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Does anyone still use Panasonic 20mm f/1.7?

Started Aug 16, 2021 | Discussions thread
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Shots-> just tried on EP7 at F1.7 and F4.0...
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Same problem as I remember it. In this case it gave the out of focus image from the get go.

Shooting at F4.0 makes the result closer because you have more DOF, but the half press , wait, full press clearly is more in focus/has more detail.

Full press on the left, half shutter-wait for af- full press on the right:

This is how the all the other Olympus cameras I have tried behave pretty much. With some hits sometimes, but enough misses to make it unreliable.

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