Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 25 mm F1.8 Lens, Fast Fixed Focal Length, Suitable for All MFT Cameras (Olympus OM-D & PEN Models, Panasonic G-Series), Black

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High image quality: Beautiful, evenly spread sharpness, no chromatic aberration, very little flare or ghosts and a beautiful bokeh Your comment about the Distortion and CA for the P/L 25mm is misleading. Sure, it may show up on Olympus Bodies, but the Distortion and CA is automatically taken out in Panasonic Lumix Bodies. There’s little if any at all! Thank you so much for this wonderful article. I’m really torn between the Olympus1.8 & the Panasonic1.4 – As you’ve clarified in your article, there are pros to both choices. One thing I’d like to see is performance comparisons in low-light situations. Will the Pan1.4 win in performance in low-light, do to the f-stop difference? As I’ll be using this lens for a variety of shooting situations (well-lit & low-lit), this will be an important factor for me. Since the success of the Olympus OM-D E-M5, Olympus has decided to continue in the direction of system cameras for the serious amateur photographer. This kind of photographer enjoys using high-quality, dedicated, fast lenses. Together with the Olympus OM-D E-M1, the first lens in the Pro series was released (the Olympus 12-40 mm f/2.8). And with the introduction of the Olympus OM-D E-M10, the Olympus 25 mm f/1.8 from the Premium series was presented. When it comes to lenses with a fixed focal length, an amateur photographer now has the choice of a few feather-light, compact and also fast Olympus lenses from the premium series with a fixed focal length and an f/1.8 aperture. In the first case, I’m thinking about the 17 mm, 25 mm, and the 45 mm, which all have a suggested retail price of under 400 euros. The Olympus 75 mm f/1.8 is, given its higher price and less common focal length, more a lens for connoisseurs and prosumers.

25mm F1.8 - OM Digital Solutions M.Zuiko Digital 25mm F1.8 - OM Digital Solutions

How does it compare to the Panasonic 20mm 1.7? I Know the focal lengths are a little bit different, but I currently own the 20mm and am wondering whether the Olympus is a worthy upgrade. Era da molto che desideravo un 25mm: la lente più vicina all'angolo di campo dell'occhio. Possiedo anche il Panasonic 20mm/f.1,7, ma per il mio gusto apre troppo; sono stato tentato dal Sigma 30 mm, ma i test che ho consultato mi hanno sconsigliato. C'era poi il 25 Panasonic ma... e poi anche per quello ho visto un test che mi ha fatto desistere. Sorry ... because there is sub title "THEN THERE IS THE OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO 17MM F1.8" before the food pics, so i think you compared with it hehe..Straight out of the camera, it is very hard to find any sort of color fringing. But when you start adding a tad of contrast, you’ll start to see more of it. To be clear though, this rarely happened. There is another photo that we shot that looks like it has color fringing when zoomed out. But when in at 100%, the fringing isn’t there. Bokeh For me this is the fast and compact standard prime that was missing in the Micro Four Thirds lens lineup. Specifically, the lens weighs only 411g (0.91 lbs.), which only slightly heavier than the 12-40mm f/2.8 lens at 382g (0.84 lbs.) and lighter than the 7-14mm f/2.8, which comes in at 534g (1.18 lbs.). Side by side against my 12-40mm, the two lenses feel very similar in the hand. In terms of size, the 8-25mm is 88.5mm (3.48 in.) in length when retracted into its stored position, making it very similar to the 12-40mm lens in overall size. The 8-25mm is, however, slightly wider in diameter, at about 77mm (3 in.) at its maximum and uses 72mm screw-on filters. Last week I did a short (10 min) and not very scientific test in shop in Amsterdam with these two lenses on two my Panasonic cameras (G3+GF3) at f/1.8. Panasonic was a latest revision of H-X025E with special “nano-coating”, but still FW revision 1.0.

Olympus 25mm f1.8 vs. Panasonic 25mm f1.7 – Adrian Thomas Olympus 25mm f1.8 vs. Panasonic 25mm f1.7 – Adrian Thomas

Autofocus is swift, silent and dead on. Noting moves externally and I think it's nice that the lens shares a 46mm filter thread with some other lenses for the system. Over the years I have grown fond of certain lenses for the Micro 4/3 system. The Panasonic 25 1.4 is one of them while others like the Olympus 45 1.8, 75 1.8 and even 17 1.8 are up there as well with me. The 60 Macro is astonishing and the 12mm f/2 is one I really enjoy. The new 12-40 Zoom seems pretty versatile and incredible as well. I’d say my #1 most used lens on my E-M1 is the 17 1.8. For me, it has the sharpness, the detail, the color, and the “feel”. I love it but I also have been enjoying the 35mm (equiv) focal length more lately. PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. So which 25mm prime lens should you get? I own the Olympus 25mm and have played with the Panasonic for a bit, so here are a few thoughts. Panasonic Incorrect. There are MANY, MANY other M 4/3 cameras out there, Steve. The majority of shooter that use MFT are NOT shooting with an E-M1. It might be the best selling MFT camera since its release…but it has not outsold all of the other MFT cameras combined that have been sold and are in use … by no means is that statement true.

WYSIWYG score:This table shows the performance of this lens when you save the files in the camera as jpg, including all in-camera lens corrections (distortion, chromatic aberration). This score gives you for this lens/test camera combination: “What you see is what you get”. For me this Olympus 25mm f/1.8 is a very welcome addition to the system. I like it more than the Panasonic 25mm, because it's cheaper, smaller, lighter and the aperture doesn't rattle. In real life image quality is about the same. Highly recommend standard lens! The Olympus M.ZUIKO Digital 25mm f/1.8 lens takes small 46mm filters, and comes with a standard Micro Four Thirds mount that is, thankfully, made of metal. This is good news given that the lens construction is predominantly plastic. Olympus does not claim any sort of weather resistance for this lens, and indeed you cannot see a rubber seal around the mount. Even wide-open at f/1.8, sharpness is exceptional across the entire image frame, right out to the extreme edges and corners. It only really drops off noticeably at the narrowest aperture of f/22, due to the normal effect of diffraction.