GH4 What is your native MFT lens collection?

Up until a month ago my M4/3 native set included:

1. 14-42mm kit that came with my GH2
2. 14mm 2.5
3. 25mm 1.4 Leica
4. 45-150mm 4.5.6
I recently sold my 14mm 2.5 and the 14-42 and replaced it with a 12-35mm 2.8. So my current native Lumix lens line up consists of:

1.12-35 2.8
2. 25mm 1.4
3.45-150 4.5.6

For me the 12-35 is a great all round lens especially factoring in OIS, and you CAN get great bokeh shots from it, just not as shallow as others, IQ great IMHO trumped the 14mm 2.5.
The 25mm 1.4 is for lowlight situations and when I want to the Bokeh to shine, light also. Its a great lens, I'll never get rid of it as long as I'm shooting M4/3.
The 45-150 is for the tele needs, usually used in daytime (street) or when indoor light is sufficient, it doesn't get as much use os the above too lenses but the iq is great.
That being said when i shoot with some kind of shoulder rig or sticks, i mainly use my Minolta Set of primes and zooms ( totaling about 6 lenses ). So the GH5 for me would make a lot of sense, going handheld with those legacy glass. To me those lenses are so beautiful straight from the camera. Great bang for buck, not including dedicated cinema glass.
 
PanaLeica 15mm F1.7
PanaLumix 20mm F1.7
PanaLeica 25mm F1.4
PanaLeica 42.5mm F1.2
PanaLumix 45-175mm F4-5.6

Every one of these lenses are actually great with the middle three seeing most action. AF100 and G7. And yes it's true for me anyways, the 20mm focusing with LANC is not as responsive as the rest on the list which are very quick. When mounted on the G7 the responsiveness of the 20mm is much better. BTW the 20mm is the only lense in my group that trombones a bit. I try as much as possible to treat all my native lenses as though they were 2.0's sans the telephoto.

My vintage lenses include: Vivitar 28mm 2.8, Konica 40mm 1.8, and a Pentax 50mm 1.7.

I do have my future eyes on the Veydra series of cinema lenses.
 
Without couting my nikon lenses, my set is cheap and simple.
Pana 12-60mm f3.5-5.6 OIS lens for mainly outdoor
Pana 25mm f1.7 lens for mainly indoor
 
rokkor said:
Up until a month ago my M4/3 native set included:

1. 14-42mm kit that came with my GH2
2. 14mm 2.5
3. 25mm 1.4 Leica
4. 45-150mm 4.5.6
I recently sold my 14mm 2.5 and the 14-42 and replaced it with a 12-35mm 2.8. So my current native Lumix lens line up consists of:

1.12-35 2.8
2. 25mm 1.4
3.45-150 4.5.6

For me the 12-35 is a great all round lens especially factoring in OIS, and you CAN get great bokeh shots from it, just not as shallow as others, IQ great IMHO trumped the 14mm 2.5.
The 25mm 1.4 is for lowlight situations and when I want to the Bokeh to shine, light also. Its a great lens, I'll never get rid of it as long as I'm shooting M4/3.
The 45-150 is for the tele needs, usually used in daytime (street) or when indoor light is sufficient, it doesn't get as much use os the above too lenses but the iq is great.
That being said when i shoot with some kind of shoulder rig or sticks, i mainly use my Minolta Set of primes and zooms ( totaling about 6 lenses ). So the GH5 for me would make a lot of sense, going handheld with those legacy glass. To me those lenses are so beautiful straight from the camera. Great bang for buck, not including dedicated cinema glass.
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thank you for your post.

i'm interested in hearing about your "minolta set of primes and zooms".

care to share?

thank you in advance.

be well.

rob
smalltalk.productions
 
Hi Rob,

As of right now, my Minolta glass collection goes a consists of :
(2) 50mm 1.7 primes. Md
(1) 28mm 2.8 prime. Mc
(1) 135mm 3.5 prime. Md
(1) 35-70mm. 3.5. Zoom. Md. & MACRO (renders images like a prime lens, great glass piece of glass)
(1) 70-210mm 4.5. Md. ( also rendersimages like a prime lens, great IQ)

On the Af category of the Minolta family
50mm 1.7
28-85 3.5 &
Sigma 70-210 f4

So all in thats 8 minolta lenses and 1 Sigma = 9 total in proper, clean, tough character filled glass that modern day lenses cant match. These things were in use before I was around and they're still here, no fungus, no chips, just good old chunks of exceptional glass in sturdy housing. I love them. I got a coupe people buying them now. Hope this helps.
 
PRIMES:
SLR Magic 12/T 1.6
Olympus 12/2
LUMIX Leica 15/1.7
SLR Magic 17/T 1.6
LUMIX 20/1.7
LUMIX Leica 25/1.4
Voightlander 25/0.95
Olympus 45/1.8
LUMIX Leica 45/2.8 Macro
Veydra 12/T 2.2
Veydra 16/T 2.2
Veydra 25/T 2.2
Veydra 35/T 2.2
Veydra 50/T 2.2

ZOOMS:
LUMIX 7-14/4
LUMIX 12-35/2.8
Olympus 14-35/2 (with 4/3-to-m4/3 adapter)
LUMIX Leica 14-50/2.8-3.5 (with 4/3-to-m4/3 adapter)
LUMIX 14-140/4-5.8
LUMIX 14-140/3.5-5.6
LUMIX 35-100/2.8
LUMIX 100-300/4-5.6
 
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Bern Caughey said:
PRIMES:
SLR Magic 12/T 1.6
Olympus 12/2
LUMIX Leica 15/1.7
SLR Magic 17/T 1.6
LUMIX 20/1.7
LUMIX Leica 25/1.4
Voightlander 25/0.95
Olympus 45/1.8
LUMIX Leica 45/2.8 Macro
Veydra 12/T 2.2
Veydra 16/T 2.2
Veydra 25/T 2.2
Veydra 35/T 2.2
Veydra 50/T 2.2

ZOOMS:
LUMIX 7-14/4
LUMIX 12-35/2.8
Olympus 14-35/2 (with 4/3-to-m4/3 adapter)
LUMIX Leica 14-50/2.8-3.5 (with 4/3-to-m4/3 adapter)
LUMIX 14-140/4-5.8
LUMIX 14-140/3.5-5.6
LUMIX 35-100/2.8
LUMIX 100-300/4-5.6
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Impressive list of lenses there Bern! How do you like the Veydras vs. the PanaLiecaLumix prime lenses? What image characteristics differentiate them from one another?
 
Currently I own:

Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8
Panasonic 35-100mm f/2.8
Panasonic 14-140mm
Panasonic 14-42 ver.1
Olympus 17mm f/1.8
Olympus 45mm f/1.8


Previously owned:
Panasonic 20mm f/1.7
Olympus 75mm f/1.8

I have several adapted Canon EF and Nikon F lenses that I also use, but I love the compact lenses of the m43 system. My most used lens is the 12-35 which is on my camera 80% of the time. I deeply regret selling my Olympus 75mm. That thing is the sharpest lens I've ever owned. Money was tight and I didn't use it enough. Eventually, I'd like to get another one.
 
Panny/Leica 25 f1.4 and recently 12-60 F2.8...will add the 8-18 when it's released
SlrMagic m4/3 12, 17, 24 & 36
Nikon mount speedboosted:
Sigma 18-35
Tokina 11-16
Tokina 28-70..both @2.8
Nikon AFS 17-35 ED
Nikon AFS 28-70 ED
Nikon AFS 80-200..all @ 2.8
Canon FD speedboosted:
Primes full set from 20 to 100 mm...old chrome lock rings
I use a 30 percent wide angle adapter to get wider on the 20 made by Schneider with no perceptible distortion for my eye.

Image wise Nikons probably my favorite lenses with GH4 & soon to be GH5
Edit: just noticed the question was only about m4/3 lenses.
 
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my collection includes:

25mm 1.7
42.5 1.7
14-140mm 3.5-5.6
PZ - 45-175mm
PannyLeica 12-60mm 2.8-4.0
A set of 7 Minolta primes and zooms

Just sold - 25mm 1.4
12-35 2.8
45-150mm
 
Panasonic 12-32 kit lens
panasonic 25 1.7
panasonic 42.5 1.7

Voigtlander 25 0.95
SLR Magic 12 T1.6

Definitely prefer the Voigtlander over the rest with the SLR Magic coming second. The Panasonic lenses are fiddly to manual focus and I prefer the image on the manual lenses.
 
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