You are right, for snowing/cold countries, the freezeproof comes in handy! Too bad it never snows in Malaysia.

@@robinwong I can't say I have ever frozen a lens lol. Sure I've frosted front elements over but I am unsure what olympus means by freeze proof.

@@robinwong Reply from one Olympus visionary to another

Of course, for portraits longer focal length works better!

Thanks Stephen and I appreciate your show of support. I admit I'm extremely new to these things so it takes time to learn and get better but trust me I'm doing the best I can.

My pleasure to do the video. Removing the convenience of using a zoom lens really challenges yourself to improve further! Shoot more with the 25mm lens.

Both lenses are very capable indeed. And yes for travel the smaller F1.8 version makes more sense!

Glad you noticed the extra sparkle!

Thanks for the kind words, indeed the photographer is the real weapon, not the camera.

Unfortunately it is missing weather sealing.

Thanks!

Thanks for the kind words! I do my best to share as much as I can.

Had the same problem, but Olympus solved it now by giving it away for free! When I buy an E-M1 II - which I considered anyway. And why would I want to have it? The 25/1.8 failed for me on wedding photographie, when I need to seperate the couple from the background. I traded it in for the Panasonic-Leica 25/1.4, which does that much better - but isn't as crispy sharp whide open, which I want on other occasions. (I've heard that the new version is better, but don't know for sure.) Meanwhile I got the Sigma 30/1.4, which is both affordable and quite good, but I expect the 25/1.2 to be even better in any respect. However, for any beginner, the 25/1.8 is strongly recommended and it really fits in any bag.

PS - my Panasonic Lumix 25mm f1.7 lens came with a lens hood in the box. Olympus is a wonderful company but I do wish they'd do the same.

@@MichaelGerrard the Olympus 25mm F1.8 does come with a hood. Their older lenses like 12mm F2 and 45mm F1.8 do not, however. You are right, there are so many options available now, and for enthusiasts, not getting paid from doing photography, it does not make sense to stretch the budget spending so much, if you don't have the funds to begin with! Photography is not about spending that much money, there is a lot more to it!

@@robinwong Oh that is great news, Oly must've listened :-) Thanks Robin for the reply and video. Maybe next time a comparison between the Oly 45mm f1.8 and the equivalent pro lens?

Thanks for the kind words! The Olympus 25mm F1.8 is a wonderful lens!

Thanks Jose, I do my best, and will have more videos up soon.

@@robinwong I have OMD EM5 MII when you have a chance please make a video for Night Photography with Prime Lenses

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Same here!

The proof of the pudding is in the eating 😊

Do you mean that the 17mm or the 25mm has the purple chromatic aberration?

@@davebellamy4867 25mm, but after years of using it I cal tell it's nothing to worry about. 17mm was way worse about cromatic aberrations, cyan and purple.

Both are great lenses, really!

I hear you. Let's hope they hear it too.

I second the request to see a video by Robin on filter use-especially with the 25mm f1.8. This would be great! 👍

Thanks Matti for the comment. The video was shot with 45mm F1.8 (the shots of me speaking with blurry background) and 17mm F1.8 for near shots (my hand holding the lens, etc).

Was wondering the same thing and thought it was the 25/1.2 until Robin held it up!

Don't worry about your language, your message is clear, and that is important. Thanks for the kind words about my photography, appreciate it.E-P5 and E-M5 were not designed/optimized for subject tracking, unfortunately. I'd highly recommend E-M1 Mark II if you shoot a lot of moving subjects.

@@robinwong thank you for your kind words, and I appreciate your advice, it's a great help to have an answer from professional. Cheers..

Durio sp . The Lumix G9 is so comfortable to hold and the Camera balance is so so good you forget about the Camera size.

Thanks for the show of support!

Thanks!

I personally don't use it, and find it to be an old method more suitable for DSLR users, not so much for faster mirrorless cameras like OM-D. I just press the shutter button and it responds instantaneously with no issue.

Thanks for the kind words. When it rained, I put the 25mm away, and I switched to the 12-40mm which is weather sealed. Never shot the 25mm f1.8 in the rain, so I don't know how well t can survive, but I would not do that since it is not weather sealed in the first place.

Ok-thank You for Your response and good luck for Your next projects! I am looking forward to them!

I live in Zhuhai, so sweat wicking shirts like thas are essential for me. You can even get polo or dress shirts made from similar material.

My pleasure to do the videos, and yes I have tried the Voightlanders, they are quite soft wide open though. I wish they have AF

I did not use the L-Fn button for anything, it is not important to me. I can't speak for everyone else though.

the aperture is especially loud on the 75. noticed it as well and did some research: it‘s a known issue.

Those f4 lenses are all zooms. The point of those lenses is that they can be very small (compared to larger formats) and still have high quality optics, such as the 12-100mm f4. A 24-200mm zoom with similar optical performance, size and with industry-leading IS at 550 grams simply doesn't exist for any other system. The new 12-45 f4 (24-90 equivalent) is only 250 grams. I will get that one for hiking and travel, where every gram counts. Sucks about the prices in Australia, I got the 25mm f1.2 for 900€ here in Europe and it was well worth it. The metal build quality is leaps and bounds above the smaller, slower primes, it is fully weather sealed, focuses instantly and the difference between f.1.2 and f.1.8 is massive in actual usage. The out of focus areas are also rendered much nicer, not just the amount of blur but the smoothness of it. It also has a manual focus clutch and an additional customizable button on the lens. Oth, it is much bigger and heavier than the 1.8 (and ofc more expensive). As for the Fujis, Olympus has had lenses like that for many years (17mm, 25mm & 45mm f.1.8), Fuji is just playing catch up to the competition.

I can't do Panasonic reviews as I am an Olympus Visionary now.

I was thinking the same thing. I have the Panasonic and although I don't use it often (I find 25mm too restrictive for some reason, prefer to use my Pan 20 1.7 and actually looking at getting the Oly 17 1.8 or Pan 15 1.7 for something slightly wider still). But when I use it I'm always amazed by the rendering, it's hard to take a picture you don't like with it, I really should force myself to use it more. Given my limited use of it I can't see me ever forking out for this 1.2... And the quite high price of the 1.8 means I'm not likely to buy that as a smaller alternative to the 1.4 (and it's not even that much smaller), if it had the focusing clutch I'd be tempted... I still want to try both though. If I personally found myself using 25mm more often in the future the clutch alone on the 1.2 would put it on my shopping list!

@@stuartnelson3202 oh that 20/1.7 is one of the best lenses ever... for the sharpness, pop and the tiny size you can't go wrong. I used to have that. The rendering of 17/1.8 is much better, the so called tonality in portraits is visible. However, it does not have 3Dness like the 20. I tried 15 and while people rave about it, I didn't like it that much. I think it is overpriced for what it is.

@@maheshg212 I love how compact the 20 1.7 is, the GX7 with it on is virtually pocket size. And it does take lovely pictures... If I got the 17 1.8 I'd probably still keep both the 20 1.7 and the 25 1.4 anyway!