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Panasonic Lumix 20mm f/1.7 Long Term Review - My FAVORITE Micro Four Thirds Prime Lens?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2024
- Today I want to share my long term review after using the Panasonic Lumix 20mm f/1.7 II for almost 8 years. This lens is now simply becoming my favorite Micro Four Thirds prime lens especially for my everyday photography challenge. The 20mm f1.7 has been a Micro Four Thirds classic lens and it is really the embodiment of the true Micro Four Thirds philosophy: small, lightweight, sharp, and affordable. I shared my thoughts, experience of using this lens, as well as some sample pictures. I also discussed some potential flaws, and alternative lenses you should check out as well.
00:00 Start
00:20 Introduction
01:00 Join my Everyday Photography Challenge
01:56 Specifications, Benefits, Sample Pictures
06:47 Flaws
07:21 Alternative Lenses
10:03 Conclusion
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Chapters
00:00 Start
00:20 Introduction
01:00 Join my Everyday Photography Challenge
01:56 Specifications, Benefits, Sample Pictures
06:47 Flaws
07:21 Alternative Lenses
10:03 Conclusion
I love this lens, especially the way it does color. I grew up on manual focus. So the relatively slow, noisy autofocus is at best a secondary consideration.
Thanks Gary, purchased this lens a while back and love it. Part of it was because of the passion you express about it! Quick aside, your audio quality is so good that I can hear the camera strap clips rattling around when you move your hand, a little distracting in my opinion. Perhaps for these types of lens videos just hold the lens and not lens + body. Keep up the amazing work!
Thank you for the kind words and for the suggestion, I will keep in mind to be more careful with the strap clip rattles 😁
Nice video, I have used the 20/1,7 mk I since 2009, my most used lens.
Thank you for the kind words Ulf! It is truly a wonderful little prime lens!
back 2010 I wanted to try MFT after lugging around DSLR's on backpacking trips, one of the guys in my photography club had a GF1 with the original MK 1 lens that he just couldn't get his head around, borrowed it off him, 5 days later I bought it off him.... this lens is so great - its not optically perfect but it renders so nice - yeh it can hunt on some bodies in some shots until you learn just how to use focus and recompose. even with the 15mm 1.7 and so many other fast primes of both Pany and Olympus this is still one of my top 3 favourite lenses on any system I've shot
It truly is a wonderful little lens! Thanks for sharing!
It's my go to daily lens I use on my GX85 & OMD EM-10 I love it!
I love the 20mm too, such a versatile prime lens!
I just got mine this week. Bought for $180 in eBay. Fantastic lens. Thanks for your review Gary.
Thank you for the comment! It definitely is a fantastic little lens!
The twenty is a good one, I ponder shooting a "single in" forum challenge in February with mine. I do fancy a Mk III version of it, though, with weatherproofing and updated AF motor and/or focus gearing, just faster enough to get it on par with the other prime lenses. I do agree with your opinion that it is not slow, as such, but it is noticable slower than other comparable lenses, the only other M43 lens I regards as equally slow is the Olympus 17mm F/2.8 pancake, but both of those lenses are sort of ancient designs, released very early after the start of the M43 system.
If Panasonic decides to release the Mk III then I will be very interested!
I had the MKII version and loved how sharp it is even from f/1.7 it is sharp and more so stopped down. I used it with a Panasonic GH5 for a long time but eventually sold it. While I love the image quality you can get from it, its small lightweight size, it was just the focal length rarely found myself using.
I agree with what you said regarding the focal length. Back then I prefer something either wider or tighter, like the Pana 15 1.7, or Oly 25mm, but nowadays I found that the 20mm focal length is surprisingly very enjoyable to use.
Quite nice long term review. Congrats!!!
The following prime lenses have gain a position in my setup:
Lumix 14mm f2.5
Lumix 20mm f1.7
Lumix 42.5mm f1.7
And, I am very satisfied with the capabilities that they offer me for Landscape, Street & Portraits 🙌🏻✨
See ya, blue skies 🤙🏻🍀📸
I am hoping to get back into photography after a long absence and am considering MFT cameras. Leaning toward the GX85 and a kit lens to start. I have appreciated and enjoyed many of your videos recently. One comment I might mention is I feel you are too close to the camera in this video, and other similar style videos. Feels like you are right in my face, and if this was in real life, I would be compelled to take a step or two back from you. Keep up the great work. Cheers!
Thank you for the suggestion and for the kind words!
Great video. I tried the 20mm f1.7 on my Olympus EM10 but it felt sluggish. I liked the image quality and 40mm is my favorite focal length but I ended up with Olympus 17mm F1.8, Panny 25mm F1.4 along with Panny 30mm F2.8 macro and Olympus 45mm F1.8. Then I have about 7 or 8 vintage lenses that I adapt. I do shoot film on occasion as well. I remember attempting to try some video one day but it became too much work and took the joy out of photography so I only do it sparingly. I do admire your passion and consistence. The challenge sounds interesting but I don't want to commit. We appreciate what you're doing, however. Peace.
Thank you for the comment! I did use this lens back then with Olympus E-PL6 and the AF was significantly slower than with my Panasonic cameras. Seems like you already got a nice lens setup there!
I have the original version. People complain about its slowness in AF. On my old olympus pen that carrys some truth in it. Not too bad with my em1. This is my favorite MFT lens!
Same thing with my older E-PL6, the 20mm AF struggles. But on newer bodies it is no problem.
Is the autofocus of this is better than the kit lens of the g85? And low light performance (social anxiety. I take photos in the night). I am new to cameras and the kit lens of the g85 has been treating me horribly.
The 20mm AF is actually slower unfortunately. Use only single AF for better result.
What camera are you using for this lens? Is this compatible to GX9?
I use it for all of my Micro Four Thirds cameras. It is definitely compatible with the GX9.
problem with 20mm 1.7 is that it is not working in AFC so it's a big problem when you want to make some run and gun videos, you can set the camera to focus continuously during video (with Panasonic camera I don't know with Olympus) but it will result in choppy focusing for this reason I prefer the 15mm PanaLeica (I own both). No problem instead in photo shooting
Thank you for adding to the discussion, I forgot to mention about the video focusing!
Share your Lumix GX85 camera settings in details please.
Will do next time, but mainly I'm shooting in aperture priority mode and keep everything at f2.0
The issue with this lens is it's sharper than both the 15mm and 25mm Leica wide open, it also has more brillance, nicer colors and it's more compact.
But the AF is almost unusable in AF-C so I just use the 10-25mm all the time, superb sharpness and AF.
I do think the PL15 is still sharper than this guy, but not by much. AF-C is definitely not usable at all, but AF-S is okay. 10-25mm is definitely a much better lens though 😁
@@Gary_W I tested 4 copies of the 20mm and two of the 15mm, each time the 20mm was sharper than the 15mm wide open. However, I think the 15mm is sharper closed down yes. But sample variation is huge.
The perfect street lens. Good choice!
Does the focus keeps hunting? Saw this problem in some other videos
On older camera bodies, yes. On my newer GX85, not as much, but it still hunts a little bit. Hope this helps!
@@Gary_W ha I considered my gx85 the older camera
I have a love hate relationship with this lens. I love the size and focal length, but that is where the love stops.
I owned the MK ii version and some of my favourite street shots are with this lens.
However, during my street walks I find the focus to sometimes be too slow and a lot of my photos were out of focus when dealing with busy or moving subjects which is a shame because this lens and focal length is perfect for street photography.
The AF speed is a bit of a problem with this lens especially with some older camera bodies. I sometimes switched to Pan Leica 15mm f1.7 for faster AF speed during street photography.
@@Gary_W Could you pleas share a link of the lens you mentioned "Pan Leica 15mm f1.7" ?
I need to try this lens again, the copy I had gave terrible results.
I'm sorry to hear that. Have you tried other copy of the 20mm yet?
@@Gary_W I have just about enough money put aside for the 0m5 so maybe later in the year
This is one I keep going in circles with: The Panasonic 15mm F1.7 is exactly the wide angle I'd want, but it's around $550 (USA price). For less than $300 I can get the Panasonic 20mm F1..7 and save money, BUT it's a tighter field of view. For under $200, I can get the Panasonic 14mm F2.5, but it's about a little more than 1 F Stop of low light capacity I lose. I do have the Panasonic 9mm F1.7 lens and I love it, so I could use that lens and crop to make it look like a 15mm lens. For $50 less that the 15mm F1.7, I could purchase the 14mm F2.5 AND the 20mm F1.7 lenses. Tough choices....
Luckily I have both the 20mm and the 15mm. To be really honest with you, the 15mm is a much more flexible lens for everyday use especially if you can only have one lens. However, the 20mm can give a more pronounced background blur and has that ability to cover both 17mm and 25mm by stepping forward or stepping back. For everyday photography, landscape, sceneries, I prefer the 15mm, and for street photography, product photography, environmental portrait, I prefer the 20mm.
@@Gary_W Thanks !!!
I have this lens, but I’m thinking I need a bit wider lens for travelling & streetphotography. How bout 15/1.7?
The 15mm is definitely a better choice for travel, but for street it is a bit wide in my opinion.
@@Gary_W I used to love using 20mm in my APS-C, thats about 30-32mm, right?
I think 15mm would be okay 😀
@dezigisme yeah, sometimes our preferences change, I used to love the 15mm a lot too but nowadays I'm somehow more confident using the 20mm when I go out and about 🤣
@@Gary_W sure.. i’ll try the 17mm f/1.8 first 🤓
For street photography with a full-frame camera, I have tried the following normal focal length prime lenses:
40mm
45mm
50mm
55mm
Of the four, the 40mm is my personal favorite.
A 20mm lens (40mm equivalent) on a micro 4/3 body is just perfect for me.
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing!
I should have never sold it. Was my first lens with the gf1. (((
I have this and it's a decent lens. Only think is the focus. Pretty slow...
Yes AF is not as fast as the other lenses.
Can you make more guitar videos 😊?
Will do, currently I am just not feeling it with guitars, but I want to get back to playing guitars again soon.
To slow