tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813055710667942720.post3472269427966309194..comments2024-03-28T07:35:03.350+00:00Comments on Micro 4/3rds Photography: Olympus vs Panasonic @ 45mmFredrik Gløcknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07523430148487818493noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813055710667942720.post-66052002150454282702013-12-20T19:07:35.116+00:002013-12-20T19:07:35.116+00:00So, I was in my local camera shop the other day, t...So, I was in my local camera shop the other day, taking comparison shots with the Panasonic 14-45mm at 45mm at f5.6, the Panasonic 45-200mm at 45mm at f4.0 and the Olympus 45mm at f1.8.<br /><br />Shooting in AWB, the Panasonic lenses both color balanced bluish, and the Olympus color corrected orangish. However, using any manual WB mode instead of AWB, the Olympus and Panasonic lenses corrected striatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04198590074544630918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813055710667942720.post-5246113987196232422012-09-07T12:53:25.842+01:002012-09-07T12:53:25.842+01:00Yes, I agree with you that for night shots, the Ol...Yes, I agree with you that for night shots, the Olympus 45mm f/1.8 lens is not always optimal. The high contrast is generally better handled by the smaller aperture lenses, like the Panasonic 45mm f/2.8 1:1 macro, and <a href="http://m43photo.blogspot.fi/2012/07/sigma-30mm-f28.html" rel="nofollow">the Sigma 30mm f/2.8</a>.Fredrik Gløcknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07523430148487818493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813055710667942720.post-44188353249277111132012-09-07T02:47:43.044+01:002012-09-07T02:47:43.044+01:00When it comes to choosing between these using ones...When it comes to choosing between these using ones head the olympus wins. But using ones heart the Panasonic renders much nicer images, in my opinion an outstanding difference. One can see that clearly in the night shot here above. The only problem with the Panasonic its the slow focus speed and its higher price. TCKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02748979546361356240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813055710667942720.post-46870498495517254852011-11-04T17:00:09.317+00:002011-11-04T17:00:09.317+00:00I would agree with the previous comment with respe...I would agree with the previous comment with respect to the first forest picture. The focus points for the two lenses do not appear to be the same. At first glance the PL45 appears to render the tree trunks with much more detail than the OLY45.<br /><br />I would suggest using a point focus (or manual focus) on one of the tree trunks for both lenses. This would put the two lenses on an even Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813055710667942720.post-41782476488076821592011-11-01T02:54:51.669+00:002011-11-01T02:54:51.669+00:00If you look carefully at the leaves in the top ser...If you look carefully at the leaves in the top series you can see that the focus point for the Olympus lens is farther back than the Panasonic. The focus points need to be the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813055710667942720.post-57515364559742252732011-10-31T08:54:14.584+00:002011-10-31T08:54:14.584+00:00Thanks, that was a another comparision that i had ...Thanks, that was a another comparision that i had been looking for and exactly delivered what i needed to know! <br /><br />And after reading, clicking and blinking i know: there is no ideal lens, one is a bit sharper, is stabilized and has a macro range - while the other has decidedly more bokeh swish, even at the price of less sharp focussed areas. <br /><br />Blurry!Hans Meierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675553770565339630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813055710667942720.post-89365395331097185082011-10-29T16:43:48.896+01:002011-10-29T16:43:48.896+01:00I will probably upload more comparison images in l...I will probably upload more comparison images in later articles. In the mean time, you can note that the Panasonic Leica 45mm lens always gives elliptical bokeh discs outside the centre of the image. <br /><br />The Olympus lens, on the other hand, has a more round shape across the image, but has slightly more jagged edges due to not as rounded aperture blades.<br /><br />In this respect, I Fredrik Gløcknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07523430148487818493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813055710667942720.post-35187626151964513552011-10-27T22:47:51.794+01:002011-10-27T22:47:51.794+01:00Do you have a night scene bokeh comparison shot wi...Do you have a night scene bokeh comparison shot with the Olympus lens at f/2.8? It would be interesting to see the bokeh at the same aperture...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com