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Shootout: 12-40/2.8 vs SHG 14-35/2 vs Panasonic 25/1.4 Summilux (EM1, Yellow Wagon)
The 25mm focal length is the “normal” focal length for Micro Four Thirds, equivalent to ~50mm on a full frame camera—a handy all-around field of view.
The Panasonic Leica 25mm f/1.4 DG Summilux ASPH has become a favorite of your author on Micro Four Thirds, offering the closest thing to the Leica M Summilux rendering style one might find on a mirrorless camera, while avoiding the pitfalls (e.g. excessive field curvature and focus shift).
How do the two zooms stack up against the Summilux, and against each other?
The Olympus SHG 14-35mm f/2 ED is an ultra high grade optic but also huge and heavy and with very slow focusing through the necessary the MMF-3 lens adapter. The Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 PRO is a stop slower in speed, but it is a high quality optic with far faster autofocus than the SHG 14-35mm f/2, and the 12-40mm is much more practical to carry and shoot.
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