Ric, I already returned the lens ... Hey, you have a GM1??? :bigeyes::bigeyes:
I think it should be a great combo!
I also say ...
Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 15mm F1.7 ASPH - Impressions ...
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Ric, I already returned the lens ... Hey, you have a GM1??? :bigeyes::bigeyes:
I also say ...
ricleo
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yes hehe....bought for my wife with a 17mm 1.8 for her to take pictures of the baby when i am not around. small and enjoyable to use!
Thanks, Newghost! I am sure the camera and lens in your hands would have stunning imagery!
Continuing hjbyeo's excellent thread, had been holding the 15/1.7 for a week, will post some shots to share as well as thoughts. Here's some product shots to begin with:
Paired with Panasonic GX7 thanks to the loan set from Panasonic Singapore.
Paired with Panasonic GX7 thanks to the loan set from Panasonic Singapore.
Front view with the metallic hood. Being bayonet mount, the front ring needs to be removed.
Top View
Side view without lens hood.
Personally feel the GX7 with 15 is handsome, while GM1 will look chic.Top View
Side view without lens hood.
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This lens has blazing fast AF, silent focusing. So snappy with GX7, especially for kids shots, I just had to set face detection on, and pretty much snap and go. All shots ooc jpeg, unless stated otherwise. The aperture ring control makes it fast and easy to change aperture on the fly.
At F1.7, ISO800, 1/20s
At F1.7, ISO2000, 1/60s.
At F1.7, ISO800, 1/20s
At F1.7, ISO2000, 1/60s.
The focal length of 15mm, is rather versatile. For street shots, group shots, some landscapes, food shot with some crop can be useful too. For it's 15mm wideness and x2 crop of m43, deep depth of field is sometimes to the advantage even when using it for food and street. For portraits of group shots, though it will be hard to achieve shallow depth of field.
F2.2, ISO1000, 1/15s. Cropped and increase exposure
F2.5, ISO400, 1/40s. Cropped
F1.7, ISO250, 1/60scat portrait, shallow depth of field possible but have to stay quite close to subject. ooc jpeg
F1.7, ISO500, 1/60s, ooc jpeg
F2.2, ISO1000, 1/15s. Cropped and increase exposure
F2.5, ISO400, 1/40s. Cropped
F1.7, ISO250, 1/60scat portrait, shallow depth of field possible but have to stay quite close to subject. ooc jpeg
F1.7, ISO500, 1/60s, ooc jpeg
A quick chroma aberration test using jpeg files.
Left is F5.0 shot, right is F1.7 shot. As can see, at wide open, there's apparent CA can be seen, and this is already jpeg. However, if stopped down, F5.0 as seen, the CA is gone. Certainly, CA can be easily corrected on post in Lightroom. And F1.7 is probably not the setting one would normally use at such contrasty situation. It's there though, and for those who use Olympus m43 cameras, would have more CA as it's not corrected in body.
Left is F5.0 shot, right is F1.7 shot. As can see, at wide open, there's apparent CA can be seen, and this is already jpeg. However, if stopped down, F5.0 as seen, the CA is gone. Certainly, CA can be easily corrected on post in Lightroom. And F1.7 is probably not the setting one would normally use at such contrasty situation. It's there though, and for those who use Olympus m43 cameras, would have more CA as it's not corrected in body.
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Had a beautiful sunset today, had a chance to be at Gardens by the bay, here's a shot at F1.8. ISO3200. Lightroom converted Raw shot with some minor tweaks, noise, highlights and curves, colours. handheld 1/60s.
Excellent shot and handheld! Now I am tempted to get this lens!
thanks for dropping by bro. it is tempting indeed! Will share some starburst shots, Bernard shared an example as well, I just had to test it myself, it's very good, better than any of the zooms (P7-14/P12-35/P12-40) for m43.
A shot of MCE, coupled on an Olympus E-M10, was testing it with live composite of EM10 as well as the starburst of this particular lens. One thing is the aperture ring doesn't work on the Olympus camera, hopefully Olympus will update that as it's really great to have the ability to use the aperture ring which is faster to change than using the dial. It's hard to get good starburst with most of the zoom lenses even the good ones (Panasonic 7-14/4, Panasonic 12-35/2.8, Olympus 12-40)
At F11, the starburst gets prominent, however, with m43 sensor, diffraction does set in rather early like F8 or so, hence usually I would limit aperture to max F13 and not smaller. Here's 2 shots at F11 & F13.
At F11.
At F13
At F11, the starburst gets prominent, however, with m43 sensor, diffraction does set in rather early like F8 or so, hence usually I would limit aperture to max F13 and not smaller. Here's 2 shots at F11 & F13.
At F11.
At F13
The focal length of 15mm, is rather versatile. For street shots, group shots, some landscapes, food shot with some crop can be useful too. For it's 15mm wideness and x2 crop of m43, deep depth of field is sometimes to the advantage even when using it for food and street. For portraits of group shots, though it will be hard to achieve shallow depth of field.
F1.7, ISO500, 1/60s, ooc jpeg
This is so cute!
A shot of MCE, coupled on an Olympus E-M10, was testing it with live composite of EM10 as well as the starburst of this particular lens. One thing is the aperture ring doesn't work on the Olympus camera, hopefully Olympus will update that as it's really great to have the ability to use the aperture ring which is faster to change than using the dial. It's hard to get good starburst with most of the zoom lenses even the good ones (Panasonic 7-14/4, Panasonic 12-35/2.8, Olympus 12-40)
At F11, the starburst gets prominent, however, with m43 sensor, diffraction does set in rather early like F8 or so, hence usually I would limit aperture to max F13 and not smaller. Here's 2 shots at F11 & F13.
At F11.
Exactly, got starburst!
Thanks bro!
Just a few thoughts, which is similar to hjbyeo's summary earlier.
Likes:
- Sharp lens, perhaps sharper than Olympus 17mm/1.8 at wide open
- aperture ring control, much faster than using dials
- nice built, light and small
- very good against flare
- super fast AF, be it Pana/Oly m43 recent bodies
- well damped manual focus ring
- got nice hood! Olympus 17/1.8 doesn't come with one, and the hoods aren't cheap either, though one will argue that Panaleica 15 is more expensive
- nice starburst
- well controlled distortions
Dislikes:
- aperture ring can't be controlled from Olympus m43 bodies. (do hope for a firmware to have it)
- no distance markers for hyper focusing...although the AF is really fast that this may not really be an issue. but still, for some older m43 bodies, this will be good.
- quite a bit of CA wide open. though if one doesn't shoot high contrast with 1.7 it should be alright.
Likes:
- Sharp lens, perhaps sharper than Olympus 17mm/1.8 at wide open
- aperture ring control, much faster than using dials
- nice built, light and small
- very good against flare
- super fast AF, be it Pana/Oly m43 recent bodies
- well damped manual focus ring
- got nice hood! Olympus 17/1.8 doesn't come with one, and the hoods aren't cheap either, though one will argue that Panaleica 15 is more expensive
- nice starburst
- well controlled distortions
Dislikes:
- aperture ring can't be controlled from Olympus m43 bodies. (do hope for a firmware to have it)
- no distance markers for hyper focusing...although the AF is really fast that this may not really be an issue. but still, for some older m43 bodies, this will be good.
- quite a bit of CA wide open. though if one doesn't shoot high contrast with 1.7 it should be alright.
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Had a short trip to Krabi, sharing some street shots, a really lovely combi with GX7. Mostly i have the GX7+Pana 15/1.7 using a Peak Design capture pro clip on the side on my belt for quick setup, and a tele with Olympus EM10 on a strap, serves my street photography needs.
All jpegs, no editing
F1.7, ISO3200, 1/60s
F1.7, ISO3200, 1/40s
F1.7, ISO320, 1/60s
F5.6, 1/50s, ISO200
All jpegs, no editing
F1.7, ISO3200, 1/60s
F1.7, ISO3200, 1/40s
F1.7, ISO320, 1/60s
F5.6, 1/50s, ISO200
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