What is your favorite fast M4/3 Prime AF Lens?

Unfortunately, these polls do not permit multiple answers, so please indicate the M4/3 AF prime lens that you actually OWN that is your favorite.

This isn't a poll to see which lens you think is the best, or which lens you would like to buy. It is about your favorite fast prime lens, among the ones you already own.

• Only AF prime lenses
• Only lenses you actually own
• Only lenses f/2.0 or faster if under 100mm. For 300mm, f/4.0 is pretty fast.
• Please don't tell me "you forgot the 14mm f/2.5, or the Sigma f/2.8 primes"
• Please don't tell me I forgot a zoom lens, or a MF lens, or some adapted cine lens.
• Nikon and Canon users, please don't say "you forgot to add none of the above." 

Thanks!

(I wonder if anyone has the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 lens yet? It looks like it might be a great lens.)

What would really be interesting is if we knew how many of these lenses the responders owned, to get a true 'favorite' % (number of people who pick the lens divided by number of people who own the lens).

Own:

14/2.5, 17/1.8, 20/1.7, 25/1.4, 45/1.8, 75/1.8

In order of favorite:

25/1.4, 45/18, 75/1.8, 17/1.8, 14/2.5, 20/1.7

The don'ts list made me chuckle.  I guarantee somewhere, someone is still going to do one if not all of them.  You forgot X lens!  hehe.

Seriously though I really can't decide between the fisheye or the 300mm, and may switch my vote if I return.  I guess I like life at the extremes.

Wally

I'm truly smitten with that lens. It works fantastic for so many different types of photography, and works as a great lens for video as well. Plus, of the really small lenses, it is easily one of the best built. I may on a whim sell a lens here or there for something else, but this lens is a gem that will always find a home in my camera bag.

Bhima78 wrote:

I'm truly smitten with that lens. It works fantastic for so many different types of photography, and works as a great lens for video as well. Plus, of the really small lenses, it is easily one of the best built. I may on a whim sell a lens here or there for something else, but this lens is a gem that will always find a home in my camera bag.

Wow.... I have really been lusting for that lens, so I keep looking for a good price on a used or refurbished one. I think Panasonic hit a grand slam home run with that little gem.

If I didn't already own the 14mm f/2.5 and the 17mm f/1.8, I would get one immediately. I suppose the best solution would be to sell BOTH lenses to finance the 15mm f/1.7.

Rusk wrote:

You left 60mm Macro out. And as well 19/30/60mm Sigmas.

And don't even try to say that f/2.8 isn't fast!

I voted for the 25mmf1.8 that's currently my most used since 2014.  Last month, I bought a Panasonic 15mmf1.7 which I suspect will become the most used.  We'll see.

Please add the Panasonic Leica 45mm 2.8. That presently is my favourite AF prime.

F.

I only own two the Olympus 45mm 1.8 and the Panasonic 25mm 1.7. I voted on the 45mm just because it renders color so nicely, and its sharp.

Marty4650 wrote:

Bhima78 wrote:

I'm truly smitten with that lens. It works fantastic for so many different types of photography, and works as a great lens for video as well. Plus, of the really small lenses, it is easily one of the best built. I may on a whim sell a lens here or there for something else, but this lens is a gem that will always find a home in my camera bag.

Wow.... I have really been lusting for that lens, so I keep looking for a good price on a used or refurbished one. I think Panasonic hit a grand slam home run with that little gem.

If I didn't already own the 14mm f/2.5 and the 17mm f/1.8, I would get one immediately. I suppose the best solution would be to sell BOTH lenses to finance the 15mm f/1.7.

I also have the 14mmf2.5 and 17mmf2.8 specifically for my GM1 because of their pancake design for the ultimate lightweight, portable system.  The 14mm double-duty as a ultra-wide lens when I attach a 0.75 wide converter.

Last month, I bought a 15mmf1.7 because the 14mmf2.5 is not fast enough for indoor/lowlight situations.  However, I have no plan to sell 14mm nor the 17mm as they don't really overlap in my use cases.

Wilco318 wrote:

What about the Panasonic 14mm f2.5

RTFM