olympus lenses, I bought the 45/1,2 for stunning portraits. I thought of selling the 12-45/2,8 but now I love it for filming. The lenses I don’t need anymore is my old canon fd lenses, I see no use for them.
Subbed - Very charismatic, charming presenter. Some good reviews for me to check out :) Cheers Cam from NZ
"money sat on the shelf"
"good kit I never use"
I like the way you talk 😀
Also, a few years back, I had the Olympus E-M5ii (one of my favorite cameras of all time) and, in the end, I only owned two lenses for it , as they were such phenomenal and versatile lenses that, between the two of them, lived on my camera 100% of the time; The 9-18mm f4-5.6 and the 45mm f1.8
12-32mm 3.5 lens because I could not afford to buy one with bigger aperture :(
hi which lenses with best price value (not too expensive) u'll advice for a g9 camera for each catergories : portrait / moving subject (my daughter) / landscape / macro...i'm planning to buy a g9 and will have to find good (but not too expensive for now) lenses...maybe start with one that can do all of them quiet good...
Don't know if you have done it yet; but I find my Panasonic 30mm f2.8 macro gets more use than the Olympus 60mm. The 60mm drives me nuts having to fiddle around with that switch on the side to get it to focus on anything. It is especially distracting with manual focus. Switch the Pan 30 to manual focus and there is only the chore of cranking the focus ring. With the Oly 60mm; not only are you cranking away at the ring. But then you realise nothing is happening and you have to mess about with the switch as well. The Pan 30 is probably slightly sharper and a less painful experience when you are kneeling on nettles or lying on your tummy in the mud. Plus I already had a 40 year old Pentax 100 f4 macro and that is still about as sharp as either of these two.
Olympus 75mm f:1.8 is an absolute monster of sharpness and bokeh without really breaking the bank: it's by no means cheap, but no where close the 1.2 line either.
Don't sell the Olympus 17mm f1.8 lens! I did that and wound up buying it back again after I realized how much I missed that lens. At least MPB had quite a few really nice ones for sale so I was able to get a like new one for a nice price. I'm not making that mistake again - it's here to stay now.
My grab & go lens is the Olympus 12 - 200 mm. An adapted Canon 75-300 as a long lens stop gap. My Canon 50mm adapted is in my bag when My Canon 40d comes into play.
I've started using my Oly 60mm macro for portraits - interesting!! Probably works best on the younger face however as it is so sharp across the field...
My photography is nothing on yours but I love that olympus 17mm and the 45mm. I pretty much only carry them with me when I'm roaming about. Have you seen the ever had the olympus 25mm 1.8?
I love my Olympus OM 50 1.4!! I stuck it on a dumb generic speed booster and I absolutely love shooting it in low light on my EPL-7!!
Hi Emily, yesterday my new 7artisans fisheye comes. But it isn`t sharp in the corners. Left side more than the right. What about yours?? Is the olympus sharp in the corners?
Hi great video.. what is the sharpness cheapest landscape lens for mft? Mine is well depends what mood im in last week I was taking pictures of the speedway with 100 300.. and the week before i was using the 45 1.7 with extension tubes which was fun.
Goodbye, my fish eye ...I love you!!. Now that needs to be a song for sure! Thanks for the lens advice. I have two and need (want I think more explains) one more. I came to the right place. I thank you!
Thanks Emily!
Now I usually putting the Lumix 12-60 (the cheaper one) on my G85, which just replaced former 14-140ii two months ago. I love its sharpness, compactness, light-weight, weather seal and overall feeling together with the camera body. It's an outstanding all-round lens.
Lumix 14-140ii was mostly used in the past three years, especially in travelings. I find it sharp, and extremely compact considering its 10x zooming range. I have to say it's a reliable partner. However I got rid of it for lack of weather-seal, which I have recognized quite important in outdoor conditions. I hope Panasonic to offer kindness adding it on the third version.
I also own the Olympus 9-18, and I'm happy with how small it is. It deliver good image quality compared to the Lumix 12-60 in center, with slight roughness in corners. However, I don't like its lock-mechanism. It makes inconvenience when mounting the lens. Personally I also feel uncomfortable for the external zooming, but I totally understand for its price tag.
nice video as always - I love the Lumix Leica 25mm F1.4 - wish they did an update of it - just don't have the eyesight for manual focus - the 20mm f.7 Lumix is also surprisingly good - of course the Lumix F2.8 12-35 and 35-100 are awesome
The 45mm f1.8 is really awesome. I love it too.
Isn't it? Performance for price is unbeatable.
Get that Oly 60mm macro. It's sweet.
Agreed and agreed, 100%, all day long, no second thoughts whatsoever. My Oly 60mm macro and 45mm 1.8 are my most-satisfying lens purchases by quite a large margin.
The Leica 45 Macro is even better due to tests (opticallimits.com). But somewhat expensive.
I know you mostly keep it native, but you've really gotta check out the sigma 18-35 with a speedbooster. That is the lens I use the most for paid work. Behind that are my Panasonic 15mm f/1.7 ( i use this alot for TH-cam), and my Laowa 7.5mm. It also looks like Laowa is going to be releasing some more M43 mount lenses this year that could be really interesting.
A lens that I really wanna get my hands on is the Olympus 12-40. I've used it on Panasonic and the image it produces is almost magical. I've also seen tests that seem to indicate the autofocus works better on the GH5 than the 12-35 does for video.
I really want to try that sigma, the only thing putting me off is the size really. But it is definitely the fastest stock we can get I think with the speed booster. Laowa? More lenses?? Oooooo!
@@MicroFourNerds You should try the Sigma Art 30mm f1.4 with a Canon mount focal reducer. Much lighter (being a prime naturally) than the 18-35 and almost as sharp IMO. Slightly soft wide open but it less than F1.0 wide open! Nobody ever talks about this lens but it's fairly compact for a Sigma and is a good value for the money.
I like your videos when I click them because I know I’m going to like them.
I sold my M43 Pany because I wasn't getting on with the contrast AF. Wen't back to Canon APS-C for it's DPAF. Although I do miss the M43 glass, and the IBIS. Your video hasn't helped, Emily lol ;) I Can't imagine it will be long before I'm pulled back in.
You should try the Panasonic G9. It is seriously pretty good with auto-focus on native lenses. Yeah the focus still pulses a little but it never completely loses focus and locks on pretty quick.
Love your videos, thanks! I'm have 2 favorite walking around lenses for my GX85 - the Panny 20mm pancake and the 14-140mm zoom. I have a few others gathering dust.
Just love your content and amusing delivery.
Awesome video! Tons of great info for a noob like me.
I'll wager you have now bought the 60mm Macro Olympus lens. If not....why not? It's brilliant!
I have 🙈 and it is!
Always enjoy your videos. I’ve owned a lot of m4/3 lenses including a kit of 6 vintage OM lenses, several Panasonic primes and zooms, several Rokinon and Chinese primes and finally the perfect kit, “for me”. Most used and almost always mounted: Olympus 12mm f2 on an E-P5 and 75mm f1.8 on another E-P5 with an EVF, next most used the 7.5mm f2 Laowa, then the 7.5mm Rokinon Fisheye, seldom used 17mm f1.8 and 25mm f1.8 Olympus’s. All lenses are f2.0 or faster and all take 46mm filters except the fish and the 75. BTW I went from APSC to M4/3 and I shoot mostly for myself but also for a designer, the big hotel room wall pics and sometimes murals. I also do interiors and exteriors for some hotel websites.
Going to NY in 2 weeks, going to the baseball, doing the touristy things and taking some family shots. Want to buy an entry-level mirrorless and strongly considering GX80. If I wanted to only take one piece of glass what would you recommend? :)
Very good question! I'd definitely get it with the stock lens for starters as it isn't much more expensive. That stock lens will do most touristy things for sure and be versatile, and dual stabilised for video too. Then I'd possibly consider adding a cheaper fast prime, like a 25mm f1.7 or maybe a 15mm. Was that a cheat answer? Haha
I am only just starting my lens collection. Only have the 12-60mm Pana. I would like to upgrade it to the Leica 12-60mm f2.8-4.0. Also really interested in getting the Venus Optics Laowa 7.5mm f2.0 and the Panasonic 30mm Macro f2.8. I would also love to get that Olympus 45mm f1.8 that you showed in this video.
Good choices! I think we have a wonderful problem where there are too many fantastic lenses for our camera system
@@MicroFourNerds I like having problems like that :)
The Laowa is amazing. I highly reccomend it.
I love my 12-60mm, also the "cheap" version. It is such a versatile lens and not to shabby for a kit lens.
@@alexanderhetzel8271 The cheap 12-60mm one is indeed good I have no complaints. Really like how you can change the focal distance without losing focus; IS works very well; and very versatile indeed. A bit bigger aperture would be nice though.
Great vid! Thanks for such many info :)
My most used is the super telezoom leica elmar 100-400 mm which is very pricey, but I love to take pictures of birds and other animals and the 35-100 was just not good enough for the range needed.
I'd absolutely love the 100-400 I think that's next on my list because I've never had a proper long lens before
You're awesome, I love your channel!
i'll preface this by saying i don't do a lot of shooting, but when i do it's kind of weird stuff. that said, i the lens i enjoy playing with the most is my kamlan 50mm 1.1f lens. it's kind of cheap and not amazing for standard photography but for the shots i do where what i'm aiming at is directly in the center of the frame it's perfect. still super weird though.
yeah, the 12-35 F2.8 is the workhorse but I've gotten shots published with the 12-32 Vario as well. It's the Mini Workhorse!
You sold the 8mm Fish eye lens? OH! NO! That is a awesome lens and next on my purchase list. I use to own the Samyang 7.5mm Fish Eye lens but sold it and purchased a faster lens, the Laowa 7.5mm F/2 rectilinear lens and love it. I see what you mean, cash sitting around if one does not use a lens that much.
I always love your videos so much!
Thanks so much Diana! 😊🎉
Like for video 👍
Recently got my OM-D E-M1 and start collecting new MFT lens. For now I have 25mm f/1.7 Panasonic (very good for it price), Olympus 14-54 f/2.8-3.5 (got for about 110$ and for that amount it’s awesome) Olympus OM 50mm f/1.8 (very good cheap manual lens) and recently bought Olympus 40-150 f/3.5-4.5 for 40$ (now testing). I’m thinking about some kind of Fish-eye lens. Samyang 8mm or 7artisans 7.5mm or if I would find Olympus 9-18 in good condition and for a good price:) or maybe 11-22mm, not so wide but reviews are positive.
Wow. You make me feel less embarrassed about my lens collection. But then again you are a reviewer, so you have an excuse. I'm in the process of narrowing down my lenses to the ones I actually use most often.
But you need to test the waters to find out what you like. 😊😊😉
Haha yes my collection is/was (still is?) a bit excessive! Haha this year, new years resolution, I'm going to rent things before I commit!
So... what to rebrand this channel to the minute the Pan S1r and lenses enters your studio?
Ha! I was so tempted until I saw the price of the 50mm 1.4... Currently £2299?! I'm sure it's a fantastic lens, but they (hopefully Sigma) need to release some more affordable lenses before I even consider it. I hope it does well though as a it looks fantastic
My most used lens: Olympus 50mm 1.2
That's a good alternative choice lens the 7.5mm Artisans
Hey there -- love your posts. I have a G85 with a handful of Lumix (non-Leica -- lots of $$$) lenses, and I have a generic Nikon-F-to-MFT and Pentax-K-to-MFT adapters and lots of vintage lenses for those. Just got a Canon AE-1 for free with a nice FD 50mm f1.8 and I'd like to get more FD lenses and also adapt those to my G85. Sooooo -- what FD-to-MFT adapter do you recommend? Thanks!!!
Hello Emily,
I have a DC-G9 and a DMC-G80 with 12-60 (kit lens) and 14-140 lens. I enjoyed your video "Best Micro Four third Lenses 2019". There are some great Olympus lenses out there but I am reluctant to buy one as I heard that they don't work so well with Panasonic's DFD focusing system. I am sure they would work fine in manual focus mode but I would not be happy with just that. What are your experiences in using Olympus lenses on Panasonic bodies? Do they focus accurately? I would love to hear your comments. Thanks!
Hi! My experience is: using olympus lenses on lumix bodies have been absolutely fine for auto focus. Using olympus bodies with lumix lenses did slow down focus a lot. It's one of the main reason I picked a team camera body wise.
Thanks; it's good to know. When I am next buying a lens I will have a good look at Olympus products.
Hey People, and Hey Micro Four Nerds, really love this video, appreciate the advice. Now, I just got into photography to and (Anyone feel free to help a bother out too) with the Lumix G85, I need a kit upgrade and I am really sprung between the LUMIX G X Vario 12-35mm/F2.8 II ASPH. and the Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm f/2.8-4 ASPH. Who do I go for?
My most used lens is the Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro. With the 2x teleconverter, its full frame equivalent magnification is .84x, so it's almost like having a 600mm macro lens on a full frame camera! (Technically, the lens itself is .21x magnification, which becomes .42x with a teleconverter, and that is the full frame equivalent of .84x, so almost a macro lens.) It's the main lens I use when I'm kayaking, birdwatching, or even taking photos of insects, frogs, flowers, and that sort of thing. If I'm photographing an eagle or a beaver and a dragonfly lands on the deck of my kayak, I can quickly grab a close-up without having to switch lenses. I also have the Olympus 60mm macro, which is I have started using for insects, flowers, etc. and it is outstanding too. Usually, if I'm going for a short hike in the forest, those will be the two lenses I take.
I just got the Olympus 12-100mm f/4 Pro for indoor portraits with strobes. I haven't had a chance to use it for that yet, but I'm looking forward to not having to change lenses anymore. For outdoor pet portraits where I may want to blur the background, I use the following lenses:
Pana/Leica 8-18mm f/2.8-4 (Also perfect for real estate photography.)
Sigma 16mm f/1.4 (Yes, it's huge and heavy, but the IQ is excellent and so is the close focus distance.)
Panasonic 25mm f/1.7
Panasonic 42.5mm f/1.7 (Sharper and MUCH less chromatic aberration than the Olympus.)
Sigma 56mm f/1.4 (Coming soon!)
Olympus 75mm f/1.8 (Yes, the IQ is every bit as good as people make it out to be!)
When I got into M43 i got myself an Olympus M10, a kit with M.Zuiko 14-42 F3,5-5,6. First stand-alone lens i got was M.Zuiko 45mm F1.8. Its great for portraits, but i actually had only few occasions to use it. Those three items comprise my "small kit".
Then i got myself M. Zuiko 12-40 F2.8 PRO. This all-round zoom is almost perfect. Fast, does not lose focus while zooming.
Then i got myself M.Zuiko 75mm F1.8 which is THE sharpest lens for M43 and great portrait or product lens. The downside is you have to be bit further from the subject :). Very underused, but almost perfect for shooting in clubs or on music concerts.
At this point i did not planned to get another lenses and for 4 years I did not. Then i purchased M5 Mark III and i realized i can go pro with the equiment, with few adjustments.
First "adjustment" was Lumix G Vario 35-100 F2.8 II. Equivalents by Olympus were however too heavy and big. I did some city photography with it and surprisingly... its a very nice portrait lens. Bokeh, distortion and vignetting i has can be surprisingly beneficial. This paired with 12-40 M.Zuiko is my "PRO kit", as I plan to do reports with them. Everything in this set is weather sealed.
The last lens i decided to buy is 25mm F1,4 Summilux. I realized i want to have a simple standard prime lens, which will be faster than the zoom, but also might serve as a backup lens in case of an accident. This and 75mm kinda replace my zoom lenses.
My most used has to be the Olympus 12-100, so versatile and sharp. I use it on a G9 mainly. The only issue is it’s a lazy lens, I such a good reach, makes you lazy, but then again the reach can be artistically beneficial too. The next favourite is the Olympus 17.5 prime, great on the GX9 for street, and not to bulky, both great AF. For sport, love motorbikes, I always take the Pano 100-400, a bit slow but with the ibis and iOS combined using a monopod she works fine even at full reach. Another lovely vid, thanks for all of your hard work. 👍👏📸
I may be late to the party, by well over a year, but isn't that the joy of randomly finding new channels to watch? 😀
This year, even with Lockdown, I have been getting most pleasure from my 100-400mm lens while walking the dog round my local park. Even with the lens at 400mm glued to my GH5 I can get very stable hand held footage of moving subjects. Since I got my GH5, which replaced the GH4 that I killed this year filming Storm Ciara, my gimbal has sat unloved in its box. I discovered that the weather sealing is useless when slammed in the face and nearly knocked over by a wave at high tide. Doh!
I got this Bad Boy at the start of September. www.flickr.com/photos/the1lemming/50298609663/in/dateposted-public/
That is amazing! I’ve got a hide day booked on Monday to hopefully get something half as good with my 100-400mm! 🤞😁
@@MicroFourNerds I don't know where you live in the world however there is a Nature Reserve near me called Martin Mere. www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/martin-mere
I'm not a Twitcher, and I've only been twice but I was happy with the images I got. I'd be honoured if you took a moment to look at them in my flickr account. Apart from flickr, TH-cam is my only other Social Media guilty pleasure. Never signed up to Facebook or Instagram.
Enjoy your day out.
i use the panasonic leica 42,5 a lot ::: do you know anny good prime lenses for my gh5 that are 70/80ish mm?
Thank you for another excellent video! Love your channel. I’m not into video... however, my most used lenses are my 11-24mm f/4 L, 24-70 f/2.8 L ii, and my 600mm f/4 L ii, all in Canon EF mount. I’m just now dipping my toe into M4/3 with the Panasonic GM5 and GX85 bodies and the 12-32 f/3.5-5.6 and 45-150 f/4-5.6 zooms. I also have the 7 Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 for ultra wide images. It’s nice using small camera bodies that provide excellent image quality.
Emily, I also have a lens problem :-) and have done a little culling. Just sold my samyang fish as it wasn't getting use. Also sold oly 25f1.8 as too many 25's. Gave away a body and 12-50 to a friend. I'm amateur and shoot stills - landscape, street, portraits mostly. Most used P/L 25f1.4, oly 12f2 and oly 75f1.8 (all keepers). For travel/bad weather use with em1 mk 1 I use oly 14-150, macro oly 60f2.8, also weatherproof. These are my essentials. For fun I've a battered voighlander 25f0.95 and oly 75-300. When I go light I can get by on oly 17f1.8 (love, including flaws) and 45f1.8 (on loan to dad!), which are both light and small, and go well with a lighter body. Still have 14-42 ez don't use much but is good, especially with autocap. One day I'll probably get an IS pro zoom for travel, maybe 12-100f4 at which point 14-150 will go but I'm still on the em1 mk 1 so I don't think I can get the full 6.5 stops with it.
Any plans for Olympus 75mm f1.8?
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I'm thinking of selling mine...
Picked up a 60mm macro and now the 75mm's minimum focus distance feels more like 750mm. 🤔
This lens would be great for the wedding business. My favorite portraits are shot with this lens wide open, although it needs to be used outside or in a large building. Sharp and shallow DOF, although a bit longer than my ideal portrait lens (FF about 105-135mm). The Lumix 42.5mm f/1.7 gets more use inside smaller (12-16 ft, 4 -5m) rooms.
I got rid of the O17/1.8 along the kit zoom O12-50/3.5-6.3 and replaced them with an O12-40/2.8 Pro. I got ~ 400 € from the sale and spent ~ 500 € on the Pro zoom. So far, great move. I replaced two lenses that I barely used by a lens with the ability to become a staple on my camera. Love it so far. I still have a reasonable range of primes (P14/2.5, P25/1.7 & O45/1.8) as well as the O9-18 and O40-150R. A balanced amateur kit to cover most indoor and outdoor situations, except sports and birding, not my bag.
Dropping the 17/1.8 was a relief, once that anchor was out (however nice it was) it helped me focus on how to cover the focal range I wanted.
Yeeees this is why I'm on the fence! For the price I could get for it I don't use the 17mm nearly enough. Of course I have dropped it and dinted the rim so it might not be worth selling anyway 😞
@@MicroFourNerds : I used that method successfully on some vintage lens I had, it works rather well for moderate dents (if the the threads aren't damaged) : th-cam.com/video/JCCx7rSwC3s/w-d-xo.html ; the secret is to be really light on the hammer.
It's the end of 2019 and this video came up. I use my beloved Olympus 50mm equivalent 1.8 the most 70 percent on my cameras. Then my Olympus pro 12-40, 2.8. I have a old 4/3 100mm equivalent that was rated the sharpest in it's lineup before they went to m4/3. And a Leica 4/3 12-150, 3.5 lens with adapter that works fantastic on the G9. Have the Sigma 16mm 1.4 on the way and really don't want anything else.
I've ended up with a bit of a collection too. Oly 12-40mm 2.8, 14-140mm Panasonic for vacation, Oly 9-18mm, Oly 45mm and 14-42 EZ for super compactness. Thinking of selling Oly 12-40mm because of the size, but the sharpness keeps reeling me in.
I currently have the g85 with the 12-60 kit, the 14mm pancake, 45-150 and the 25mm 1.7. my main use case is travel video. I'm finding the 12-60 quite a challenge to use with a variable nd to get shutter 180 in daylight (unusable at night). The 25mm is great for portraits/close up b-roll but not a very good length to capture the scapes I need to while travelling and food on the table. The 14mm is of course very versatile and is the (only) one I use at night, but I do wish I had the option of a bit more zoom in or out. The 45-150 I never use lol. If I were to add one more lens before my travels this summer would you recommend the Lumix 12-35 or the Oly 9-18?? Being able to capture vast expanses with the 9mm is tempting, but then again the fast and constant aperture on the Lumix really does seem like the panache for all my low light ails.
i'll have to try some adapted Canon FD lenses but i love my adapted lenses too much: Olympus 50mm 1.8, Tokina 28-70mm 2.8-4.3 Macro & Sun Zoom 80-200mm 4.5 Macro. i still love my Panasonic 14mm 2.5 because it does keep everything compact but it's not a focal length i use too often. next up will be either a nice 25mm, the fisheye you mentioned or a wide zoom.
Olympus 42,5mm F1,8 or sigma 56mm F1.4? F2.8 Panasonic zooms or the Panaleica? I love your review ^^
You are a tough cookie to sell those lenses :-) I couldn't! Last year I bought the Olympus OM-D E-M10 MKII with two kit lenses and the 25mm f1.8. The 25mm f1.8 is great. The 40-150mm R is incredible for its price. The one I use most though, is the M.Zuiko 14-42mm EZ.
The lens is quite slow with a f3.5 maximum aperture, but with relative high ISO capability and great stabilization still very usable. Not the sharpest, but neither is it very soft. Paired with my camera and an automatic lens cover, the package is small enough to carry it on my hip in a pouch. Ready for everyday use!
Pitty it is hardly mentioned or reviewed seperately from a camera! (Except by Rob Trek and Digimanie.cz) With its 28-84mm range, in full frame terms, it is very versatile. On Flickr you can see it being used from macro-ish to landscape-ish purposes. Hardly any abberation, flaring or barrel distortion. Apparently it seems to be good for video as well.
Most used lens is (still) the Olympus 14-54mm 4/3 mount lens. The 19, 30 & 60mm Sigma lenses are in second. Actually the 30mm is most used followed by the 19mm.
I love the Panasonic 20mm 1.7 pancake and the old Four Thirds 12-60 2.8-4 on my EM1...These lenses stay on my camera most of the time...My next portrait will be though with the Kamlan 50mm1.1...I'm highly impressed with that lens on m4/3rds