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Ok. It take really unusual picture for mft (low DOF, good bokeh). But: very strong chromatic aberrations - at f/4 they still presents, and significant at f/1.4-f/2.8 too. More,than I have at Nikkor 50/1.8G. More, than you can imagine. This lens have very slow motor. Really slow. Bad work with tracking C-AF. Not usable than you try use this while shooting video - image will unstable (especially on the borders, back-and-forth movements). Manual focusing have acceleration - not for follow focus, yeah. And if you try use for some actions - forget it. It's slow, in good light conditions you can't quick focusing on demanded object (I tryed in motorcycle stunt show - it's pain). At bad light it pains more. It's size (with blend, ok :D) on the e-m5II same as low-level DSRL with 35/50mm (and DSLR have more fast AF, and working tracking, like D5200). D750+50/1.8G have only 1cm bigger (and a lot comfortable) than E-M5II+P25/1.4. Unreasonably high price for pain. MFT is overpriced.Read full review
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This is my first prime lens. Purchased for my em5 to use in low light situations. Recently took it on holidays to see family and it excelled. Surprisingly this lens is also really amazing at landscapes and general street photography. It's super crisp and a joy to use.
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WHY I PURCHASED THIS LENS I purchased this lens to fit my four-thirds Olympus cameras. It is quite difficult to find the four-thirds version of this lens type. The micro four-thirds Lieca 25mm f/1.4 lenses are much more common but they cannot be fitted on a four thirds camera so care is required when searching. When I found a good used example of the four thirds version, I decided to take the opportunity of getting a good lens whilst it was still available. Prior to going digital, I was used to shooting 35mm slides with a standard 50mm prime lens. This lens is gives an equivalent “standard” field of view when the 2x crop of the 4/3 system is taken into account. I find that the “standard” field of view looks most natural, possibly because so many of the older photographs were shot this way. This lens has a wider full aperture than can be achieved when setting any of my zoom lenses to 25mm, making it possible for me to experiment with differential focus. A wider aperture also results in better low light performance. Finally, as this is a prime lens, I was looking forward to very good image quality WHAT I LIKED Very good image quality when wide open and excellent when stopped down slightly. Differential focus effect possible Well constructed with metal flange Good four-thirds compatibility USING THE LENS The lens is comparable in size and weight to Olympus pro zoom lenses covering the same focal length. It works best on the bigger Olympus bodies. The image quality is very good and the low light performance is impressive when mounted on an image stabilised body. With care, I was able to achieve good differential focus effects once I had adapted to the shallow depth of field when wide open. This would not be the first lens that I would purchase as others are more versatile, but I am pleased that I did buy it. OTHER OPTIONS Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f/2.8 Considerably cheaper and lighter lens with good image quality. At f/2.8 it can still produce differential focus effects. Most useful on the smaller 4/3 cameras. The Olympus 35mm f/3.5 macro and the Olympus 50mm f/2.0 macro are also worth considering if you want a prime lens for 4/3 and would be happy with a smaller aperture and narrower field of view.Read full review
The Lumix/Leica 25mm is an astonishingly useful kit for a family looking to capture amazing high quality photos or film indoors or in other situations when the light is not bright. The main strengths of the lens is its ability to capture sharply focused and natural images indoors seemingly almost regardless of how little light, thus removing the need for an intrusive flash with associated deep shadows, red or closed eyes. While the 25mm length cannot capture the whole family together at a dining table – not the type of images that are particularly attractive in any case – this drawback is more than compensated for by the lens’s eye-popping quality images at close range of individuals or of small groups of people. This benefit comes especially into its own when capturing fast moving impatient little people. Another minor drawback is the comparatively large size of the lens. My Lumix GF5 came with the 14-42 power OIS, which makes it a wonderfully compact versatile package. In this combination it drops into a pouch attached to my belt and therefore comes along on all family daytime outings. Together these two lenses complement each other. In our family’s ownership one is a slightly chunky extremely light sensitive preferred “indoor lens” and the other our highly versatile compact always-at-hand “outdoor lens”.Read full review