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The Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 has horrific flare characteristics

Started May 4, 2014 | Discussions thread
G1Houston Veteran Member • Posts: 3,188
Yes the 20 shows banding, period.
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it shows up on mostly cameras with certain sensor/processing engines, most of which from Olympus. I first saw it with my E-PL5 with a shot at ISO 6400. I said to myself, who cares, how often do I shoot again at ISO 6400?  Until yesterday I saw it on some of my old pictures taken at ISO 1200. Like it or not, it's there although you may not notice it. It is mostly a high ISO issue, but the ISOs do not need to be really high for you to get it (although you may not see it).

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Nikon D7100 Panasonic Lumix DC-GX9 Panasonic Lumix G 20mm F1.7 ASPH Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH Nikon 85mm F1.8G +6 more
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