Watched several reviews today, yours is the best! Great real world results to showcase this lens 👏
@PavSZ7 ай бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
@robertalbright6854 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).
@PavSZ4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@soda57304 ай бұрын
Great review Pav.
@PavSZ4 ай бұрын
thanks!
@jacobh58177 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.
@PavSZ7 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?
@jacobh58177 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.
@PavSZ7 ай бұрын
@@jacobh5817 interesting. I never noticed it being any different than the others
@kifley196 ай бұрын
What don't you like about the 24mm 1.8?
@jacobh58176 ай бұрын
@@kifley19 see my reply above. Mostly the corner/edge sharpness that falls behind compared to the 50 and 85mm.
@JacopoDiGiuli6 ай бұрын
FINALLY the LUTS an Lightroom Presets... thanks a lot!
@PavSZ6 ай бұрын
It took me only three years to finish my website 😂
@TheRealRichardWong7 ай бұрын
Nice concise review Pav!!
@PavSZ7 ай бұрын
Thanks Richard!! I'm half way through watching your EPIC in segments 😉
@EdProsser7 ай бұрын
Such a fun lens isnt it! Beautiful images Pav!
@PavSZ7 ай бұрын
Thanks Ed!
@Ansonandco7 ай бұрын
you get me every time with the lean in hahaha great review dude!
@PavSZ7 ай бұрын
that one was especially for you 😉
@ZakariKha7 ай бұрын
Looks like a brilliant addition to the line up
@PavSZ7 ай бұрын
it is!
@antystatyczny38827 ай бұрын
OMG, amazing lens because of the size especially. This is my next purchase.
@PavSZ7 ай бұрын
Mine too!
@PAZPERDEE6 ай бұрын
I might have to treat myself to this lense, I’m new to Panasonic, thanks for your video
@PavSZ6 ай бұрын
very good lens (as all S line). Thank you for watching
@doogieham6 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.😊
@PavSZ6 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
@doughamilton60476 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
@einarlandre53867 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.
@PavSZ7 ай бұрын
Yes!
@remyamohan57215 ай бұрын
Beutiful review ❤
@PavSZ5 ай бұрын
Oh thank you very much!
@petermarintv4 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 :)
@MickaelKrebs7 ай бұрын
thx you ! awesome review as always. one more to buy ! when it will be available ?
@PavSZ7 ай бұрын
Thank you! It will be available at the end of January
@ggauravaryal7 ай бұрын
Awesome lens! My kind of lens but I dont have this mount.
@PavSZ7 ай бұрын
haha! I feel your pain
@GSR19527 ай бұрын
Great review Pav! 👏 Size aside, is it worth the extra £300 compared to the 105mm f2.8 DG DN?
@PavSZ7 ай бұрын
Thank you! I think so too
@rimshot4137 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.
@PavSZ7 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
@rimshot4137 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.
@patrickdeboer13777 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 ?
@eugeneBai7 ай бұрын
Hi, Pav! Great review like always! You have amazing looks on our photos! Do you sell your Lightroom Pressets?
@PavSZ7 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! I will have my presets available to buy next week.
@PavSZ7 ай бұрын
here you go: pavsz.com/shop/
@eugeneBai7 ай бұрын
@@PavSZ Thanks a lot! Got "I WANT IT ALL - BUNDLE"! Pressets are great!!! Best preset pack wich I tried so far ! ))
@PavSZ7 ай бұрын
@@eugeneBai oh THANK you very much!!
@cityproofdad7 ай бұрын
widzialem juz to zdjecie postbox z mikolajami to bylo albo south west london albo Guildford?>>
@PavSZ7 ай бұрын
może podobne. to było w Clitheroe w Lancashire
@steveschnetzler54717 ай бұрын
If the camera (like s1r, s5) has built in focus stacking, how well does this lens work with that?
@PavSZ7 ай бұрын
It is a Lumix lens designed for Lumix cameras - this works very well with focus bracketing
@germancreatives887 ай бұрын
No new camera?
@PavSZ7 ай бұрын
nope
@RobinParmar7 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.
@PavSZ7 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)
@RobinParmar7 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.
@PavSZ7 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.
@JoATTech7 ай бұрын
2 Polish Zlotys 😵
@PavSZ7 ай бұрын
yep 😂
@harryvlogs78337 ай бұрын
Nah 24-105 was a macro lens
@PavSZ7 ай бұрын
was it?
@harryvlogs78337 ай бұрын
@@PavSZ yeah
@PavSZ7 ай бұрын
@@harryvlogs7833 it offers only 1:2 magnification. Macro but not proper macro like this one
@livestreamsuk60047 ай бұрын
No its not a macro lens it has close up ability
@doughamilton60476 ай бұрын
It has a great close-up ability but is not a true macro because it doesn't go to 1:1. Besides that, it is a really fine lens.@@livestreamsuk6004