Pany 42.5mm f/1.2 vs Oly 25mm f/1.2

pdelux wrote:

BeardedPixelPeeper wrote:

I was wondering if anybody has experience with both of these lenses. I know they're different focal lengths but I'm wondering which has the advantage, strictly judging on sharpness. Would be using either on my Lumix G7. Video and stills. I've seen great reviews on both, but neither seem to come out as a superior lens.

Thanks guys.

Theyre both great lenses optiically. (i only have the 25).

But I feel the 25 FL is more useful, but that depends on how you shoot and what other lenses you have.

Personally 25. 1.2 should be cheaper and I would use 1.2 on a 25 more often.

On the 42.5 I would be stopping down alot (depends on what you shoot) so perhaps you can get buy with a 1.7/1.8 portrait lense instead and have both it and the 25 1.2 for the same price as the Nocticron.

Hopefully discussing just the Oly Pro is not seen as thread hijacking...

I have followed some of your and others experiences with the 25 Pro and have some questions...

I find the 25 Pro gorgeous at f1.2... super smooth rendering and clean colour rendition. It is not sharp in a clinical hard edged way but basically  sharp enough to render what is needed for closer focus subjects... and the slight softness seems to work together with the really smooth bokeh wide open... the shot looks lovely.

My Sigma 30mm f1.4 DC DN is sharper wide open overall but images look a bit "gritty" in comparison and bokeh is not as smooth and colour fringing both lateral fringing and longitudinal haze is unpleasant wide open... it can be cleaned up in processing but image gets even "coarser".

The problem is that by f1.8/f2.0 I can use the Sigma for when very detailed rendering is necessary and it's aberrations have cleaned up... like a group of ten people shot full length. I need faces crisp in a 16x20" enlargement. I have done this with the Sigma successfully but I have my doubts with the Oly Pro. It does not sharpen up until f3.5. I have done some testing and it seems it "should" be ok at around f2.0.

I still have some concern that when used for a job it might throw up a nasty surprise... prove to be a wide open one trick pony. Can you or others comment as experienced users.