To Panasonic 45-175 users: feedback from your experience please

maltmoose wrote:

Works very well when used with the GM5. Incredible small light package with great range. Handles very well and internal focusing.

Also works well as a closeup lens for flowers and insects and could use either extension tube or add on close up lens

The power IOS is very good on this lens and can hand hold at low speeds if careful. I used to set it at 1/30 and max iso 800 to get some good IQ if no moving subjects

Its a sharp lens with decent bokeh for a lens like this, sharpness drops off at the long end a little but still perfectly acceptable and im quite fusy.

I sold much of my m43 kit and have only kept the small kit i consider good as ive also got fuji and FF.

0 shutter shock on GM5

I kept

GM5

I enjoy mine, though I often have to fiddle with its specific ergonomy.

45-175 (is there anything else this small, light, cheap and good out there)

All those who have answered this thread are happy users: I will probably joint the band.

12-32 (dont like this one for various reasons but IQ is ok and tiny like the GM5) much prefer a prime, which are

Same for mine. I suggest you to consider also the Panasonic 12-60 f4-5.6, nice range and better than the 12-32, same size and weight as the 45-175, and / or the 14-140, marginally bigger, better than one can expect from a superzoom, and so convenient.  Both are OK on GM5, though I use them more often on G7 or GX8.

pany 20 1.7

My latest toy, I like it

oly 25 1.8 (this may seem redundant but i like this lens and its a fast focuser unlike the 20 1.7)

I have the Pany f1.7, also 25mm, fast focusing and AFC compatible, plasticky but optically excellent.

pany 42.5 1.7 (highly recommended)

It was the first M43 prime I got. Love it for portraits or details close-ups.

Small powerful kit

Indeed!

Thank you for your detailed answer.