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Recommendations if this lens is good for night sky and lowlights situations

You threw body and lens together in a bag unattached. Scratch city!

This is a great video and demonstrates for those with lesser budgets that sometimes the very expensive lenses provide only marginally better results. I'm impressed with your thoroughness and honest perspective!

My street photography combo -- This lens on the Z30, waist level shooting. Never been caught taking stealth shots. Highly recommended!

Excellent review! I'm cross shopping the 40/2 full frame vs the 24/1.7 DX so watching your videos on these lenses back to back was very useful. The lack of IBIS on DX coupled with the mediocre sharpness of the 24 has me leaning towards the 40.

I know were getting pretty comfortable with these lanyards but id rather have them on my camera strap than this clip. The feel the the Pgytech is excellent. I havent used this one so i cant compare but that one is very durable. Its just bulkier though

I know its 7 months old now but on the z cameras you can set the camera to where holding back button focus and turning the ring goes straight into manual mode without having to dive into the menu

Very clean review, thank you for the effort!

Thank you for the thorough review! What was the camera and lens, with which you filmed this video? The quality is amazing!!

This review takes me back to the AF-D 35mm f/2. It is weak at f/2, Decent at 2.8, and Great at f/4. Wondrrful small form factor!

As a pro of 52 years in the game all my MFT lenses are f4 or f2 if there is a 1.4 or 1.2 available. Apparently the market for MFT is old men. With age comes wisdom (hopefully)

Great vid Jon!

I just got into photography and I like wildlife. How do you think this would do on a Nikon Z50?

Thanks for making this video! On point. No fluff. Just exactly what I needed to know. Will buy the zf camera since the pixel shift capability seems like a great feature, which brings it all together for my use.

Out of plenty of RUclipsrs just bullshitting to run their channels, I finally found one with enough knowledge, passion, yet enough indifference to craft a fair and informing review. Well done. Thanks. I also liked your sensor shift video.

Hi Jon, thank you for this very interesting video! I‘m considering buying the original EM1 or the EM 1 Mark ii for bird photography (as a hobby only). I want to take pictures of birds while they are sitting on a branch or at the feeder rather than in flight. Majority of people recommending the EM1 Mark ii or the EM5 Mark ii. However, for my purpose I tend to think that the original EM1 is more than suffcient for the job and even available for a budget price. Thanks again and greetings all the way from Germany

This is the best review video of this lens. Many thanks.

I bought a used 16-50mm. It was in such poor shape that I returned it. I bought this 24mm f/1.7 instead. I’m so happy with this 24mm. It practically lives on my Z50. I now carry my camera everywhere. The 16-50mm is no 300mm, so you can zoom with your feet when using the 24mm to take mostly the same shots without much hassle.. Of course you don’t get the compression of a 50mm, BUT you benefit from the wide aperture for low light situations (dinners, indoor events, etc.). The 24mm on an APS-C camera is also perfect for indoors, as you often don’t have enough room to back up. Additionally, its performance, although not the best, exceeds what you’d expect considering the price and size of this lens. I have lenses that are worth three times as much and don’t perform as well. This little lens doesn’t get the recognition it deserves, to the point that I find it shocking, I'm serious.

comparing it to the the 24-70 f4 even as a thought experiment is a fool's errand. textbook apples to oranges situation.

I like the SE on my ZF as an unobtrusive walk around lens for candids and casual landscape photos. My 50 or 35 1.8 goes on my Z8 if I want premium picture quality and I tend to do my portrait work with longer focal lengths. Great review as it made me think and cool shots of NYC! 👍🏽

Thanks for the detailed review! I dumped the lens hood and added a 46-52mm adapter ring which I just leave on all the time. This lets me use my filters and I picked up an extra 52mm lens cap for protection. I did the same with my 16-50. I use both lenses for travel and reach for the 24 when the light gets low. Very happy with the performance of both.

good video

Excellent Practical Review, something quite rare in this Pixel Peeping world.

Great in-depth analysis and video. Can you please make a video on nikon z 30+ tamron 150-500 lens? I am a beginner to mirrorless camera realm. TIA!

Nice little unit. Bought one a couple of months ago…in mid 2024. If I knew about it a couple of years ago I wouldn’t have bought the Nikon d500 for sport and wildlife.

Good review, i was debating if i should upgrade to 24-70 or 24-120 f4. i am not going to shoot close or portrait. this will work well for my casual photography and travel. No point in keep throwing money at lenses. Sticking with the 40mm.

I've recently got the Olympus 8-25 mm f/4 zoom. I was on holiday on the Yorkshire coast, and wanted to take some wide shots, and my 12 mm just wasn't wide enough. I tried with the Olympus 9 mm fisheye body cap lens, but the distortion was too great. So after looking at the possibilities I decided to go with the Olympus zoom lens. In part, I got this for record and observational shots. It was very useful when watching a bridge span being lifted into place, and the 8 mm wide end was necessary to get the top of the crane in the shot from the only practical vantage point. I've only had it for a couple of weeks, but I find that it's a very versatile lens, being able to take a standard 50 mm full frame equivalent shot as well as wide shots. I think that it's likely to become my "walking around" lens in an urban environment. One thing I noticed is that at the wide end, the perspective can be sometimes very distorted and unsettling if you don't level the lens in the up/down direction as well as left/right. Fortunately, the Olympus EVF allows level in both directions to be displayed.

Very helpful. Thank you!

Hello John. I bought this lens recently (but for Sony E), and I have to admit it is an amazing piece of glass. But when I used it for the first time I noticed, that it constantly emits a whirring sound. This comes from the VC system which keeps the stabilization section centered when the camera is powered on and becomes quieter during stabilization (when af button half-pressed). All stabilized new lenses have similar mechanisms, but the Tamron is louder than other lenses I have (eg. Sony 200-600). Did you notice this during usage? Thanks for answer.

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Excellent review. I got ZFC a week ago in my move from D7500 and I’m really enjoying the camera which is lightweight and looks really nice. I’ve got the kit lens 16-50 which is not too bad but due to its slow speed makes low light photos coming worse than ones taken with the iPhone. I like candid street photography and the 40/2 is catching my attention a lot. At this point, considering that I’ve got the kit lens, would you still recommend pairing the 40/2 with the 28/2.8 or only the 40 would be fine? Thanks

Jon, I think many of your photos are really interesting. So much so that I have done screenshots for reference particularly given the camera settings you included. Thank for providing so much information and insight. I just subscribed!

Compare the 40mm to a lens you have probably never heard of, 45mm GN Nikkor and you'll come away thinking the 40mm has stunning sharpness. However there was a time whenever I went Skiing my Nikkormat FS with the 45mm GN Nikkor was in my coat pocket. While rather soft when using a grain magnifier for focusing it could produce excellent 11x17 prints. The 40mm is simply a much improved general purpose lens that is relatively light and compact on a Z6 II or Z7 II. What it isn't is a Macro lens, for that we have the MC 50mm f2.8. I will also note the 40mm is NOT a flattering perspective for Head Shots and most ladies don't want to see pictures that make them look like Jimmy Durante. If you want to take a portrait with a 40 step back to 10 feet and crop the image.

This is still a great lens, especially considering the price point at which it is aimed at. The differences in sharpness in the corners is simply a case of splitting hairs. I suspect 99% of photographers could not care less about the slightly weaker corners for sharpness! Photography is so so much more about image corner sharpness.

I really liked the video, I have never seen such a versatile and detailed test. I recently bought a used Panasonic G80 in good condition with a 12-60mm lens. I would like to buy a lens for amateur photography and video. What do you think, is it worth buying used the Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 without stabilization or the Lumix G Vario 45-200 f/3.0-5.6 OIS stabilized lens for twice as much? Before watching the video, I was thinking Panasonic, but maybe Olympus would be suitable from the above.

seen similar tests and i think you had a bad copy

great video - thanks for making it

Excellent! I got my Tamron 150-500 mm a few days ago. My main complaint is its weight. Ha. Mine also has a slight play on the lens-camera mount. That triggered a question, should I leave my camera-lens resting on the lens foot? That will put more stress on the lens-camera mount. So now put it on a soft surface with the foot rotated up (180 degree) and this orientation helps when shooting handheld. The penalty will be I have to rotate the lens foot when I use the monopod. Happy with my new toy! P/S I saw a video about tightening the lens mount screws to reduce the play. But dont dare to try it. Ha.

Which body did you test this on? The 50200 performance is abnormal in these tests. Did the IBIS work against you on a tripod?

Hi Jon-just discovered your channel and have been greatly enjoying your video content. Do you think you might be trying out the Olympus OM-1 or OM-1MkII in the near future?

This is a very clear, and very precise explanation. Thank you so much.

Thanks for the real world comparison for these lenses, it is really helpful! I have both Olympus and LUMIX cameras, what I found was, Oly 45-150 seems to perform much better on my LUMIX. I know this is anti-intuitive, but it is noticeably sharper and render better colors. This little lens is a real gem in the non-pro Olympus lineup.

I share your experiences close up and wide open. Your video helps me understand where I can/cannot expect sharp eyeballs. Learning how distance impacts the issue wide open helps. I have been torn on keeping this lens and Zf as they perform so well stopped down and in dynamically lit scenes. However, the X100V gives me better results in the casual close up shots with my family.

Good review. The lens and the camera body work as a team when it comes to AF performance. So, using the Z8 is a good choice as that eliminates the camera as a limiting factor. Would be interesting if you put it on a Z6/7 body or the mark ii versions to see the differences.

pls commend about z28-75/2.8,thank you

Thanks for your reviews on this lens. They are very helpful.

If you use back button focus then the lack of a manual focus button isn’t a problem.

This video looks too scripted, need to work on presentation skills.

I shoot at wide angles mostly, with 35mm being the farthest. I love the way wide angle forces you to think, to slow down, to really study the world around you. There is also the intimacy of it, with having to get super close to the subject to fill the frame. Any Summilux is a fun time, but an 18mm equiv lens with a 1.7 is my next lens. Widest I have at the moment is the M Zuiko 12mm F2, a spectacular lens, but I find myself needing more in the frame. Loved the video and your thoughts about your journey, sounds like you had a very interesting time!

If you ever decide to update this review, please include the Olympus/OMS 14-150mm f4-5.6. It has exceptional sharpness from end to end, much better then the Olympus/OMS 40-150mm f4-5.6 that you tested, but the same size.