Touring Mild: The Greatest Quick, Small Prime Choices for Micro Four Thirds

One of the strengths of the Micro Four Thirds mount is that it’s a big sufficient sensor to get wonderful picture high quality, but sufficiently small to design some very svelte lenses for. Here are 5 that may match each your funds and your bag for journey and avenue images.

UK-based avenue photographer and filmmaker George Holden takes a take a look at some iconic Micro Four Thirds lenses, together with the omnipresent package lenses that used to return with previous Panasonic mirrorless cameras such because the GF sequence.

Prime lenses that have been package lenses? Indeed, there was a time when Panasonic made some daring selections with Micro Four Thirds, kitting the Panasonic GF1 with Version 1 of its present Panasonic Lumix G 20mm f/1.7 II ASPH. Lens and the Panasonic GF2 with the now-discontinued Panasonic Lumix G 14mm f/2.5 ASPH. Lens. I owned each of those our bodies and lenses, and whereas I by no means thought the 14mm was a lot to jot down residence about, it has its followers—Holden amongst them—suggesting that it makes for a great wider angle possibility for avenue images. It was additionally one of many smallest quick primes within the system, making it straightforward to toss within the bag if you wanted a large angle. I had hoped that the 26mm Panasonic launched with the Panasonic Lumix S9 in 2024 can be that in spirit, till I noticed that it was an extremely gradual Panasonic Lumix S 26mm f/8 Lens, which made zero sense then and nonetheless doesn’t make sense now.

But that Panasonic Lumix 20mm f/1.7 lens, that was magic—particularly on the GF1, which was in contrast to any interchangeable-lens digicam earlier than it (and, actually, the embodiment of what Micro Four Thirds ought to have continued to be). Holden talks about how the 40mm focal size is the “Goldilocks” focal size between 35mm and 50mm that have to be tried to be understood. Like the 14mm, it’s additionally fairly tiny and simple sufficient to hold that I usually convey it as a low-light lens that helps me slip my digicam right into a (massive) jacket pocket.

Holden additionally goes via some choices on the Olympus facet, together with some longer focal size choices that, whereas not as transportable, would possibly profit the shy avenue photographer. On that word, whereas he doesn’t point out Sigma lenses in his video, a great longer possibility there that makes for an important portrait lens as nicely is the Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary Lens, which spans throughout many APS-C and smaller mounts, so in the event you’re not wedded to Micro Four Thirds, it’s value a glance.

Take a take a look at Holden’s video for the complete record of lenses. While not all of them can be found new, there are many low cost used choices available on the market at websites like MPB.

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