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This really is a very good lens for any m4/3 user albeit with a couple of niggles. Good points: It is an outstandingly sharp lens. I have both lumix and om-d bodies and works great on either. When compared to the famously good Olympus pro f/2.8 12-40mm zoom, it is easily just as sharp but in a really nice compact format. Ideal focal length for many scenarios. As it is so bitingly sharp, you can crop images without much loss of quality. This is a sharper lens than the more expensive 17mm f1.8 lens from olympus (which i also own) which goes to show how superb it is. The large f1.7 aperture gives very good bokeh and works well in low light. Its sharp at f1.7 too but as with all lenses excels once stopped down a little. Its lightweight and the mk2 is a very attractive design too. I absolutely love it and its seldom off the camera. Bad Points: Although wrapped up in a new beautiful design, it is still much the same lens from 2009. Its biggest caveat is the slow (by comparison to the olympus) auto focusing and noisy motor which can be picked up when used for video. Shame that Panasonic didn't address this when bringing out the mk2 as it would have had a world changer on its hands if it had sorted these minor but well documented issues. Having said that, in the real world usage its not a deal breaker as although the autofocus is a bit slow, it is very accurate. Also can be slightly susceptible to flare without a lens hood but that is common on this type of lens design.Read full review
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This is a nice sharp lens. In fact it appears very sharp indeed. Nice colours and contrast, but oh boy the autofocus is , well its like an asthmatic accordian. Its slow and its fairly loud and when using video all i can hear is the autofocus working. TBH i also have a sigma 19mm F2.8 Art lens and whilst not quite as sharp (not much in it in my opinion) it seems to operate much better.
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Not the fastest of lens for auto focus but not the slowest either. This lens is perfect for the M43 system with an effective focal length of 40mm on the M43 system due to 2x crop factor in comparison to full frame / 35mm. Will produce great pictures when used correctly and is brilliant when used in manual focus mode. Highly recommended.
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Tested on Panasonic GM1. Images lovely and sharp. 40mm equivalent angle so quite versatile. Solid metal construction, small but feels very well made. Supports MF and Auto focus modes. Autofocus a little slow, but accurate, works well with touch focus and shoot.
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The 20mm f1.7 pancake lens is a stylish, well made, discreet and sharp piece of kit.. It's not the fastest focusing but then this lens is more a useful walk around street and general snapshot lens. If you have a smaller micro four thirds camera it makes it almost coat pocket sized when combined with the 20mm f1.7, I have a lumix gx8 and it looks smart and takes bright clear/sharp images with this lens. Recommended... Rob. from Somerset..
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