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Product Details
- Inner focus motor system makes action smooth and silent when capturing still and video content
- Uses both an aspherical lens and an ED lens comprised of fourteen lenses arranged in ten groups
- Used with Lumix G Micro System Cameras, allows for use of the advanced contrast Auto Focus (AF) system
- 45mm focal length; equivalent to 90mm on a 35mm film camera
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Product Description
This Panasonic H-ES045 F2.8 45mm (35mm camera equal) macro lens with built-in image stabilizer lets you take hidden-ups that capture your subjects in their actual size. It also greatly boosts mobility by serving as a route-length telephoto lens for portraits, telephoto snapshots and landscapes. Gap - F2.8 Minimum Aperture - F22 Closest Focusing Mileage - 0.15m / 0.5ft, 0.5m / 1.64ft Maximum Magnification - Approx. 1.0x / 2.0x (35mm camera interchangeable) Diagonal Angle of View - 27 Filter Measurements - 46mm / 1.81 in Max. Diameter - 63mm / 2.48 in Standard Co-conspirator - Lens Cap, Lens Hood, Lens Rear Cap, Lens Storage Bag Comprehensive Length (inches) - Approx. 62.5mm / 2.46 in (from the tip of the lens to the establish side of the lens mount) Dimensions (H x W x D) - 4.84'' x 4.03'' x 4.03'' Substance - Approx. 0.50 lbs.
Customer Reviews
Gentle for macro, Better for portraits
I've had the Panasonic 45mm/f2.8 lens for a month now and have bewitched many thousands of pictures with it on my GH1. Macro photography is challenging, but I've gotten some great macro pictures of insects and plants and even some dubious 1080p24 macro movies of insects in action. And with minimal effort I have gotten by far the crush indoor and outdoor portraits of any that I've taken with the 14-140mm kit lens or the 20mm/f1.7 lens.
Initially I purchased this lens for macro purposes after seeing Microcosmos for the umpteenth sometimes but over the past month it has become my favorite all-around micro 4/3rds lens. It's faster than the GH1 kit lens and it does not have the wide-ranging angle distortion of the 20mm/f1.7 or the 7-14mm/f4.0. It has the best color rendition and the most pleasing bokeh of those other lenses. This lens provides the superb portraits and the best macro shots, so it's my favorite walk-around lens. I still use the 20mm/f1.7 for strict low light and confined quarters, but I have developed an aversion to the way that its 20mm focal length distorts residents's faces.
As a macro lens, the 45mm/f2.8 provides 100% magnification, autofocus, and autoaperture. I don't use the autoaperture for macro shots because the camera prefers f2.8 which results in disparage vignetting and unusably shallow depth of field. Nor do I use the autofocus for extreme 100% heightening macro shots because it hunts too much and manual focus is more effective for such situations. I use autofocus for more steady 25-50% magnification macro shots and for portraits and other non-macro pictures. Autofocus hunts at macro distances but is solidly and accurate at regular (non-macro) distances with the focus limiter.
This lens is better utilized for macro stills than macro movies. To achieve maximum 1.0x magnification with this lens, your thesis must be at the mininum focus distance of 6 inches. At that distance, the depth of field is roughly 1/16" at f6.3 (where the lens is sharpest), and 1/5" at f22 when the lens is fully stopped down (where the lens is softest due to diffraction). As a d, taking in-focus macro movies with this lens ranges from challenging to impossible, depending on the magnitude of your subject, the available light, and the degree of magnification you desire.
The real strengths of this lens are its diminutive size (225g), beautiful color rendition, and pleasing bokeh. The 100% heightening macro capability is a bonus. I don't think the Olympus 50mm f2.0 macro is a real contestant to this lens because that lens is much larger when used on a micro 4/3rds camera (300g for lens + 150g for EX25 augmentation tube to get 100% magnification + 100g for adapter = 550g) and it is reputed to have "nasty intrepid barbed wire bokeh".
2010-05-24
(USA) | Helpful Votes: 13 | Rating: 5
Wow, what a lens!
I purchased this lens based on the reviews on the Internet and this situation. I've taken a variety of pictures in different settings in the last day and I must say the lens exceeded my expectations. I've paired it with my Panasonic GH1 and the sports car-focus is very fast. The lens really is a light sponge taking low-light photos of gifted quality. I've attempted to take photos in various light conditions and lengths and I can say this lens produces the greatest quality photos I've taken with the camera. While it is expensive, if you are interested in taking the best pictures you can with a like-minded Micro Four Thirds body, this is the lens for you.
2010-03-25
| Helpful Votes: 7 | Rating: 5
Bonzer lens
The Panasonic/Leica Elmarit 45mm F2.8 macros is a teensy-weensy bit controversial because of it's price. However there are a lot of considerations. Built by Panasonic but designed by Leica and built to Leica supervised property standards.
This lens is quite small and light, a perfect match for the mFT (Micro Four Thirds) cameras as make an estimate of and weight are design considerations to match the systems. It is very well built solid construction with a intermingling of plastics and metal. Compared to better quality Macro lenses it is smaller and lighter by a esteemed margin. It is most often compared to the Olympus Zuiko 50mm F2 which is one of the finest macro lenses built for the four thirds sensor systems or any system for that of importance. The 50mm is heavier, larger and requires an adapter to be used on mTF cameras. On olympus mTF 50mm autofocus works sporadically, on Panasonic mTF autofocus of the Olympus 50mm does not work at all, you must use manual focus . Van aperture works with both. This same applies to any other "legacy" macro from other manufacturers. You can get adapters for about 90% of all legacy lenses made to use them with mTF cameras but most will be either fully vade-mecum, standard four third lenses will work with auto aperture but only some will provide autofocus. However, as of this writing, the 45mm F2.8 Elmarit is the only macro lens meant and built specifically for the mTF system cameras (Olympus and Panasonic). Some mTF zooms provide some very complete focusing but none of the zooms provide true macro.
The 45mm is an internal focus lens. This means that regardless of concentrate distance the front element of the lens never extends or changes position. The 50mm Olympus, is an extending shape (as are most macro lenses), so the front element extends out farther the closer you get to the subject. While I don't have the ability to perform a technological comparison, generally this may means that at 1:2 magnification, an internal design, the front lens unit may not be as close to the subject as an extending design. For most photography this is not significant but for macro it is. The realistic focus point is internal to the lens optical system, not the front lens element. The closer the front lens essential is to the subject, the more it blocks the light reaching the subject (because you are very, close). So internal spotlight lenses may provide the maximum possible clearance for the front element making it easier to light the topic. There can be exceptions so this is not a hard rule.
Another consideration is "Effective focal length". You may deliver assign to where advertisers promote a lens or camera based upon "effective focal length" Productive focal length is relative to a 35mm film camera or a full frame digital camera. On a full frame 35mm or digital camera, the visual focal length and effective focal length are the same in most cases, so the field of view is affiliated to the effective focal length. The shorter focal length, the wider the field of feeling (wide angle) the longer the focal length, the narrower the field of view (telephoto). Most digital sensors are smaller then full disposition and are said to have a crop or magnification factor. For Four Thirds and micro four third sensors, the products factor is 2X. Therefore the effective focal length of the 45mm is 2X or 90mm. This is a short telephoto and the advantage is it provides a longer working interval for macro shots.
The 45mm also makes an excellent short telephoto and portrait lens. The 45mm has a focal point limiter switch on the lens. When turned on under normal use this allows you to restrict focus align to normal distances so the lens does not search through the macro range. It speeds up car focus in these circumstances.
So there are some top end legacy macro lenses that are technically sharper then the 45mm F2.8 and some that are faster. They are also larger and heavier and currently cannot minister to some auto focus or in some cases auto aperture with mTF systems. It is important to tolerate that this does not make the 45mm a bad lens, quite the Contrary, the 45mm F2.8 is an excellent pro grade lens. It is very razor-sharp, well built, focuses quickly at normal ranges, will search some at macro, typical for almost all lenses in the macro catalogue. I love the lens and it is to me worth every penny.
The lens will focus to 1:1 elevation (life size) directly without an extension tube. Many macro lenses will only focus to 1:2 including the 50mm F2 Olympus lens and therefore instruct an extension tube to get all the way down to 1:1 magnification. (extra cost, size and ballast)
IImage quality for both telephoto, portraits and macro is very good to Excellent wide reveal at F2.8 to F11. Some deterioration at F16 to F22 due to diffraction but still good to very good (this is common for most digital sensors smaller then full build and is an excellent performance overall)
Vignetting: (corners darker then center) is noticeable (lenient) wide open but insignificant stopped down 1 stop. (Very good)
Distortion: There is none which is optically worthy and better then most. (Excellent)
Chromatic Aberration: Color fringing is very mild at most apertures and not consequential or detectable to most people. (very good)
Bokeh: The term bokeh is the blur or the calibre of the blur in out-of-focus areas of an image, or "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of put on lighten or highlights. Ideally they should be very smooth and blended with no significant sphering or octagonal shapes. There is no industrial specification for Bokeh. It is a subjective evaluation made by the viewer or photographer. For me, the 45mm Bokeh is "Very Virtue" but not excellent.
Focus speed: I can only evaluate this as used on the GH1 as I haven't used it with other mTH bodies. Outrageously fast, almost instant in good light. Fast in low light, Searches some in very dim light or if the area(s) are of very dark (black) or of very low contrast in low light. Overall, as fast or faster then my Olympus E3 DSLR with 12-60 lens. (an supreme performance) -- I don't shoot much video but did a brief test in my apartment with low to dim lighting, using only 2 60 watt bulbs in one subject, bounced off the wall. I found the video focus to be better then most but not instant. The 45mm has virtually silent autofocus so the autofocus lens produces no significant noise when
Overall for features, internal focus, size, weight, match to the system, facsimile quality, focus speed and versatility I rate this lens as Excellent with some exceptions for vignetting extensive open, very slight color fringing and Bokeh. Not matter how you measure it, it still comes up as a be fulfilled professional quality optic.
2010-03-19
| Brother David (Denver, CO) | Helpful Votes: 32 | Rating: 5
Must have lens for MFT
I fancy my Panasonic GF!. This is an incredible lens for MFT. Sharp as hell. Great macro as well as portrait. If you have MFT you should have this lens.
2010-01-22
| chesdigital (Fair Lawn, NJ) | Helpful Votes: 6 | Rating: 5
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The Leica APO-Tele-Elmar-S 180mm f/3.5 Lens is a higher-calibre-quality telephoto characterized by an extremely wide lens beginning to enable portraits with a shallow depth of field. This reference-class lens, with exclusive grades of glass and aspherical surfaces, displays consistently exorbitant image performance utilizing an inner focusing system with a floating component.
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This rabbit, wide-angle lens is available with or without a central shutter and operates matter-of-factly without distortion. It is therefore ideal for use indoors or for architectural photos. The SUMMARIT-S 1:2.5/35 mm ASPH. (CS) uses two aspherical lens surfaces and distinctive glass with anomalous partial dispersion or high refraction as well as rearmost-group focusing for the highest performance over the entire focusing grade.
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This intemperately, wide-angle lens is available with or without a central shutter and operates to all intents without distortion. It is therefore ideal for use indoors or for architectural photos. The SUMMARIT-S 1:2.5/35 mm ASPH. (CS) uses two aspherical lens surfaces and particular glass with anomalous partial dispersion or high refraction as well as Babytalk-group focusing for the highest performance over the entire focusing order.
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recommend a first lens for the m8.2 - Leica User Forum
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M9 focus accuracy - Leica User Forum
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How can I find reasonable values for a Leica R3 35mm camera body and lenses?
Q: I have a Leica R3 35mm cadaver and several lenses all in near mint condition with no use for them and those online "rep me your camera" sites seem way too low.
A: You should wish a lower price from a buyer who plans to resell the accoutrements. After all, they have to make a profit.
I suggest checking here:
http://www.kurlandphoto.com
http://www.georgeury.com/
http://www.keh.com
http://www.bhphotovideo.com
http://www.adorama.com
Kurland and Ury are both Leica specialists. If you tally their web sites you should get an idea of what they think your camera and lenses are worth based on their asking prices. You can do the same KEH, B&H and Adorama. You can then record them on eBay or your local craigslist for a comparable price.
What's a good digital camera with a good lens (maybe leica) for around $100?
Q: I've always been and always will be veil camera (leica) photographer, but I'd like a decent cheap digital camera for non-art purposes. are the lumix cameras with the leica lenses unspoilt? are they comparable in some way to leica film lenses? what are some good cameras in the 100-150 rank? is there somewhere i can go to see examples of image taken with various cameras on the web?
thanks
A: If you are acclimated to to Leica film cameras, then you're going to be VERY disappointed with any cheap digital camera. They don't up anywhere near the quality of a Leica 35mm camera (or any good quality film camera, for that puzzle). You would be taking a major step backward.
Bargain-priced digital cameras (such as point and shoot digital cameras) are about the same steady quality as what 110 film cameras were like.
You can get a modest digital camera for snapshots for around $100, but certainly nothing that would compare with what you can get from a Leica...or any other eulogistic quality manual film camera.
I know I'm going to get voted thumbs down for saying this. That's all right. It's the truth. I just can't believe you would be going from a Leica to a digital nitty-gritty and shoot camera. I mean, why would you?? I use almost entirely film for all my photos (35mm and 120 hugeness roll film) and I love it. I have an 8 megapixel digital camera, but I mostly solely use it for snapshots when I'm out with my friends. I wouldn't even think of trying to renew one of my 35mm SLR or rangefinder cameras with it. That would be taking a step backward. And unquestionably forget about trying to replace a medium format steam camera with a digital P&S camera...no way.
If you just want a small, lightweight digital camera for chance snapshots of your friends and family, then yeah you can get a decent digital camera for around $150. If you dearth a zoom lens, then be sure to get true optical zoom, not digital zoom. But again, don't hope for it to replace a Leica. It's nice for convenience, and you can take decent pictures with a digital camera...but I undoubtedly would not consider it a replacement for a good quality manual picture camera.
What is the difference in Digital camera lenses?
Q: I be deficient in to buy digital camara but an confused about the lenses, Leica (Panasomic), Zeiss, etc. I was looking at Olympus Stylus mock-up but there was no specs on the lens. Someone told me some lenses are glass (Leica & Zeiss) and they are the defeat. Olympus doesn't specify if theirs is glass or persuasible. Thanks for your time.
A: Yes, the overpower lenses are glass, however in a compact digital camera the sensor may not be high standing enough that you could even tell the difference between glass or plastic. The best trend you could do to test image quality is either go to a shop where you can shoot pictures yourself and juxtapose the images to other similarly priced cameras, or look at the reviews on dpreview.com
To be to blame for your question directly, Olympus does not specify whether or not their lenses are barometer, however on their website (http://www.olympusamerica.com) they do specify if the lenses are rated ED or not. ED (or Appurtenance-low Dispersion) lenses are likely glass, as there would be little point to coating a waxy lens with ED fluid.
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