Kim Cruz Jody you mean 😊😊😊

Jody Bruchon lol exactly!!

42.5mm, 12-60, and 45-150!

olcorral not a problem man drop by the channel any time you have a question and I’ll try to get back to you!

thanks man and sorry for the late reply i've been away from youtube for a longggg time! will try to improve the titles and tags but glad you found this video- this is exactly why i made it, because when i was trying to decide no one had anything out there so i ended up having to buy it myself!

Hey man of all my lenses I use the 25mm the least.. in video work I would use a 25mm for something like interview shots but if you want to have the background a little more blown out I would save a little more and get a 42.5mm 1.7 instead (it has stabilization)- but only get this if you have a wider prime like a 17.5mm 1.8 or similar. But if you only have 1 prime lens, the 25mm is a great lens!

finally!

down from $247.99 please.. do you really believe it?

aw thanks for subbing man and yup i'm trying!!

thanks glad you liked it!!

can AlLL THESE BE ADDED ONTO THE LUMIX WITHOUT An ADAPTOR?

hey man i have a pinned comment on the video showing the right meta data!

Cool. Thanks.

lol thanks man! that's normally what i try to do I know not all of my video topics are conventional- but I just remember what a nightmare it was like trying to find useful videos when I needed to buy camera gear so I'm glad other people are finding these videos useful as well!

TLDPL thanks and exactly save your money!! The kit lens is really awesome go out and enjoy shooting with it!

hey man no worries and sorry for the late reply it's been a while since i've been on youtube! Also, i had those same questions upgrading and no one said anything about it so I found that really annoying lol... anyway glad you got the right lens!

no... This lens is the best $150 you will ever spend in MFT. It is so cheap for what it offers. Just get it. $150 should not make or break you for lenses. This lens is well worth the price.

Thank you!

i can only talk about native lenses because that's what i have the most experience with, but generally the 25mm 1.7 will be alright, my only complaint is that it's a bit narrow for my taste, but if you're looking for affordable, this is your best best. the next one i would recommend is the 20mm 1.7, a bit more expensive and slow to focus but it's got a wider field of view. I think those two lenses should be enough to start off with! If you want to a a little off the beaten track, get some vintage lenses (can be anywhere from $20-$100) like from canon's old FD mount and buy a dumb adapters (around $20-30). They won't be as sharp and they won't have autofocus, but maybe you can find something wider than the 25mm 1.7 for almost the same price or less!

What's the price difference on those two packages? If it's the same price I'm taking the 14-42 with the 25mm! The zoom is more than enough to start and the 25mm will show you how nice prime lenses are!

@@KimCruz1 around 40usd.. g85 with 12-60 cost 752 $, And g85 with 14-42 +15mm will cost 792$ 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ Which one should i pick?

Laurie Faen it the price difference is massive just get the v1 but if you think you ever might upgrade to a g85 or a g9 or gh5 the v2 is worth it!

Thanks Kim. I think I’ll hold out for V2 as I’ll probably upgrade when funds are available. Appreciate the videos.

Laurie Faen no problem hope I just saved you some cash!!

ah man! it's because the MSRP is actually around $250 but that lens is almost always 'on sale' for $150... I suggest you wait till the price drops!

Kim Cruz Thanks man, ill wait for it to go back down. Cheers.

Amazon had them the other day for $150; Roberts Camera, a favorite store of mine, was sold out at that price.

Hey man actually if you need that level of shallow dof in this system you might have to step up to the 75mm 1.8 or one of the pro Olympus lenses or the 42.5mm 1.2! Shallow dof is not one of the strong points of this system!

not yet man mostly stuck with native lenses but you never know!! also, yeah what a beast for a lens for $150!

Jarem Cabamongan I have. I used Canon FD lenses on it, a 24mm and a 50mm. The focal length doubles since it's a full-frame SLR lens. I didn't use them for long because I don't need long (48mm/100mm) primes and they're quite heavy compared to native lenses. I don't recommend adapting old lenses unless you're seriously strapped for cash or find an amazing old lens. Between the two lenses shown here and the Panasonic 45-150mm you have pretty much every lens you'd ever need for the the majority of uses.

Are you sure you're shooting at the same focal lengths and equivalent settings in some of these tests? The bokeh comparison shutter vs. aperture doesn't add up right. I know it's impossible to hit the 25mm target exactly but f/5.3 at 1/200 and f/1.7 at 1/400 with the exact same ISO setting should be exposed very differently for identical amounts of light. That's over 3 stops of aperture difference with only one stop of shutter difference. Transcription error? Something reading EXIF wrong?

Jody Bruchon oh damn alright I’ll try to avoid them then.. in terms of telephoto lenses I’m actually working on buying a prime and if all goes well.. I might make a video about it very soon!!

whoa good eye the ISO data on those are incorrect! i'll write a comment about that thanks for pointing it out!

both of these lenses are focus by wire- they're hard to focus manually so i don't really use them like that :(

Hey I think they provide different looks and I'm not a group portrait expert but I would say I prefer this one over the 45-150 just because it's not as long (in case there's not enough space to get everything in the frame). However if you already have something slightly wider I think the zoom lens is nice to have! It'll give you interesting perspectives, given of course you have the space to use it!

@@KimCruz1 thank you for ur suggestion

yeah you definitely get your money's worth with IBIS + a fast prime on m43, especially with olympus cameras!

Thanks man for this video I use the rode video micro

it really depends on what lenses you already have? personally if i dont have a wide angle already or don't have a kit lens, i would go with the 25mm just because it is more versatile.. if you already have a wider angle lens or a kit lens, the 42.5mm is GREAT for portraits and for shallow depth of field shots (more than the 25mm 1.7)... on a budget though, you can't beat the 25mm 1.7!

personally wouldn't get it for that use. the 25mm 1.7 for me is great for interviews and portraits but not for outdoor shots if you are filming yourself (it's pretty tight for that). Having said that i use the 25mm 1.7 for my youtube channel (the main shot) but if i wanted an overall lens for vlogging and outdoors, i'm going to get a wider lens for sure.. the 17mm 1.8, the 15mm 1.7, or even just the 14-42 or 12-60 3.5-5.6! However, if you want a good budget cinematic sequence lens, the 25mm 1.7 is your best bet!

Kim Cruz thank you! I was researching those cheap wide angle clip ons that are $20 but they’re so trash haha! I would like something like 8 or 12mm I think for vlogging because it gets that real wide shot. I don’t know a ton, but I’m starting to understand the mm now

@@theoutdoorangler1173 no worries man if i ever started vlogging i would probably use the 7-14mm f4 from panasonic, or the 7.5mm f2 from laowa.. i don't own the former, but its a sharp lens but not so great for indoors, but i own the latter and it's great all around but it doesn't zoom and it's manual focus only! an expensive but nice option is the 8-18mm 2.8-4! but it does cost a lot so i wouldn't buy it unless i know im gonna use it everyday...

i've personally never adapted lenses but i hear you can get really interesting results!

@@KimCruz1 adapters are pretty cheap 15-25bucks. I like vintage lenses for the build quality and most of the have a nice focus ring. Unlike modern lenses.

thanks!!

Philippe Orlando lol turn the light on! Yeah I agree the kit lens is so useful! As for the 25mm it still has uses, it’s my go to lens for interviews and KZfaq and my back up for all shoots! But I mean, $150 you know?

Long Ta what kind of things do you shoot and is it mostly videos or photos? Also, what lenses do you already have?

Kim Cruz So, which lense would be best for stills?

Jessi both of them are good but if you want that background blur and better low light get the 25mm!

Kim Cruz Thank you!!

thanks man glad you found it useful!!

Thanks a lot and happy new year!

@@KimCruz1 Happy New Year for you and your family and all your friends! 2020 Be a Good Year for you !

mgr5550 it's a focus by wire lens and pretty much any lens made before the last 3 years is exactly the same so it's not brand specific. This is one of the ways I rack focus though: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/js1kqNerqtmwh2g.html

@@KimCruz1 > Hi Kim, Thanks for your reply,,,,,This is not about focus pulls from A-B. Ive seen your video much earlier about SNAP MOVIE mode. However SNAP has many disadvantages, such as 3 preset timings only, worst of all wont continue recording after it racks focus once it reaches focus BANG recording over, whats the use. And finally only 1080p option. However what im trying to do is different. Im talking focus racking not from point A to B. But focusing on just A (say a coke bottle) that's all, and maintaining that focus manually when i push in with the whole camera on a slider or pull back. The autofocus/tracking even wont do that bec when u start pushing in it start bouncing and hunting and then again n again as you keep pushing in. So that useless. So the only way is by full manual (turning the wheel), Thats where im f***d an exact quarter turn does different lengths of focus pull depending on the speed with which you turn. Now on my canon etc if i put a focus lever band around the focus ring. A quarter turn will focus exactly from say a point A-B no matter how fast you turn. Here the focus is all over the place each time you repeat the quarter turn even with a focus lever (the lever helps do precise exact 12pm-3pm turns etc). So i activated the FOCUS turn assist tool or something its called on the G7 (its just under the AF modes ON/OFF menus in the master menu). That tool shows you a mountain logo on the left and a macro logo to the right and shows with a white line where your focus is (kindly note that this tools feedback is precise and lets you know exactly how far and fast the focus is actually moving). This line confirms that for each quarter turn move repeated, the line ends up at totally different locations on the focus range. So it looks like it depends on the speed with which we are turning. SO this makes a marked lever turn useless as it will render different pulls each time. Though at the bottom of this id just like to know if i got a broken lens or is this the normal way it behaves, i mean different pulls depending on speed of turn. If youd be so kind enough to check this on your lens and tell me. Or is my camera broken, its a brand new G7 used for 2 shoots only after i bought it a year ago.

mgr5550 hey man yeah those focus assist tools are actually pretty useless for focus by wire lenses like the 25mm 1.7.. the issue here is the lens design which a lot of mirrorless lenses use. The only way to fix that is to use a manual lens or to get the newer lenses like the 10-25mm 1.7. This is not brand specific as well, almost all mirrorless lenses are focus by wire and it's only been a recent development where some of them have a 'linear' mode like the 10-25 which allows you to have consistent focus racking every time. Personally I rock a sigma 18-35 with a viltrox adapter and that solves it. There's nothing like a manual focus lens if you want to pull focus for your use case.. hope this helps!

@@KimCruz1 > Ok so i dont have a broken lens right ? Or this isnt some camera error correct ? This focusing variation based on speed of turning the wheel is NORMAL is it ? Can i sleep peacefully then :)

mgr5550 lol I'm afraid it's working just as it should be so you can rest easy lol.. this is a normal thing with focus by wire lenses

veganbodybuilding that’s really good man I only hear good things about that lens! Most notably, I know a pretty popular fitness influencer and I was shocked when I met her that this was her only lens! She uses it for posts of herself (lol it’s her job) but I guess that in itself speaks enough about this lens!

No worries man hope you're enjoying the lens it's quite a fun one!

haha not a chance it's a great back up lens in case anything happens on the job!

to each their own but wow for $150 the 25mm 1.7 is quite impressive!

all dependent on use case and honestly, the 20mm is still one of the sharpest lenses I have ever used in this system... my other lenses aside from the 75mm 1.8 and the sigma 18-35 are about the only ones in the same league as the 20mm

no worries man and sorry for the late reply, i've been off of youtube for a longggg time but trying to make a come back!

No worries glad it was useful!!

haha wow.... bad luck man! honestly i think it's probably the best bang for the buck lens in the system and is quite versatile, a reason why even though I don't always use it, it's always with me on shoots!

thanks man i'm trying but oh life is so busy!!

I think in terms of color yes! However in terms of sharpness these days I think they are much much closer

Thank you thanks for stopping by!

Sounds absolutely fine with me! Haven’t handled that lens but by all accounts a great lens for the price! In my opinion if it’s a prime lens, the wider the better because it’s more versatile!

Kim Cruz Yea I am too thinking that way! Also wide angle will make camera shake less noticeable if I am right.

@@junaid9957782027 yeah that's right and it works for both photos and videos (making it appear less shaky)

Kim Cruz definitely I wanna buy that right now but can’t go out :( due to coronavirus.

thanks man and glad you liked it- i didn't see other people making this kind of video which sucked because if you only had the kit lens... how were you supposed to see if it was worth it or not?? also sorry for the late reply, it's been a long time since i've been on youtube but i'm trying to make a come back!

Thanks glad you enjoyed it!

Yo not posting almost makes it seem like I didn’t even exist anymore haha! Sorry man the last year or so hasn’t been the easiest in my life so just been dealing with that! But I’m trying to be back.. permanently this time haha

@@KimCruz1 ah man sorry to hear that brother, stay strong man. looking forward to your return

hey man actually it's a japanese word that's spelled Bokeh- so people say it all sorts of ways, 'boca, or bokeh'... but it's just that effect where the background is blurry and lights in the background turn into balls lol I made a video on how it's done in 30 seconds here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/at1pqqeCu7y7eps.html i hope this helps!