Recommend a lens for a GX7 for indoor photos of parrots

Skeeterbytes wrote:

avianb wrote:

Tatouzou wrote:

If the 25mm angle of view is wide enough, the Panasonic 25 f1.7 is a safe affordable choice.

I have both the 25 and the 20.

The 20 is a better lens and is noticeably wider. It works only in AFS, the camera automatically switches to AFS if AFC is selected.

Its AF is quite responsive on my GM5, and of course faster on G7 and GX8, thanks to DFD. It will only hunt if there is no contrast on the target.

Thanks for your opinion regarding the 20/1.7. That was my first choice but then I kept reading about the issues with AF. Unfortunately GX7 does not have DFD at least as far as I know. I've also read, though, that the 20/1.7 is a bit on the noisy side and not good for doing video due to that whereas the 25/1.7 does not have that issue.

The 20 is sharp and fast but focus is the worst of all my m4/3 lenses, and not by a small margin either. Certainly not my choice for low light; in daylight it's fine.

I don't see the Oly 17/1.8 mentioned, so maybe add it to your list. Minimum focus distance is 10". The clever added feature is snap manual focus, very handy for fine adjustment on the fly. The Oly 25/1.8 is super sharp, fast-focusing and also focuses to 10". Does not have snap MF, though.

Good luck, the birds look like fun!

Cheers,

Rick

Thanks.  Will check out that 17/1.8.  Was considering the Oly 25/1.8 but then kept going back to the 20/1.7.  Wonder if Panasonic will ever decide to make a newer version that has improved AF.  Too bad they didn't improve that when they produced ver 2.