Lenses that make Micro Four Thirds make sense
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01:08 the 35-100mm options
02:16 my favourite lens at the moment
03:10 equivalency works both ways
04:50 the sharpest lens on the system
05:25 macro photography benefits
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So which lenses make micro four thirds make sense to you??
Definitely Panasonic 35-100mm F2.8. As already mentioned in your video, FF 70-200mm F5.6 that is comparable to this lens in size and weight still does not exist. Such a stunning lens.
However, I want to see Panasonic provide major updates for their compact primes like 20mm F1.7. There is almost no major update in the MFT lenses from panasonic for years, only one exception would be release of 9mm F1.7. For all the other lenses, the update is so minor.
The 20mm f1.7 is an essential part of any EDC.
I have taken my gx85 every single day whenever I leave the house for the last 6 months. I don't think that would be possible with any of my other lenses. I live in downtown Chicago and I don't go a day without taking at least a few shots if not a few hundred.
Its got to be the f4 - 300mm Lens nice one 👍
All the lenses you mention here are great. For me, the Sigma 56mm f1.4 and the Panasonic Leica 9mm f1.7 would also make the list. I own both and they are brilliant.
Meike 25mm T2.2 is my favorite lens for anything cinematic, takes a little work since everything is manual but the quality is hard to beat.
I stayed with Olympus when they announced the 150-400tcpro. No other system would have anything like it. I waited 3 years and it was worth it :)
And now I have an OM1mkll to attach to it and it’s better then I thought would be possible back then.
I bought the Pana Leica 12mm a few months ago. I was uber impressed. I had a lot of pro lenses at the time and thought the 12mm was in a different class. I was persuaded to buy the Pana Leica 10-25mm f1.7. I used that for less than a day and had to order its twin brother. I traded much of my existing pro lens collection (to MPB, as it happens) to fund the 25-50mm f/1.7. The twins are utterly, utterly fabulous, to the extent the size if forgivable and the cost is understandable. I have kept my Olympus 12-100 Pro f/4 because it is so handy and I have to give high praise to the tiny Olympus 12-45mm Pro f/4 and it brother the 40-150 Pro f/4 - incredibly sharp and incredibly small. Some of the plastic fantastic kit is stellar - Pana 25mm f1/7 and the Oly 75-300mm which is astonishing in the right light. I am 65 (or is it 66?) and have been taking photos since I was 6. I have used everything in those 59 or 60 years and MFT is a wonderful system with something for everyone. I am NOT buying any more lenses. How does the Pana Leica 200 f2/8 compare with the Oly 300 f/4?
A great list of lenses and I can't take issue with any of them. Two of my favorite everyday/everything lenses are the Panasonic Leica 12-60mm f2.8-4.0 and the Olympus 12-100mm IS f4.0 PRO. Both have superlative IQ, lifetime build quality, and are fully weather sealed. I find mid-range zooms which top out between 35 and 45mm are just too short for me, and that the 60mm reach of the Leica covers so many more situations. Yet it's no bigger than the (magnificent) Olympus 12-40mm f2.8 PRO. The Olympus 12-100mm f4 PRO is - to me anyway - like one of those amazing weapons superheroes have that can handle any situation. With it's IS and and IBIS Olympus bodies you have SyncIS which goes a long way to offsetting the f4.0 aperture, and the whole rig - covering a 35mm film equivalent of 24 to 200mm - can drop into a very compact holster bag. I shot a four day motorcycle rally with just that setup and only used my Leica 9mm f1.7 super-wide angle lens once or twice.
Really, there are so many more amazing MFT lenses than you were able to cover that it's almost confusing. Modern software tech can address just about all sensor limitations (for any format) but it can't replace the right glass used to make the photo, and MFT is awash in wonderful lenses of all sizes and prices.
Emily - I love your work. Well done.
For me the Lumix 14-140mm is the exemplar MFT lens. It is a one stop shop for travel, family etc., and it is really sharp. Add a prime like the 25mm f1.4 or a 42.5mm etc and one is set!
why not the 14-150 olympus it's cheaper and good too. Your choice is really awesome too. For me id say a travel kit would be 12-35, 35-100 (2.8 ones) , 100-400 (if I need telephoto), and 42.5 1.7. Or if I have to make it only 3 lenses, id rather go 12-35, 42.5, 100-400 this should solve all my major needs
@@ProbablyAnAmateur Correct. Also the reviews comparing the two favour the LUMIX. An Olympus I would like however is the PRO 12-40mm f2.8!
Yeah reviews say the 14-140 is sharper. It costs more so it should be.
I love the plastic fantastic from Olympus but it's instantly noticeable that it's not as sharp even when viewing at a very small photo size.
Maybe the 14-150 is better than the 40-150 but I couldn't be happier with the Panasonic lens.
I compared the Lumix to the Olympus in-shop (both used, comparable condition, comparable price). The Lumix was ever so slightly sharper. The images had a snap to them that the Olympus didn't have. And the IS for my Lumix cameras made it an easy choice.
This is exactly my combo. I use the 14-140mm for almost everything, and the 42.5 for specific shots like portraits. They’re both beautiful lenses.
When I switched from Canon to MFT about three years ago, the step up in build quality was very apparent. My Canon L glass was rugged and served me well, but the exquisite engineering (especially of Olympus glass) and the light weight was astounding. For me, MFT is the sweet spot between quality, creativity, practicality, and affordability.
Nailed it.
So true! I can't believe how some TH-camrs are saying FF is the "sweet spot".
I love the shallow depth of field in M43, the bokeh is so smooth on the Olympus 25mm and 45mm 1.8s without blurring the background into oblivion. I much prefer it to full frame.
You just change aperture to get less/more bokeh 😂
Another great video Emily. The Panasonic 9mm f1.7 is a must have. Also the Pana 12-32 is a great kit lens, is so light, versatile and sharp. Just wish Panasonic will give us nice new small full of features camera with all the bells and whistles like an OM5.
Panny/Leica 15mm 1.7 and 42.5mm 1.2.both are so special!
I bought the 15mm 1.7 before I even had an MFT body.. no regrets..
Lumix 12-32mm pancake any day of the week.
The 35-100mm f4-5.6 also pairs up nicely as cute little telephoto lens where I have no hesitation of bringing in the first place.
The 12-32 is cool because its so small but you cant do manual focus with it. I dont like that
@castielvargastv7931 Actually, you can. But, it's fiddly because you use a d-pad or touchscreen to move the focus in Panasonic body (Idk on Olympus)
This 12-32mm lens is amazing! It stays on my GX85 for every day carrying. Lack of manual focus is my one frustration. (Yes, you can step focus in the menus, but then I miss the moment in street photography.)
@j_taylor for street photo and manual focusing, look up about zone focus, where you set the focus to somewhere in front of you (e.g 2 meter), and you always take photo by maintaining that distance to object. By stepping down the aperture, you'll get sharp pictures.
Just bought my first micro 4/3 camera so these videos are very useful so thankyou:)
I hadn't thought about the 9-18mm Olympus before so going to check it out.
Lately I used m43 and ff during photography workshop, and really most ppl couldn't tell a difference. And used all F1.8 lenses on M43 nothing faster (all basic olympus line of F1.8).
My favorite is the Lumix 20mm f1.7 pan cake. Small, light but well built, fast, sharp, and very affordable. The 40 mm full frame-equivalent is perfect for me. 50 mm is a bit tight, and 35 mm is a bit too wide for me. This lens is on my Olympus E-PL8 the most!
I adore my 45mm f1.8 it's a great portrait lens too
Just picked one of these up. £139 'like new' used from MPB, and the size of an egg. Amazing results.
Excellent video! I'm new to this channel, but learning a lot!
I was surprised and delighted to see my comment on the Lumix-Leica 25-50 shared. Thanks for sharing that and for sharing your thoughts here! Very good topic and one I enjoy hearing your thoughts on. As for the lens... so chonky and beautiful!
Thank you for mentioning the Pentax, I wasn't really aware of that camera brand till now and I'm starting to find some good deals on the K series of complete kits with a handful of lenses! Still outta my budget rn but still nice to know there's that option.
One of the issues I sometimes see with full frame is making lens faster then they sometimes always need to be. For example back in the film days a lot of companies made a 135mm f2.8 and even 135mm f3.5. Not everything needs to be f1.4 or even f1.2 but its good to have those lens also.
Also I don't think any client will care about sensor size if you are good with composition and lighting if they see your portfolio.
Only advice I would give people that are switching to M43 from full frame is don't have a portfolio of f1.2 or f1.4 portraits that look like people are cut out and start using M43 lens. Bring M43 and full frame to your jobs and then switch out new photos.
You can use Luminar and Lightroom now to add in more bokeh. But sometimes the software can have issues with some photos.
You can put something in your contract that your style of photography is always evolving. This will protect you if change things about.
I've acquired a fantastic MFT lens library. Thank you MPB and KEH. Only one lens was purchased new (40-150 f4), the rest were purchased used at substantial discounts.
I think you talking about MFT lenses is key. This is the primary strength of the system IMO.
WELL DONE!
Great video the range of prime 12 - 50 mm lenses are absolutely superb!
I have owned a lot of micro four thirds lenses and my go to seems to be the Panasonic Leica 12-60mm 2.8-4. I can't seem to take it off my gh5. I have used faster lenses and more specifically designed lenses, but I always end up going back to the 12-60. I love the color pop that the lens creates. The olympus 12-40 is amazing as well, but I don't like the results as much. There is something to that 12-60 that I can't seem to get anywhere else. I also love the little tiny olympus 45mm 1.8. The results are fantastic for such a small, light and cheap lens! Micro four thirds is an awesome system, but not the only one I use. I think it is the ultimate system to take with you everywhere. That's why I enjoy the zooms more because of the versatility of the system.
This! We have the same taste :). I sold all my other lenses and kept the 45mm 1.8 + 15mm 1.7 as a prime couple and the 12-60mm for my all round zoom. All 3 of them render special
Talking about colors I still love 50mm f\2 from original FT more than 60 mm f\2,8 from MFT...
@@krkzv Camera Conspiracies talks about that 3d pop from older lenses and he has a point, but I like the image stabilization and image quality from the Leica Panasonic lenses.
Though I already own the Olympus 12-40 and 12-100 (which I love, but it's big and heavy), the Leica 12-60 f/2.8-4.0 is starting to intrigue me...
@@Centauri27 the 12-60 Panasonic Leica isn't a replacement for both of those Olympus Lenses. Those Olympus Lenses are super high quality. The coating on the Leica creates a different effect with colors and it is smaller, but I wouldn't bother with getting it if you already have two great olympus lenses.
For me it is the Olympus 45mm 1.8 and the 12-40mm 2.8.
The 45mm is so tiny, it makes even analog era 85mm lenses seem huge, but it is tack sharp, has a gorgeous bokeh and is dirt cheap.
The 12-40mm is rugged, weather sealed, tiny, sharp, affordable, gets you incredibly close for such a lens and is an awesome all round performer. Both together give me all I need for almost every situation with just a really small camera pouch.
I switched to MFT almost two years ago, mainly because I needed a smaller and lighter kit (than my previous 5D mark iv) in my profession as a journalist on the go. Soon I discovered another advantage as well: I can use my 17mm 1.2 fully opened without blurring everything in the image but the focal plane. After all, I do no nonsense documentary and reportage work, often in low light. A purely aesthetic/cliche bokeh bonanza is not what I'm after. My regular indoor setup is two OM-1 bodies, the 17mm 1.2 on one of them and a 75mm 1.8 on the other. I seldom need anything more than that.
I love your channel, by the way. Inspiring and useful.
agreed, MFT can be advantageous if one needs to have big aperture but still provides context. Although it can be mitigated by stopping down and increasing ISO in larger format, MFT still have the size advantage (and the IBIS is usually better)
I love this video. It is a terrific rundown highlighting the versatility of the system. Now everyone has their favorites, but mine are the Olympus 45mm f1.8 and the Lumix 20mm f1.7. These two cover just about everything I shoot with my GX85. For me it's all about fast, compact and light, and that means primes. I carry a tiny Canon SX720 point-and-shoot as a supplement for super-telephoto.
LUMIX 100-400 is an absolute beast for wildlife, smaller than my friends 70-200 APSC lens and superb image quality
It’s great for insects too, focussing as close as 3 feet, but I find standing about 5 feet away doesn’t scare the subject and you get fantastic results handheld, the stabilisation is amazing.
Yep. I'm strictly a hobby photographer, and while I can afford, carry, and justify owning a 100-400mm lens for m4/3, there's no way I would ever own something approaching that size if I had a 'full frame' camera. I've taken my 100-400 on overnight mountain backpacks where my camping gear have been in a 30l rucsac (GX8 + 12-60mm pd capture clipped to rucsac strap, 17mm prime in pocket for low light, and long lens in a Lowepro strapped to the side of the rucsac). That just isn't possible with an equivalent lens for a 35mm camera, where your whole set up has to be geared around carrying it.
Love this video - 35-100mm f2.8 (mk. 1) is probably my most used lens, I've got three for livestreaming and event recording, and paired with the 12-35 I'm covered for most situations. These are all really great value second hand.
Hi another panasonic lumix lens l use and love is the G X Vario pz 45-175mm 4.0/5.6 a fantastic len with a power zoom .
Laowa 7.5mm, Olympus 45mm and the Lumix pancakes (20mm is my personal fave). Such incredible quality in a nearly pocketable kit.
The sheer versality of the system means that pretty much anything one could mention would qualify under this title, but the 45mm Olympus is one of the two lenses that make the argument for me. The supposed disadvantage of m4/3 is its lack of really shallow depth of field compared to 35mm sensors. True, but for a lot of the things I shoot (landscapes, for example), you don't generally want f2. Where you do want shallow depth of field is for portraits. The Oly 45 1.8 is only half a stop slower than a 50mm 1.4 on 'full frame', is probably sharper, and so small that if I have any camera with me, the 45mm can come along unnoticed in a pocket just in case. If I want to take an unexpected portrait, I'm good to go, and I get the same shallow dof as a 'full frame' nifty fifty, with a more sympathetic focal length for portraits. Sure, it isn't as good for portraits as a dedicated 90mm portrait lens for 'Full frame', but what 35mm landscape photographer is carrying around a 90mm f1. 4 with them just in case? The Oly 45mm is barely bigger than a 35mm film canister, so there's no reason not to carry it on spec.
You are so pleasant to watch. To me, the Olympus 12-200 is one of the best examples of why MFT beats full frame in certain ways. It isn’t the brightest lens, but it takes nice photographs throughout a very wide range of focal lengths and it is extremely portable.
Having recently suffered a bad back, I’ve begun to use the little Olympus primes and am pleasantly surprised. The weight of course, is down, but the lenses are sharp and clear. So much so, I’ve ordered the 9mm Lumix, which should be on the doorstep shortly. I also went for the 14-140mm Lumix and absolutely love it as it’s smaller and lighter than the 12-200mm and 40-150mm f4 Oly’s, even though their focal length is better. Love your video’s, Emily🇦🇺
I have three lenses that I bought to use with my Pen F: the Oly 17 f1.8, the Lumix 12-32 f3.5-5.6, and the Lumix 35-100 f4.0-5.6. I carry all three lenses and the camera in a Tenba Insert 7, which fits in my daypack, while still leaving lots of room for sunglasses and other things. Gives me pretty much anything I need when traveling at minial weight. The Tenba also holds extra batteries and cards.
as someone who wants more depth of field, MFT is a dream system for me. Currently stuck in aps-c, but the G9ii and GH7 is definitely on my current "endgame" wishlist. Having crazy telephoto range while maintaining DoF and lower aperture is also a big plus for both macro and long range needs.
Dear Emily,
I love my Olympus lens set 7-14 mm, 12-40 mm, 40-150mm /2.8 and both converters 1.4 and 2.0 and seldom need more.
For macro I use the Nisi 77mm Close up lens in combination with the 40-150mm, love the results.
Ton
I have the 9-18 oly, super lens. Recently I picked up the LEICA DG 12-60/F2.8-4.0 2nd hand at less than half price and I love it.
I love my 1.7 Twins ;)
For me it's been the trifecta of the Panasonic Leica 8-18, 12-60, 50-200 with a 1.4 or the 2.0 teleconverter. That gives me the full range for anything I want to do. I also have the 14 - 140 that I take with me on extended backpacking trips. But when I do that I miss either the 8 -18 or the 50 - 200 at some point!
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I think this is actually a very important and underappreciated topic and definitely a hallmark of MFT's unique attributes. The 75 mm 1.8 Olympus is surgically sharp.. but yeah the price and the niche focal length drove me to the Sigma 56 mm 1.4 which I would rate as a very worthy alternative. For Another MFT unicorn I would suggest the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 12-50mm F/3.5-6.3 EZ ED. Where else can you get an equivalent 24-100 zoom with ED glass, weatherproof, manual focus clutch mechanism, very good macro and a power zoom all for around $200 used. I've shot this next to my 12-45 Olympus Pro and many of the shots are indistinguishable.
You are so right about the crazy 12-50 f/3.5-6.3. If I am on an ultra light backpacking trip, nothing can compare.
Great choice of lenses, there are so many good ones to choose from. I know you covered a lot of other great lenses in previous videos.
I started out with the Panasonic 20mm f1.7, even though the AF is slow compared to new lenses. Small pancake for a smaller body.
I also like the Olympus 45mm f1.8 and Olympus 60mm f2.8 Macro
For anything in between I have the Olympus 12-40 Pro f2.8
I am lacking a telephoto lens since I sold the Olympus M.Zuiko 40-150mm F4-5.6 Mk1
As a macro and landscape photographer I love the DOF and hi res modes. Hard to beat given the weight advantage.
Been loving my lumix 9mm f1.7 for my GX85. It’s a lovely small video/vlogging combo
I recently purchased the same lens. It's quite good
The missing one in this review. Its amazing!!
This is a great video. I am devoted to micro 43 as an "adventure / travel" system. Too often micro 43 fans get carried away by a "full frame / bright lens" mentality. That has happened to me on occasion. Every time I have gone "big" with micro 43rds (whether by going for the OM-D 1 over an OM-5 or a "pro" zoom over the 12-50 3.5 - 6.3) I use the entire system less and just go full frame. Nothing can allow Micro 43rds to slug it out optically with full frame. The 60mm 2.8 macro is great because it is small and light. Wide apertures aren't really important to macro shooting. The 8mm 1.8 fish eye Is great too. It is a bit heavy but while backpacking, it can do magic in the great outdoors. I have had a few "longer lenses" and have sold them. I think the 75-300 might be perfect... 400 gram range? Perfect.
In total agreement. I tend to use the primes because of size and weight savings.
Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 9mm f/1.7 and 15mm f/1.7 are lovely lenses, The Lumix 12-32 pancake is one of my favorites.
Panasonic Leica 12-35 F.2.8 is by far my new favourit lens for G9II and GM1. The stabilisation on GM1 or the dual stabilisation on G9II is wonderful and also the sharpnes and close focusing distance. It's so small but have everything a 24-70mm lens would need including stabilisation, which a lot of 24-70mm dont have.
Hi, the pros and cons of M43 depth of field vs FF depth of field depends a lot on your subject matter. I dont shoot portraits so I dont need very blurry bokeh for subject separation. Sometimes wish I had more bokeh for wildlife, but dont shoot it that much and have workarounds. In fact, I like sering some context of the background, not a completely mushed bg where you dont have context of the location. Landscape is by far what I shoot most, and for that deeper DOF is perfect! I think medium format's super shallow DOF would be a real pain for me for that reason .
The Leica 42.5mm F1.2 and Olympus 45mm 1.2 are more than shallow enough for portraits, and I've had to stop down plenty of times to get a subject's nose in focus when the eyes are tack sharp.
And the Oly 45mm 1.8 is so small that you can choose to carry a dedicated portrait lens in pretty much any situation.
Although it goes against everything I like about my M4/3 use, I have grown to really like the Olympus 7-14 2.8 pro that I recently took a punt on. I take quite a few landscapes while/with mountain biking and I like the quality and build of this lense - it's just bleeding heavy! Previous to that I loved the Oly 12mm F2 for everyday travel piccies.
My landscape kit is my E-M1 ii with Olympus 14-150mm and 9-18mm. If the weather is particularly bad then I take my 12-40mm Pro instead.
My travel kit is my E-M10 iii and the 14-150mm and 9-18mm.
I am also attached to the Olympus 75-300mm mk2.
As for Lumix lenses, I like the 12-60mm (not the Leica version) on my GX80 and I used the first version of the 14-140mm for quite a few years.
My go to lens for everyday use is the Olymous 12-40mm F2.8 Pro, such a great all round lens. My favourite lens has to be the ultra light 45mm f1.8 just love the results from that lens and it's super lightweight and such good value.
Booomb 💣😂 My goodness! How many espressos did you have? So much great content at warp speed! My brain needs to hit reset, view again!👍🙂
There is some wisdom in this video! Today I‘ve been out with my primes (from 6 to 75mm) and I think, I used the Laowa 10mm most often. Not as extreme as it’s 6mm sister, but tiny and very sharp,with pleasant bokeh on close-up shots. My best lens is the Oly 45mm Pro, but surprisingly, I use it least often.
The Lumix12-60 2.8-4 is my "everyday" lens. If I just want to take one camera / one lens while out and about that's the lens I always take. The wide range of 24-120 FF allows so much coverage from close up to a small zoom. Not to mention its a great quality lens.
This combination with the OM-1 mark 2 is great to work wiwth
That's a really thought-provoking question - and you've given me some ideas of new toys to try... My answer[s], in no particular order, [and not repeating any you selected] would be:-
1. Panasonic Lumix G 20mm f1.7 Pancake prime - tack sharp, lovely tones, good bokeh, tiny, light weight
2. Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm f1.8 prime - tiny, sharp, fast, light... Usable for portrait at a pinch and bringing landscapes closer when needed
3. Voigtlander Nokton 25mm f0.95 prime - all-manual, insanely sharp, built like a tank; so gorgeous it's a work of art and the output is sublime
4. Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm - a "plastic fantastic" lens that perfect for travel given its range. Super-fast to focus and sharp for a zoom
5. Panasonic Lumix Leica DG 25mm f1.4 prime - only a smidge bigger than the Oly 45f1.8, but fast, sharp focus, glorious bokeh, light weight...
The thing that first appealed to me when I started my M43 journey [with a Panasonic DMC-GX1] was the range of tiny, lightweight, fast and affordable primes. It's possible to put together a "day camera bag" that includes a body, spare batteries and cards and 3-4 lenses [say a 25, 45 and the 75] in primes... for less than the weight/bulk of a single Canikon [sic] lens... and still get sharper images that are more fun to take. Yes, a good quality zoom - like say the excellent Olympus 12-40mm f2.8 "kit" lens - is more versatile for walkabout work... but you'll learn so much more if you take the 3-4 primes and really think about what you're doing.
Love my SLR Magic 8mm F/4. Tiny and zero barrel distortion.
Besides SONY APSC system I really like Panasonic M43 system. The latter is even more compact and lightweight! Wish to get a G9 MK2! What’s the first lens you recommend I should pair with the G9 MK2. I mainly shoot wedding events.
I bought into MFT for macro work but was soon drawn to the telephoto advantages. The Olympus 75mm f/1.8 is a fantastic event lens for candid shots, in addition to portraits, and the 40-150mm f/2.8 is my default lens for nature photography. The fact that I can throw a couple of extra small and fast primes in my bag, just in case, makes the system unbeatable for my purposes.
Your videos are amazing, Are you having plans going back to LA at some point? also did you go to the NAB event in vegas? you love your cameras and tech like me and we are both UK vloggers lol
For me, I'd probably have to say it's my Leica-Lumix 15mm f1.7 and the Lumix 42.5mm f1.7 that really hit the mark for me. They're rather versatile, but I definitely love the 15mm f.17 the most out of all the lenses I own. I've been tempted to try out the 20mm pancake, since I've heard a lot of praise for such, and I suspect I would love it almost as much as the 15mm since they're both right around where all my favourite childhood photos are (one film camera was 28mm, the other was 38mm).
For Olympus lenses, there's definitely the 25mm f1.8 (I bought it for hubby so he has a prime for nighttime, but boy oh boy, do I love that lens and I keep stealing it from him), and the 40-150mm f2.8 was one of the hardest to put back down at the camera shop given just how handy it is. That 40-150mm is literally on my wishlist as the prime zoom candidate for "the only lens I go out with". Don't care it's bigger and chonkier than the current daily zoom (the Lumix 12-60 f3.5-5.6), I'm more than willing to accept the size and weight tradeoffs since I'm constantly wishing I had something longer when I go out with a zoom. I know there's the Leica-Lumix 50-200mm, but that's a variable aperture, and is totally missing the feature I absolutely LOVE on the Olympus Pro lenses - the manual focus clutch. I would have one of the f1.2 Pro's in my list, but as much as I'd love them, they're almost the same price as the 40-150 Pro, and I know I'd get a lot more use out of the 40-150 Pro, not just for it's flexibility, but also because of the simple fact that it also has something like a 0.43x macro.
The M.Zuiko 9-18 is my main wide angle zoom for infrared photography. Works amazingly good for IR. Also use the 12-32 pancake for IR. And another advantage is that I'm using the G95 for IR so I don't have to deal with the risk of PDAF lines in the images - CDAF sensors are much better for IR.
12-60 Lumix Leica is such a workhorse. Such a good lens.
The OM 20mm 1.4 is the only thing that I use anymore on my gx85. I like how it renders and I feel like I have an easier time with autofocus compared to the kit lenses oddly enough.
If you miss the Olympus full frame fisheye, have you tried the Samyang/Rokinon 7.5mm f3.5. It’s very small and very sharp. Best results at f5.6 at which focus is redundant due to DOF.
Bonjour et merci pour cette vidéo, j'ai l'olympus EM -5 mark III avec 12-40 2.8 pro et le 40-150 f4/5.6 0r, avec ces deux ojectifs, je couvre un sacré champ de vision😃
I'm glad you covered the 10-25 and 25-50. I use a g9 w the 10-25 it's truly remarkable the results for m43, let alone an aging body (esp for AF)
I may try to get/rent the 25-50 soon or maybe I'll wait to see if they come out with something else. Thanks for the great video 😊
I have that same exact combination of the G9 with the 10-25 1.7. I really felt like I had arrived as far as the level of pro equipment when I started using this set. I love my primes.. but if the size and weight is not prohibitive this combo will knock your socks off.
The 42.5mm F1.2 lens also complements the 10-25mm and can be purchased inexpensively at times.
@@candyartstv I've looked at it. Same with the 200mm. Both are great but I often don't have the ability to zoom with my feet
The Olympus 12-100mm F4 is another stellar lens. Incredibly sharp for such a versatile range, with the added benefit of Sync-IS. A bit heavy/bulky however. It was my first MFT lens and a key factor for me to switch (from Canon) to the MFT platform.
Gonna agree here, also ditching Canon now for this lens. Used to used a Canon 24-105mm on a crop body, but being limited to 38mm on the wide on (FF equivalent) really sucked. For travel, the 12-100mm is the holy grail of lenses.
My Pan/Leica 12-60mm is the nicest len I've ever put on any camera, and I've tried so so so much gear at this point. It's just Magical!
I owned and liked the 9-18 for a few years until I got a 12-45/4. Got tired of f5.6 with collapsing design...replaced with Laowa 10/2 for those wider than 12mm shots. At the other end the Sigma 56/1.4 is superb...
My main lenses for the G9-II are the Leica 12-60 for most cases, the 9mm/1.7 as wide angle and for low light, the 12/1.4 especially for low light and indoor.
Just in case, I have the 20mm/1.7, Laowa 7.5mm/2 and in rare cases the Lumix 100-300 for the range if needed.
The 14mm/2.5 lives on the GX80 and for this camera I also use the smaller lenses from above.
I would like to use the two 1.7 zooms but I don't like to carry them around so I'm staying with what I have for now.
I am looking at getting the Laowa 7.5, what do u think of it??
My Olympus 12-40mm 2.8 PRO is my favorite lens of them all. While it sort of ruins the form of the PenF mine basically lives on that camera. It is my go to combo for all those quick grab shots or for just walking around
Panasonic 14-140mm for the win.
That lens is way better than it has any right to be. Brilliant “good light” travel lens on a stabilised body.
The Lumix 35-100 f4-5.6 is fab. The Oly 60mm f2.8 macro is my favourite, the images from it are beautiful.
The Oly 45 f1.8, you forgot it, how!?! It was my first m43 lens because I was wanted to get bokeh.
Another great lens is the Leica 9mm f1.7. Plus many more 🙂
Could you make a video of the Panasonic lenses that work well on Olympus bodies?
Great video by the way, as always ;)
If I had to choose a few lenses which would solve all my needs in any range, may it be wide or telephoto (aka my perfect complete kit) then they would be:
9mm 1.7 lumix - wide/vlog lens
12-35 panaleica (mk 1 if used) - video lens 1
35-100 mk ii Lumix (mk 1 if used) - video lens 2 (+ some potraits)
30mm 1.4 sigma/ 25mm 1.4 lumix (potrait lens 1, can be used as a video prime)
42.5 1.2 olympus/nocticron (but if budget is lower then 42.5mm lumix 1.7 or if i wouldnt mind a bit tighter of a focal length then 56mm 1.4 sigma) (Potrait main lens)
60mm 2.8 macro olympus (macro lens)
100-400 mk ii lumix (if budget is an issue then 100-300 mk i) (telephoto lens)
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Bonus if I can afford, or keep as extras then 75mm 1.8 olympus (awesomeness), 6mm laowa (ultrawide)
I don't shoot fisheye so i didnt mention a lens for that.
I was looking at getting one of the om5’s, but one thing that appealed to me was the idea of a weather sealed prime lens, and having a weather sealed camera I could take most places… but as far as I could see there was a dearth of weather sealed primes….
Yes, good choices. As I've been collecting MFT lenses for several years, I think you build up knowledge of what each lens will do and its drawbacks if any.
There are no poor native MFT lenses. Even the plastic fantastic kit lenses are good glass.
Favourites -
For the smaller cameras the PZ14-42 and PZ45-175.
For the larger cameras the 12-35/2.8 and 35-100/2.8 pair. The rectilinear Panny 7-14/4 for room interiors. The Panny 45-200ii, which might seem and odd choice but is lighter than the PL50-200 and longer than the 45-150. The PL100-400, which is a big lens and not one you want to lug around all day.
I'm not a big fan of wide primes, the zooms cover their ranges nicely. The must-have Ollie 45/1.8. The tack-sharp Leica 25/1.4 and Ollie 75/1.8
My only M43 is the GX80/85 and the only lenses that make sense are the ones I purchased😝. Ok it’s a small body and small lenses are the best fit. I bought it used with the 12-32 and added the 45-175 power zoom. I am very impressed with this humble consumer zoom. Better than it has a right to be. My daily users though are the Olympus 12mm F2, Olympus 45mm 1.8. I have on order a soon to arrive Panasonic 20mm 1.7II. All compact lenses that are fine performers. Maybe I will add a macro lens in the future. Thanks for the vids.
I do street photography. As a result, the GX8/85/9 are perfect bodies. The small primes are perfect for these bodies. The PL15 seems like the perfect lens for these bodies. I’m also partial to the 20&25mm lenses. Surprised that I like the kit P12-60mm lens on these bodies. Who knew?
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Took the cheaper 35-100mm to the Platijubes and got some great results pappin’ shalabraties on open top buses. Great lens for the money!
For my the Pana 12-35mm f2.8 and the 35-100mm f2.8... even though I would love to have the full frame swallow field of depth
The f1.7/f1.8 primes in general for m43 are what makes the system so good. They are so small and light, fairly inexpensive, and they punch far above their weight class. I've always wanted that 75mm. I need to find an excuse to pick it up...
I just bought the EM10 IV with the 14-42 EZ lens and the Olympus LC37 lens cap. It acts like a point-and-shoot in that set-up, I can fit it into my pants pocket and it weighs less than a bottle of water. I can walk around with it, take photos and no one even pays attention to me. The sensor quality is superb, it has an EVF, a flippy screen and the 14-42 lens is very sharp considering it is a pancake lens. I don't even notice any distortion when shooting Raw or JPEG. It is the best small camera I have ever used in my life and the only comparison is the Fuji X-E4 with the 27mm F2.8. Yes, the fuji might take slightly better photos, but it is three times more expensive and I can only get a used one even at triple the price. You can't get a better small camera than the EM10 IV, imho, for the money.
I recently tried the Laowa 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye with the GM1 body and it's such a perfect match. Not a lens you use all the time but soo convenient for getting cramped spaces and nearly entire rooms in a shot. The size, weight, build, and image quality is all pretty great. Just NOT a lens you want to use on bodies with large grips because it will show up in all your pictures.
Also I sold the 35-100mm f/2.8 to get the 50-200. Even though I'd say the 50-200mm is sharper overall.. I miss the swirly bokeh look and internal zoom from the 35-100mm.
THE lens that make me switch my nature/wildlife photo gear from Canon DSLR to m43 is the Leica 200mm f2.8, a real gem ! But I bought my first m43 (GM1) because of compactness and interchangeable lenses, and the 12-32mm was a great qualitative surprise, so I soon bought the tiny 35-100mm to match it, what a combo !
I am hoping I can loan that 200mm for the puffins next time I go to the Faroe Islands! I will definitely review it if so 😁
The 20mm f1.7 and surprisingly the 40-150 2.8 are two lenses I would never ever sell.
I'm reluctant to buy the 9mm as I plan to use it for gigs. It's soft wide open and prone to flares.
Edit: the DoF I get from the tiny 56mm 1.4 Sigma is more than enough for me.
Oly 1.8 primes, oly 60mm macro, oly 75mm, all the longer teles. 🙌
For day-time use m4/3 system is unbeatable price/performance/size wise, and you almost can't go wrong...
These are the best beginner m4/3 ''slow'' zooms (these even beat most aps-c and FF lenses in IQ at same-ish price range):
Panny 12-32
Oly/Panny 40-150/45-150/35-100
Panny 14-140
Oly 75-300
Panny 100-300
Macro lenses are outstanding...
Primes f1.4/f1.7/f1.8 sre excellent in every way (except Panny's 20mm f1.7 slow AF)...
Pro zooms and primes are simply outstanding...
I truly miss a system where FF and m4/3 sensor could share the lens-mount, for the extraordinary 2x crop (much more useful than the usual aps-c's 1.5)
This is insane, I had no idea about some of these lenses! maybe a G9II might be nice to have... 🤣
Marry the lens, date the body
Have always shot with canon but i am fed up of the weight, what do you think of the G9 and the 100-300 mkii for wildlife? I really need a ligher system.
The woefully underrated and under appreciated kit lens Lumix G X Vario PZ 14-42mm f 3.5-5.6 Power O.I.S. pancake lens
Hello there 😀. My leica 12-60 lives on my camera for my training job. My leica 50-200 comes out for every soccer (football) game my kiddo has. And my panasonic 25mm 1.7 and 9mm 1.7 are awesome for vacation shots at night.
The primary reason I made MFT my go-to format was the Leica 100-400, and the Lumix G X 35-100 Mk II is probably the lens that's mounted most often on my G9 (I and II). I also love the Oly 60mm Macro, but the "big" Leica is also great for "quasi-macro" shots as its 800mm EFL and minimum focusing distance of 1.3m/4.27' yields an effective magnification of 0.5--enough to more than fill the frame with larger insects (from a "safe" distance).
One of the many reasons MFT rules is that no matter what FLs you shoot, you can travel much lighter without sacrificing any meaningful "IQ" (plus super-shallow DoF is way overrated and often cliché--deeper DoF is an advantage most of the time). Re "fast 50s," for those very rare (for me, anyway) times where I want razor-thin DoF, I've gotten great results wide open with my Mitakon Speedmaster 25mm f/0.95 and supposedly the Voigt equivalent is nice (but it's much larger/heavier/pricier). I do love my Laowa 6mm f/2 Zero D (not a big fan of fisheyes) and find it more than sharp enough. Another lens you didn't mention is the Leica 8-18--I find that very useful in urban situations. If you really want to travel light, the GX85 with the 12-32 fits in a jacket/cargo pants/shorts pocket (and the 45-150 fits in another one). Now that's a powerful, yet discreet, minimalist set-up.
Bottom line: I'd submit that virtually ALL lenses make more sense in MFT form! The only MFT lens I think isn't really "in the spirit" of MFT is the massive Oly 150-400 f/4.5. Insanely capable (for the very rare cases where it's really "needed"), but just too large, heavy, and pricey for most people.
p.s. Aren't northern Arizona and southern Utah amazing?! Also, love the green Strat.
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm F/1.8 MSC Prime Lens, is pretty good at 2.8 for DoF Got a few mentions already
As much as people rave about the 35-100 F4.0-F5.6 its the 45-150 F4.0-F5.6 that blows my mind it's truly tiny and ridiculously cheep but sharp at every focal length and with that extra 50mm reach means that I can shoot at 150 and crop down and still get better results than my Lumix G 45-200 at 200
When I used micro 4/3 my primary lenses were 15mm Leica and the 45 1.7
I have 3 lenses (not counting the fun and silly Lomography toy trio of m4/3 lenses, and a cheap cctv lens) - which is all I wanted for a small cheap kit to go with my em5: the Oly 12-50 (weather sealed), an Oly 40-150, and a Sigma 30mm. I have some weather sealing, some reach, and a little prime, nothing fast, but I'm cool with that.
Lenses make senses
Olympus 12-100 f4. The one lens that works almost all of the time.
For weddings for me I like the Olympus 12-40mm f2.8 I like the extra 5mm over the Panasonic 12-35mm f2.8 for portraits when you need to work fast and really don't have time to swap lens. My second lens is the Panasonic 35-100mm f2.8 and I went with this lens for two reasons its cheaper then the Olympus 40-150mm f2.8 and its liter.
I do have some other lens Olympus 45mm f1.8 that when I do have time for swapping lens I will use it and I have the 75mm f1.8 also. Sometimes when you working by yourself at a wedding and lugging your bags around there is only so much time to do so many things. I like like zooms the most over primes for weddings.
I'm totally with you with zooms for weddings. I'll use primes for portraiture but you just can't beat the versatility of a zoom on such a fast paced day!