Panasonic Leica 25mm F/1.4 ASPH

The Panasonic/Leica 25mm f/1.4 ASPH is a normal-range lens for Micro 4/3 cameras and the predecessor to the . Key features include:

• Excellent corner-to-corner sharpness

• Great for low-light shooting

• Fast, accurate autofocus

• Seven-blade circular aperture

Nifty Fifty. After the 2x crop factor, you have a very fast 50mm f1.4 lens that works great in low-light conditions and lets users achieve a shallow depth-of-field. At f1.4, the bokeh has a very smooth appearance that’s ideal for portraits, enabling true subject/background separation. When you do stop down, you still have a smooth transition thanks to the seven-blade circular aperture.

Leica Designed / Panasonic Manufactured. This is a Panasonic Leica lens, so you can expect high-quality images with minimal distortion and low aberrations. It has Nano Surface Coating, which corrects for ghosting and flare, as well as two aspherical lenses and one Ultra High Refractive lens for optimum contrast and corner-to-corner sharpness.

The lens that has spawned more internet fanboy arguments than any other for micro 4/3 I believe, the Panasonic-Leica is really quite good. Is it the very best? It might be at this focal length. It …

The lens that has spawned more internet fanboy arguments than any other for micro 4/3 I believe, the Panasonic-Leica is really quite good. Is it the very best? It might be at this focal length. It might not be. But it’s very good. It’s a bit better stopped down to f/2.0 or so, if you can, but it’s quite sharp even wide open.