![]() The lens comes with a supplied bowl-shaped hood for further resistance against flare. There is also a manual focus clutch function, with depth of field scale built onto the lens itself. Also, there is a lens function button that can be customized for any functions within the camera settings menu. The lens is coated with Z-Nano Coating, which is claimed to be highly effective in resisting flare and ghosting. Like all PRO lenses, this 25mm F1.2 PRO is also fully sealed against splash, dust and freezing down to minus 10 degrees Celsius. While this is no macro lens, the closest focusing distance of 19.5cm is quite respectable, resulting in maximum magnification of about 0.22x real life (equivalent to 35mm format). The 25mm F1.2 PRO utilizes inner focusing mechanism, and MSC compliant focusing for quick and silent operation.Ĥ) Minimum focusing distance of 19.5cm (from lens to subject) We expect the AF performance to be similar to all the current M.Zuiko lenses, which is super fast and accurate, and works efficiently. Certainly, having F1.2 as an option is a welcome, and it does make a huge difference over the F1.8 lens. Nothing much to be said here really, seeing is believing and I have plenty of samples to show with abundant bokeh in my shots. We will find out more about how this lens performs in real world shooting. The lens is constructed of 19 elements in 14 groups, which is quite impressive, including the use of 1 Super ED lens, 2 ED lenses, 3 HR Lenses, 1 E-HR lens and 1 Aspherical lens. The following are the highlights of the new 25mm F1.2 PRO lens:ġ) It is designed to achieve the highest resolution possibleĬonsidering the tradition of Olympus M.Zuiko lenses I have been using up to now, I am expecting extremely high image quality from the optics, and I also expect the lens to perform well even at widest aperture F1.2. ![]() The Olympus M.Zuiko 25mm F1.2 PRO vs 25mm F1.8 The 25mm F1.2 PRO in my not so large hand Now, I believe both companies will focus their efforts in releasing lenses with larger wide open aperture, eg F1.2. Furthermore, looking at the collection of Micro Four Thirds lenses (Olympus and Panasonic mostly), most of the other lenses are already available: fisheye, macro, ultra wide angle, super telephoto, zoom lenses for varying range of use, etc. While the shallow depth of field is in no competition with larger format systems (which we have established earlier), for Micro Four Thirds, F1.2 lens will render noticeably shallower depth of field in comparison to F1.8, and this can enhance subject isolation if needed. The biggest advantage is the ability to gather more light into the camera with significantly larger aperture opening, thus aiding in low light photography by allowing the use of one or two stops of lower ISO setting. Nevertheless, having a true F1.2 lens still brings many desirable benefits to overall photography applications. Having an F1.2 lens on Micro Four Thirds is not a magic bullet that will miraculously compete head on with larger formats. ![]() There really is no point to go on further, if you do need as much blur of a background you can get, and rendering shallow depth of field is your utmost priority in photography, then by all means, please get yourself full frame camera and lenses. The equivalence argument will see no end, so I will just mention this right away before I dive deeper into my review: Micro Four Thirds will never achieve as shallow depth of field as larger image sensor-sized systems, that is a fact, and we can just stop comparing right there. Today Olympus has announced quite a number of new products in Photokina, one which excited me the most was the Olympus M.Zuiko 25mm F1.2 PRO lens, which is the first ever F1.2 digital lens from Olympus! Panasonic was the first to introduce an F1.2 lens, the 42.5mm F1.2 Nocticron about 2 years ago, and now we have another F1.2 lens option for the Micro Four Thirds standard with the new 25mm F1.2 Olympus addition. All images were almost as good as straight out of camera, with minimal cropping for better presentation. Minimal post-processing applied to the images, with slight brightness/contrast balance tweak. General camera settings, Noise Filter = OFF, Contrast/Saturation/sharpness = 0, White Balance = Auto (with an option maintain warm color = OFF), Gradation = Normalĥ. All images were shot in RAW and converted directly to JPEG (High Quality) via Olympus Viewer 3.Ĥ. This is a user experience based review, based on my personal opinion which can be subjective.ģ.
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