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Three fast 25mm primes compared (50mm equivalent)

Annna T

Active member
A Dutch site has published a comparative review of the three 25mm lenses available for MFT bodies : here an English link through google translate

There is a test with full size photos for download. I'd say : advantage to the Olympus which has sharper corners at F1.8, is lighter and cheaper .. But I already own the Panasonic.. What I dislike most in the Panasonic is the cumbersome hood, which can't be reversed for storing, but I like its rendering..
 

kweide

New member
I made the failure to mount the 25 mm M.Zuiko to my EM-1. WOW it is a hell easier to handle, the hood is great, the lens even with mounted hood small. The lens executing fast, nearly without any sounds and the best: it produces razor-sharp images edge to edge without CAs. Well i put the money on the desk... the rest is normal operation :) The Pana lens is open to sell :)
 

Annna T

Active member
I made the failure to mount the 25 mm M.Zuiko to my EM-1. WOW it is a hell easier to handle, the hood is great, the lens even with mounted hood small. The lens executing fast, nearly without any sounds and the best: it produces razor-sharp images edge to edge without CAs. Well i put the money on the desk... the rest is normal operation :) The Pana lens is open to sell :)
Interesting : since you seem more involved in people photography than anything else (at least going from what you show here), I thought you would rather keep the Panasonic.

The Panasonic takes as much place in the bag as the 75mm which irks me. If the Olympus was already out when I bought the Panasonic, I would have got the Olympus instead. But I'm not so good at reselling stuff, so I'll keep the Panasonic.
 

kweide

New member
Interesting : since you seem more involved in people photography than anything else (at least going from what you show here), I thought you would rather keep the Panasonic.

The Panasonic takes as much place in the bag as the 75mm which irks me. If the Olympus was already out when I bought the Panasonic, I would have got the Olympus instead. But I'm not so good at reselling stuff, so I'll keep the Panasonic.
Yes Annna, people photography is my interest, not the only. But i found that the Pana lens was quite often a bit soft when it comes to sharpness in the eyes. My first tries with the Oly lens on this stuff gave me a smile back into the face. SHARP !! SPOT ON ! And it has a better contrast which enhances the sharpness impression as well.
 

Annna T

Active member
Yes Annna, people photography is my interest, not the only. But i found that the Pana lens was quite often a bit soft when it comes to sharpness in the eyes. My first tries with the Oly lens on this stuff gave me a smile back into the face. SHARP !! SPOT ON ! And it has a better contrast which enhances the sharpness impression as well.
Very interesting : I often get unsharp pictures with family shots when using the Panasonic, but I attributed it to user error. Mmm..
 

kweide

New member
Very interesting : I often get unsharp pictures with family shots when using the Panasonic, but I attributed it to user error. Mmm..
Dont´t try it with f1.4 :) DoF is too small for such. Family portraits, groups, needs a smaller aperture to get all in acceptable sharpness, or simply do two to five fast shots of the group ( what i normally do ) with different focus points. A fast focus stack gives perfect sharpness :)

But Yes i often had soft results with that Pana when it comes to single portraits focused on the eye. AF field was small and i could see it thru the finder. With the new 25 f1.8 it was all spot on !
 
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