I swear, as soon as Panasonic figures out good autofocus, I don’t know how the other companies will compete.

I love this lens for still photography. I can imagine it’s not ideal for video, but it sure has beautiful rendering.

Thank you for the video. I use it quite a lot for photography esp. when size is a must. Mostly with Lumix GX9 sometimes with GH5-MK1. Rarely for Video. Have discovered though that on my new G9 it works fine even for video. Definitely continuous AF for video works.. With GH5 as well as GX9 (I mean video continuos AF) but it is sluggish, sometimes rejecting to focus when rapidly changig the distance from far to close. But G9 performed with the lens surprisingly well esp. when Face AI tracking and 4k/50/60 fps used. It was responding reasonably quickly, from infinity to face suddenly occurring in a frame (30cm or so) it took roughly between 1-1,5s to refocus. That really surprised me. Lack of AFC is relevant only for still burst shooting - and the problem is motor. But otherwise focus was perfectly OK (for stills) not that snappy as modern lenses but fine for street photography or anything like this. Given the motor - confirming the focus was not as straightforward as with PDAF but nothing unusable, mostly visible with far distant objects. However problem for video is slight but audible "tik,tik, tik, tik" sound when focus motor is engaged. I mean using the camera microphone. Generally I was several times thinking of selling it but G9 (yes G9 bought in 2023...) convinced me it is worth keeping (for stills as well as for video).

Interesting that the autofocus is poor even on the Olympus. I just bought an EM1MkII after seeing your recent video and then also watching the others noted in your review, and it works well with my Panasonic lenses though I had yet to try my 20mm 1.7. Picked up the Olympus for $530USD on Ebay! You were not kidding about a big improvement in autofocus vs the Panasonics. I own a G9 and GH5 and the Olympus runs circles around both in terms of autofocus reliability and definitely hints at what a MFT camera can do with added phase detect. Hopefully Panasonic or the new group at Olympus will take it to the next level with their next MFT cameras

Thank you so much for your honest review. Yes, this lens are tiny, but the AF is useless. Outdoors, I use instead my 14mm 2.5. If focuses very fast and it is better for vlogging. Indoor, I use a Sigma 16mm 1.4. It is heavier, but for studio is great. Cheers!

Nice comments, cut the point clearly, great job.

Beautiful footage Shane the countryside wasn’t that bad either😂 Excellent review recently bought the EM 1was curious about your color settings keep up the good work buddy!

I love this lens of course I stumbled upon it at a thrift store for $5 it was a no brainer.

Love the opening contrasty Cine-v footage. I would stick to 15mm f1.7 . Great review, thank you very much.

Wow Shane! Didn't know you have Tech channel!

I had it, the slow autofocus was such a disappointment and i do not even shoot videos, i sold it after few weeks. The focal length was perfect for street but that autofocus made it useless. Now i have the 15 which is the best mft looking lens ever made, and i'm used with the focal length from phones. I only wish for the aperture ring to work on olympus

There is a video comparison which claims the 20 mm to be much sharper than the 25 mm. Did you find the 20 mm to be much sharper than the 25 mm? thank you.

Hi good day, I'm looking for a lens recommendations, I've started shooting and lot of events at church and sometimes I'm so far away like 75-100ft away from the stage but I need a lens that can still get me a nice mid-shot or close up shot from 100ft away, I was looking at the panasonic 35-100, olympus 75mm, or Rokinon 85mm, or any other suggestions you may have. Can you make a recommendation please?

Super video ! Merci bien.

Very useful video! What would you recommend for landscape stills...Sigma dn 19 mm f 2.8 or Lumix 20 mm 1.7? Thank you!

Great review but does it have video stabilization?

To slow auto focus

Panasonic lenses are so expensive and they even don't have AFC. What a crappy system... man I shouldn't buy a lumix camera. Really disappointed with panasonic. I mean, with new firmwares AF is now acceptable, but most of the lenses are crap. Is there any pancake lens with good CAF, with a good fiedl of view, and nice aperture, for this system, for video vlogging? I mean, we are almost in 2023, rigjt? Auto focus has been around for ages... I don't understand how people enter this system...