Panasonic 14mm f/2.5 Lumix G Lens Review

Panasonic 14mm f/2.5 Lumix G Handling and Features

Pancake lenses are supposed to be small, but this lens is truly minute. When teamed up with a Micro Four Thirds camera body, like the Panasonic Lumix G3 used for testing, it makes a very useful, pocketable wide-angle combination. The build quality is excellent and a metal mount should provide durability over many lens changes.

Weighing only 55g, it will add barely any weight to your camera kit and will be suitable for carrying along just in case. The slim lens barrel is mostly filled with the rubberised focusing ring, which has the perfect amount of resistance for making fine manual focusing adjustments. As focusing is performed internally, the lens does not extend and the 46mm filter thread does not rotate, making this lens ideal for use with polarising and graduated filters.

The minimum focus distance of 18cm makes this lens suitable for wide angle close-ups and for shooting in tight spaces. Autofocus is fast and virtually silent.

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