Panasonic LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 Aspherical Pancake Lens for Micro Four Thirds Interchangeable Lens Cameras
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Manufacturer: PanasonicModel: H-H020PP
Product features:
- 20mm focal length; equivalent to 40mm on a 35mm film camera
- Compact and lightweight "pancake" lens
- F1.7 brightness for beautiful, soft focus
- Comprised of seven lenses arranged in five groups; uses two aspherical lenses to effectively minimize distortion
- Used with Lumix G Micro System Cameras, allows for use of the advanced contrast Auto Focus (AF) system
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Panasonic LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 Aspherical Pancake Lens for Micro Four Thirds Interchangeable Lens Cameras
Customer Review: A must had for Micro Third Four
Summary: 5 Stars
Very hard to find lens, it get sold out like in hours when it restock. Took like 2 months to get stock. The pancake lens is among the smallest lens you could find, no DSLR lens are that small, I believe first pank cake releaes was from Olympus for their third four camera.
I had GH1 and has only the kit lens 14-140mm. Is nice lens but is bit heavy, the lens is actually slight heavier than the body. GH1 body weight almost the same as GF1 except is bigger due to the flip screen, view finder and other input, you would get better deal for GH1 then would for GF1 one since price has been very close this day. But again you can't fit Gh1+20mm in your jacket then would be GF1+20mm.
The 20mm lens perform much faster indoor, excampe same shots in auto mode took 1/2 shuttle speed while with 20mm gave me faster 1/20. That gave you less burry picture, You could hear the motor noise when auto focus picture with 20mm, but not much with video, the af noise won't affect the video, unlike Olympus one, but again you make sure has the latest filmware. The AF is not as fast as the 14-140mm kit lens, but is still pretty fast. Manual Focus might be challege for right hand user... since lens that small you make sure wanted a filter so won't accident touch the optics when you do manual focus and other situation.
The Lens comes with bag and manual, no hood included. 7-14mm lens you can hood but not this one, i think hood could help prevent touch the optics...
Price is $400 is still bit high, $300 is more idea, consider the performance is about the same as Nikon 1.8 35mm that cost half less. But the lens is double the size and is for DSLR.
Hopefully this lens will be more common so price drop and be affortable for the masses. 20mm lens can help improve low light and indoor shooting, i highly suggest get video light like sima one for video, it help a lot. also a external flash for mainly bounce... bounce flash is something you can't get any where with build in pop up flash, bounce just gave you much nature, most external flash, cheap and pricey gave you about the same quality picture indoor unless the area is big when flash power come in play.
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Description of Panasonic LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 Aspherical Pancake Lens for Micro Four Thirds Interchangeable Lens Cameras
The Lumix G 20mm/F1.7 ASPH, a compact and lightweight "pancake" lens, is dramatically compact and lightweight, featuring an outstanding F1.7 brightness which allows consumers to create stunning photos with beautiful, soft focus. Comprised of seven lenses arranged in five groups, the Lumix G 20mm lens actually uses two aspherical lenses to effectively minimize distortion and achieve super high resolution. The versatile 20mm focal length (equivalent to 40mm on a 35mm film camera) is suitable for all applications--from scenery shots to dimly-lit indoor environments.When mounted on Lumix G Micro System Cameras, the Lumix G 20mm/F1.7 ASPH lens allows for use of the advanced contrast Auto Focus (AF) system, which includes Panasonics Face Recognition functions. It's comprised of seven blades, which produce an attractive and smooth background blur effect when shooting at larger aperture settings. The lens also features a highly-reliable metal mount, and use multi-coated lens elements to minimize glare and further enhance optical performance.
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