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Whats up with Panasonic 14mm and 20mm on Olympus

Started Mar 5, 2016 | Discussions thread
108 Senior Member • Posts: 1,353
Re: Whats up with Panasonic 14mm and 20mm on Olympus

My copy of 14 mm is tack sharp across the frame on the Em10 , sometimes a bit soft in the bottom left corner, only when the cam is not horizontally level , good colours, good contrast , no low light hunting unless shooting black cat in a coal mine . I just find this little lens excellent for street shots at night . I keep it at f2.8  .

My copy of the 20 f1.7 is so sharp it hurts my eyes, ..no just kidding , gave me awesome results on the Epl2 , excellent on the Em5 , too sharp on the Em10 . AF is a bit slow, but since I shoot stills it doesn't bother me ( a tad faster on the G5 I must say ). AF , like the 14 mm, hunting in low light only if you focus on anything dark, no surprise . When used at 1600 iso on the Em5 , banding only occurs if I have underexposed and I want to ( badly )  lift the exposure in pp, say a full stop . So paying particular attention to get right exposure when shooting is important . i only wish this lens would be 17 mm instead of 20 .

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