The Final Piece: Lumix S 100mm f2.8 S Macro Lens Review

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The Final Piece: Lumix S 100mm f2.8 S Macro Lens Review

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Pav SZ

Күн бұрын

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@wesvdell 7 ай бұрын

Watched several reviews today, yours is the best! Great real world results to showcase this lens 👏

@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@robertalbright685 4 ай бұрын

Fast paced and thorough review, pointing out all the strong points (image quality, versatility, size, weight) and the sub-optimal features (image size changes in focus racking and slower focus acquisition than other lenses in the range).

@PavSZ 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@soda5730 4 ай бұрын

Great review Pav.

@PavSZ 4 ай бұрын

thanks!

@jacobh5817 7 ай бұрын

Great review. Thanks. Hopefully it’s not the last lens in this series. A 135mm would be great. Come to think of it, I’m not impressed by the 24mm, so a 28mm to match the 50mm (also in IQ) would be great as well.

@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

I can't see how they'd squeeze 135mm into this size but maybe, who knows. I think that all S line lenses deliver same optical quality. Why were you not impressed with 24mm?

@jacobh5817 7 ай бұрын

@@PavSZ yeah, it will be a challenge to squeeze it in. Perhaps we shouldn’t mind the lens barrel to be a bit longer. I wasn’t impressed by the 24 because I found the corner/edge sharpness to be quite a bit poorer than that of esp. the 50 and 85, but also compared to the 35 and 18. It also shows in the MTF charts when you compare them. The 24 dips quite a bit earlier out of the centre to values around 50%. That makes the lens less suited for architecture and urban landscape, compared to e.g. the Sigma 24 iSeries. I’ve been using the lens on an SL2 and an SL2-S.

@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

@@jacobh5817 interesting. I never noticed it being any different than the others

@kifley19 6 ай бұрын

What don't you like about the 24mm 1.8?

@jacobh5817 6 ай бұрын

@@kifley19 see my reply above. Mostly the corner/edge sharpness that falls behind compared to the 50 and 85mm.

@JacopoDiGiuli 6 ай бұрын

FINALLY the LUTS an Lightroom Presets... thanks a lot!

@PavSZ 6 ай бұрын

It took me only three years to finish my website 😂

@TheRealRichardWong 7 ай бұрын

Nice concise review Pav!!

@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Richard!! I'm half way through watching your EPIC in segments 😉

@EdProsser 7 ай бұрын

Such a fun lens isnt it! Beautiful images Pav!

@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Ed!

@Ansonandco 7 ай бұрын

you get me every time with the lean in hahaha great review dude!

@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

that one was especially for you 😉

@ZakariKha 7 ай бұрын

Looks like a brilliant addition to the line up

@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

it is!

@antystatyczny3882 7 ай бұрын

OMG, amazing lens because of the size especially. This is my next purchase.

@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

Mine too!

@PAZPERDEE 6 ай бұрын

I might have to treat myself to this lense, I’m new to Panasonic, thanks for your video

@PavSZ 6 ай бұрын

very good lens (as all S line). Thank you for watching

@doogieham 6 ай бұрын

Pav, now that you have your website up and running, I’d like to see you do a video dedicated to showing different images that feature your pre-sets. I think it would help people decide which pre-sets work with different scenes. Just a friendly suggestion.😊

@PavSZ 6 ай бұрын

all images in every single review of mine in the last 2+ years were edited using these presets. I might add the name of the preset onto the photos from now on. Working on a next review now. See how it looks

@doughamilton6047 6 ай бұрын

Testing it out in your next video is a great idea. You might be get some blowback from a really small segment of viewers who think you're over-marketing your pre-sets but, if so, blame it entirely on me. I can handle it.🙂 My opinion is that you've done some really fine work with these pre-sets so why not let viewers know about them? BTW, I also really like how you include the lens information on each shot. I find it is really helpful and a very nice touch. Thanks so much for your ongoing commitment to this channel. @@PavSZ

@einarlandre5386 7 ай бұрын

A good companion for the Leica SL2/SL2s and the comming SL3 as well. That said, I expect Leica come with a metal version of the lense as they have done with the 35 and 50 last year.

@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

Yes!

@remyamohan5721 5 ай бұрын

Beutiful review ❤

@PavSZ 5 ай бұрын

Oh thank you very much!

@petermarintv 4 ай бұрын

Can I get your opinion on getting the Lumix 85mm 1.8 vs this lens? Right now I have the Lumix 35mm and a zoom lens, but I'm looking to add one more prime specifically for portraiture. I could see myself using macro for some videos, but can this be a substitute for the 85mm in your opinion? Also, your reviews are great! Just subscribed :)

@MickaelKrebs 7 ай бұрын

thx you ! awesome review as always. one more to buy ! when it will be available ?

@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! It will be available at the end of January

@ggauravaryal 7 ай бұрын

Awesome lens! My kind of lens but I dont have this mount.

@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

haha! I feel your pain

@GSR1952 7 ай бұрын

Great review Pav! 👏 Size aside, is it worth the extra £300 compared to the 105mm f2.8 DG DN?

@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! I think so too

@rimshot413 7 ай бұрын

Seems quite amazing one! Have you had a chance to compare it to Sony 90mm 2.8 Macro? I always thought of it as great lens but since I'm switching to Lumix I'm quite excited about this 100mm coming up and it seems a better lens as well, but maybe it's just an impression.

@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

I own the Sony 90mm as well. Great lens. I love the pull/push focus switch but ... it is bigger and heavier than this. Quality wise, Lumix compares very well. Overall I think it is marginally better than Sony. Really easy to use and it matches externally all other lenses in S lens line up

@rimshot413 7 ай бұрын

@@PavSZ Thank you for that, much appreciated! Clutch type AF/MF switch is indeed something that I like very much about Sony lens too.

@patrickdeboer1377 7 ай бұрын

Hi, I saw a couple of your vids , and decided to buy the S5, but which lens is a good overall lens to start with ? So , yes , everything portraits, landscapes, video...etc :) And focussing on quality rather then quantity. So if there is no such lens,which two lenses would recommend ?

@eugeneBai 7 ай бұрын

Hi, Pav! Great review like always! You have amazing looks on our photos! Do you sell your Lightroom Pressets?

@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! I will have my presets available to buy next week.

@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

here you go: pavsz.com/shop/

@eugeneBai 7 ай бұрын

@@PavSZ Thanks a lot! Got "I WANT IT ALL - BUNDLE"! Pressets are great!!! Best preset pack wich I tried so far ! ))

@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

@@eugeneBai oh THANK you very much!!

@cityproofdad 7 ай бұрын

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@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

może podobne. to było w Clitheroe w Lancashire

@steveschnetzler5471 7 ай бұрын

If the camera (like s1r, s5) has built in focus stacking, how well does this lens work with that?

@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

It is a Lumix lens designed for Lumix cameras - this works very well with focus bracketing

@germancreatives88 7 ай бұрын

No new camera?

@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

nope

@RobinParmar 7 ай бұрын

Lens design mandates that optimum quality will be at one particular focal distance. A macro lens is naturally optimised for close focus. Hence it is unlikely to be as good for other tasks, for example portraiture. This is quite clear from your shots. (Beautiful photos, by the way!) The sharpness of the Lumix 85mm is not present here... and neither is the lovely bokeh. The 100mm has a more nervous feeling. If this was priced at €600 like the other Lumix S primes then it would be good value. But it's €1100. Yikes! I already have three manual macro lenses, all excellent sharpness, though generally large and heavy. But on a tripod that doesn't matter. And, as you rightly point out, AF is not necessary for this task. So this lens has some tough competition.

@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

I don't know what you mean. This lens has got the sharpness of the Lumix 85mm. No doubt. It has got less of shallow depth of field as it is only f2.8. The thing is that you can't do proper macro with the 85mm but you can do macro and the portrait with this one. It is more expensive but they have done something new and unique here. There is no other macro lens this size and weight on the market. It is the same size as other S line lenses and it does deliver outstanding results for all types of photography in my opinion (and I have used a lot of lenses)

@RobinParmar 7 ай бұрын

@@PavSZ "This lens has got the sharpness of the Lumix 85mm. No doubt." Except that this is very much in doubt. Read the Digital Camera World which shows very bad sharpness until stopped down. And what about field flatness? This is essential for a macro. No review has yet measured this.

@PavSZ 7 ай бұрын

@@RobinParmar I don't need to read Digital Camera World to have my own opinion. I do own all the S line lenses and several Sony (including 90mm macro), Nikons and Fuji lenses. I am not a stranger to a lens - I am very lucky to be able to use a lot of them regularly. This is what I am basing my opinion on, experience. Digital Camera World might have had a bad copy. The one I have been using is very sharp. Depth of field is very shallow when shooting macro. This is the same and standard when it comes to macro lenses, even when shooting at f8 or f16. This is why you use focus stacking. This is not unusual. It is a different lens than the 85mm, different tool for a different job but it is not less sharp in real world situations I have used it at.