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Panasonic 14mm f2.5 vs Sony Rx100iii. And the winner is....

Started Mar 13, 2016 | Photos
jsaras Contributing Member • Posts: 610
Panasonic 14mm f2.5 vs Sony Rx100iii. And the winner is....

Shot with Olympus EPL6 with Panasonic 14mm f2.5. ISO 200, f4, 1/200 sec.

Shot with Sony RX100iii. ISO 200, f4, 1/200 sec.

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pterosonus
pterosonus Regular Member • Posts: 282
Re: Panasonic 14mm f2.5 vs Sony Rx100iii. And the winner is....

I'm not seeing any pix.

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OP jsaras Contributing Member • Posts: 610
Re: Panasonic 14mm f2.5 vs Sony Rx100iii. And the winner is....

I'm seeing both photos on my iPhone/Safari.

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berni29 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,119
Re: Panasonic 14mm f2.5 vs Sony Rx100iii. And the winner is....

Hi

To my eye the 14mm Pana looks better although the CA is obviously worse. You can easily remove it in these pictures though. Why did you not shoot the test with the Pana at f2.5? and RX 100 at the nearest equivalent?

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pterosonus
pterosonus Regular Member • Posts: 282
Re: Panasonic 14mm f2.5 vs Sony Rx100iii. And the winner is....

I am now able to see the pics and would agree that CA is very noticeable with the EPL-6/14mm combo. It would be interesting to see the same shot on a Panny body and an Oly body with TruPic VII that corrects for CA with Panny lenses. Also, low ISO and with even, low contrast lighting will minimize sensor size difference.

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OP jsaras Contributing Member • Posts: 610
Re: Panasonic 14mm f2.5 vs Sony Rx100iii. And the winner is....

I chose f4 because that's a sweet spot for sharpness for both lenses.  The detail visible in the grass in the Sony is markedly better.  Look at the weeds.  I've shot extensively with the Sony for the last 1.5 years and I've never once observed CA in the RAW files.

I really want to like the 14mm but it seems to be the weak spot in my "holy trinity" of primes.  Based on what I can gather the Olympus 12mm is the best of the AF wides but you've gotta pay dearly for it.

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Sony RX100 III Olympus PEN E-PL6 Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX85 Panasonic Lumix G 20mm F1.7 ASPH Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH +10 more
OP jsaras Contributing Member • Posts: 610
Re: Panasonic 14mm f2.5 vs Sony Rx100iii. And the winner is....

I took more shots this morning. I used a tripod and 2-second shutter delays.  The focus point was the numbers on the address plate. There is a CA-corrected 14mm shot included as well as the uncorrected version.  Yes, I know the highlights are cilpped.  The RX100iii base ISO is 125, but I don't think that would make the comparison apples-to-apples.

Panasonic 14mm 2.5 @ f4, 1/640-sec, ISO 200 w CA correction

Panasonic 14mm 2.5 @ f4 ,1/640-sec, ISO 200 uncorrected

sony Rx100iii set to 28mm, f4, 1/640-sec, ISO 200

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Sony RX100 III Olympus PEN E-PL6 Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX85 Panasonic Lumix G 20mm F1.7 ASPH Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH +10 more
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