Panasonic simply dropped a small, inexpensive wideangle prime for Lumix S9 vloggers – and perhaps for panorama photographers, too.

Panasonic has introduced a brand new compact, light-weight wideangle prime for its S-system full-frame cameras. The Panasonic Lumix S 20mm F2.5 follows in the identical vein because the latest Lumix S 40mm F2, as a small lens that’s designed to match the rangefinder-style S9 physique. Its wideangle focal size means it must be good for topics resembling landscapes and structure, together with video and vlogging.

Panasonic Lumix S 20mm F2.5 at a look:

• $499 / £429
• 62mm filter thread
• 18cm minimal focus
• 69.4mm diameter x 40.9mm size, 142g
• L-mount

At 69.4mm in diameter, 40.9mm in size and 142g, the 20mm is identical measurement as its 40mm sibling and nearly precisely the identical weight. This ought to make them simply interchangeable for movie makers utilizing a gimbal. It has the identical bodily design too, with an AF/MF swap and a customisable perform button on the facet.

The lens boasts mud and splash-resistant development and accepts 62mm filters, however there’s no matched hood (and no provision for becoming one, apart from the filter thread). It will value $499 / £429 and are available black or silver, with the latter completely out there from Panasonic Direct.

We’ve had a evaluate pattern of the Panasonic Lumix S 20mm F2.5 previous to its launch and been in a position to put together an in depth evaluate. You can learn it right here:

Lumix firmware updates, too

Alongside the lens, Panasonic has additionally introduced a firmware replace for the Lumix S9. Version 2.1 allows a spread of additional capabilities will be assigned to the Lens Fn button. It additionally brings help for 4K 60p/50p recording within the space-efficient MP4 (Lite) format, together with Full HD 120p/100p/60p/50p. This is supported by a brand new model of the Lumix Lab app (3.1.1). They’ll be out there for obtain from October 13^th.

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