Ive been going through your g85 videos for days and just decided to click the buy button on the kit at 899.99. Maybe later this year ill get the 12-35 when its on sale, but this will partner with my x-t2 for still very nicely
Thank you for this informative video. I just bidded on the same lens at Yahoo Japan auction and will soon receive it. I have the Panasonic 14-42mm as well as 45-175mm lenses, but frankly I get tired of swapping lenses. So, this 12-60mm will give me a bit more wide and zoom in comparison to the 14-42mm. To get more zoom, I will soon purchase the recently released (March 2019) Olympus 12-200mm telephoto zoom. It is currently in #3 position in popularity here in Japan.
have this lens and it's my daily driver so to say. changing to dinner primes, 14mm plus the 25mm, May switch out the 14mm for the 15mm. but the 12-60mm is a great lens for general walking round lens.
Good review. I have the Panasonic GH5 and I have this 12-60mm kit lens. I also have the Olympus 12-50mm f/3.5 and also Panasonic 14-42 f/3.5. Which one is better for maintaining sharp focus while moving the camera or if the subject is moving? Interested mainly in video shooting. Your help is appreciated.
One of the better lens reviews, straightforward and pertinent to its intended use, as an all purpose lightweight lens which would be ideal for those with micro four thirds system cameras going on holiday or travel, etc. Its slower focussing in video might though be an issue for taking family movies? You could make a great travel kit with this lens and a 35 mm or 50 mm fast prime. I don't have this lens, but I'm thinking of buying for a present for my daughters to share on their Olympus cameras.
Thanks, I generally much prefer 12-60mm over 14-42mm. Just be aware that manual focusing is not very good with any of those two lenses if you want to use it, and smooth zoom in is also very difficult to do.
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Great review. What a camera (and kit in general) Panasonic created! Really impressive. In my opinion all cameras produced after this model should be as good as G85 was when it was released, and have same quality lens as this one. It's one of those products, that make you think "did capitalism stopped in that period for Panasonic??", because it doesn't seem castrated in some functions (like manufacturers usually do, in order to sell similar products twice).
@@TheHybridShooter I meant as a kit lens, and as a camera in general. For that year, if not for today. But are you saying that today, say a Canon camera, has a better kit lens in comparison with this Panasonic 12-60mm? I'm not familiar with this.
I'm a layperson in these things, but why does the autofocus not work with that lens? It seems a downer for video aficionados. Is it something about Panasonic's particular AF? So would one have to somehow operate zoom and manual focus at the same time? Is that possible with some finger-cramping?
That is because of how the lens is designed, it is "varifocal" lens .For example Leica version of 12-60 is parfocal lens so it stays in focus while zooming in, I talked about that in this video: bit.ly/leicavslumix
Thank you! I learned something new. :-) Could you help me with a kind of urgent decision I have to make for various reasons? I'm torn between the G81 and the FZ2000. Of course reviews can mention all kinds of negative points for any camera, and that can make a decision hard. But from my current understanding the G81 kit lens is just a total funspoiler for video, and that's gonna be my mildly primary focus. As I understand, with the FZ2000 I can avoid zoom motor noise during filming by zooming manually. That actually sounds fun, opening quick and precise zooms for artistic purposes. Do you know of any important differences between those two cameras that I'd need to know? My budget is pretty much limited to the price of a camera alone right now, and the FZ2000 lens seems to give me plenty of things to do so that I might not be tempted to get some super-special extra lens that I can't with the FZ2000. I'm hearing about unsharpness issues though, and it's not fun to finally make the step to 4K (actually HD even, haha) and then being confronted with such.
I much prefer G81 over FZ2000, the main difference is that G81 has relatively large MFT sensor whereas FZ has small 1 inch sensor usually used in point and shoot cameras. You can also buy better lenses for G81 later on, for example 20mm F1.7 II for low light.
Man this footage looks incredible! My DTLA GH4 video shot with the 25mm f1.7! How do you get this footage to look so clear? mine isn't as crisp as this. Post processing?
nice review.Btw is this the same kit lens the gh5 has or not?If not can you use this on gh5 if one already has this lens and only like to get GH5 body?
I have come to the conclusion that I don't need to lug around my full frame Sony a7Riv with all those heavy lenses. So I am going with Lumix gx85 and three lenses. For street photography and traveling I will be carrying a much less expensive system and it's so much lighter, And for my purposes and post processing skills I can get the prints that meet my needs.
Should i get the Olympus 12-40 2.8 or keep this kit lens? All I want is one lens for everything. Including some low light, but I'm not sure if $600 of the 12-40 is worth it.
I just want to carify that the sensor size doesnt effect the amount of light coming though the lens. The exposure will still be the same. Only the depth of field will change due to shorter focal lengths. Imagine cropping in on a full frame sensor or negative, just because you crop in it doesnt get darker. The depth of field for a certain angle of view changes though, due to the smaller size of the entrance pupile.
There is nothing to clarify, sensor size absolutely affects the total amount light that it can capture, which is what matters. You will only get the same exposure because of how the ISO works. You will get completely different amount of noise though.
@@TheHybridShooter so if you use a 25mm 2.8 lens on the 110 film system (same frame size as mft) with iso 100 film you need the more light than with a 50mm 2.8 lens and iso 100 film on a 35mm film camera??!?
@@TheHybridShooter another clarification: im only talking about exposure, not noise. The exposure for a given scene doesnt change with changing the focal length. If you shoot with iso 100 in sunlight, your exposure is around 1/100s and f16 going of sunny 16, regardless of sensor size and focal length.
Again, only because of how the ISO works. Different amount of noise at the same ISO is an evidence that the light gathering is not the same. Only light gathering per area is the same, not total amount of light.
So the amount of light per square centimeter of sensor area changes when i use a 50mm f2 lens on an mft sensor compared to the same lens on a film camera? So lets say i have my film camera with a 50mm lens set at f2 with iso 200 film loaded, the amount of light hitting a 1cm sqare in the center of that negative is larger than the amount of light hitting a 1cm square in the center of the sensor when i use the same lens and adapt it on a micro four thirds camera, use the same aperture and also set the camera to iso 200?
@Dominik - did you take it? :) I am now considering those 2 options in G9X and I wonder which one will be better for general use, mainly landscape, streetphoto and museums ;).
I have 12-60 kit lense and 45-200 mk 1. Should I trade these two lenses for Panasonic 14-140 f3.5 -5.6? Will I loose quality in 14-60 range? Will really appreciate your opinion. Thanks
Nikolay Grishakin I have both the 12-60 and the 14-140. I haven't used the 45-200 so can't comment on that and can't therefore say if you should trade, but to answer your question about quality in the 14-60 range I'd say the 12-60 and 14-140 are identical and you wouldn't be sacrificing any quality in that range. For me the only benefit of the 12-60 is that it is weatherproof, and if I think it might be wet or dusty conditions I'll take that lens, but otherwise I'd always choose the 14-140 just because of its greater range which is great. (I also have the 7-14 which combined with the 14-140 gives me a great range and therefore the 12mm end of the 12-60 isn't really relevant to me, but if I didn't have the 7-14 or if I didn't want to carry the extra lens with me, then maybe in some scenarios the 12mm would be good to have rather than 14. Hope that helps. ☺
I like to take pictures of castles so I'm not that far away really and occasionally need to zoom a little, my current camera is 18-55 and it's ok, would this lense be suitable?
I just bought the G95 with this 12 - 60 kit lens. I don't know how to zoom the lens in and out on my camera. I can do it manually of course, but how do I zoom it using the power of the camera body?
So this lens is pretty good for videos as I undertood, but is it any good for taking portraits I wonder? Can you achieve that desired blurred background effect with the subject in focus?
Hi. Thank you so very much for your most informative reviews. Do you have any thoughts about the Panasonic 14-140mm f3.5 lens compared to this 12-60mm kit lens? Thank you.
Depends. For social events or moving subjects in general go with prime lens(es), e.g 20mm/f1.7. For static subjects 12-35/f2.8 is good, but version I (can't tell anything about version II) suffers from ugly green lens flare if you have bright light source in the field of view (street lamps). Maybe prime lenses might be somewhat ok, since G80 and newer higher end cameras have in-body image stabilization. It really depends on what kind of low-light photography you want to do. 12-35/f2.8 is somewhat expensive and it has somewhat limited use: 12-60 is more versatile in daylight, prime lenses are better when you want low aperture and they have nicer bokeh.
How do you turn on the power ois for video. Im using a gh4 and from research i fou d out you go to picture mode then turn on stabilizer. But it doesnt seem to make any difference giving shaky footage. Need help
Hey all, does this lens have stepless aperture for video or do you notice the aperture notching open or closed if in shutter priority mode? I have the 14-140 and it has a stepless aperture design for video. Thanks.
Hi ! i try to choose and hard to make it cos it's have a same price. For inside/outside mostly video shooting. panasonic G7 with 14-140 lences ( where image stabilization in lence only, but people say it's perfect lences) or Panasonic G85 with 12-60 lences ( which is also pretty well according to many reviews) ??? Thanks !!!!
This lens is very poor for videography. It's not parfocal, panning is difficult as it loses focus very easily. Focus hunts for no reason. Btw I'm using G9
It is kit lens that you can get for about 200 USD with the G9, expecting it to be parfocal is completely unreasonable. If something looses the focus, it is the camera, not the lens. My G9 doesn't do that though.
Finally , review with important information!
Thanks, that was the purpose.
I love this lens :) its an amazing kit lens !!!
Ive been going through your g85 videos for days and just decided to click the buy button on the kit at 899.99. Maybe later this year ill get the 12-35 when its on sale, but this will partner with my x-t2 for still very nicely
I think that you will be happy with the G85.
The lens I plan to get with the G9. Thanks for another informative video.
You're welcome!
this is my walk around lens ,decent range and not too bulky
Thank you for this informative video. I just bidded on the same lens at Yahoo Japan auction and will soon receive it. I have the Panasonic 14-42mm as well as 45-175mm lenses, but frankly I get tired of swapping lenses. So, this 12-60mm will give me a bit more wide and zoom in comparison to the 14-42mm. To get more zoom, I will soon purchase the recently released (March 2019) Olympus 12-200mm telephoto zoom. It is currently in #3 position in popularity here in Japan.
You're welcome, that is indeed very good combination.
its an amazing lens
I agree!
How is the blur in pictures?
First helpfull and good rewiew for that lens with usefull examples ! Thanks a lot!
You're welcome, thank you for watching!
have this lens and it's my daily driver so to say. changing to dinner primes, 14mm plus the 25mm, May switch out the 14mm for the 15mm. but the 12-60mm is a great lens for general walking round lens.
Good review. I have the Panasonic GH5 and I have this 12-60mm kit lens. I also have the Olympus 12-50mm f/3.5 and also Panasonic 14-42 f/3.5. Which one is better for maintaining sharp focus while moving the camera or if the subject is moving? Interested mainly in video shooting. Your help is appreciated.
have tried the new 14-140 and how it compares with the 12-60. Nowadays the 14-140 is offered as a kit lens.
One of the better lens reviews, straightforward and pertinent to its intended use, as an all purpose lightweight lens which would be ideal for those with micro four thirds system cameras going on holiday or travel, etc. Its slower focussing in video might though be an issue for taking family movies? You could make a great travel kit with this lens and a 35 mm or 50 mm fast prime. I don't have this lens, but I'm thinking of buying for a present for my daughters to share on their Olympus cameras.
Thank you, AF speed depends on the camera body. With G9 or GH5 it is very good, with G85 not so much.
Hey there man!
Awesome video!
I have i question, for filmmaking, 12-60mm lens or i should go whit 14-42mm?
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Thanks, I generally much prefer 12-60mm over 14-42mm. Just be aware that manual focusing is not very good with any of those two lenses if you want to use it, and smooth zoom in is also very difficult to do.
The Hybrid Shooter Thank you for answreing that fast, really need some help. What is best budget lens under 200€?
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That depends on your specific needs, for example Panasonic 20 and 25mm F1.7 are very good lenses.
The Hybrid Shooter THANKS :)
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Great review. What a camera (and kit in general) Panasonic created! Really impressive. In my opinion all cameras produced after this model should be as good as G85 was when it was released, and have same quality lens as this one.
It's one of those products, that make you think "did capitalism stopped in that period for Panasonic??", because it doesn't seem castrated in some functions (like manufacturers usually do, in order to sell similar products twice).
I won’t say so, it is a good versatile kit lens, but nothing particularly special by today’s standards.
@@TheHybridShooter
I meant as a kit lens, and as a camera in general. For that year, if not for today. But are you saying that today, say a Canon camera, has a better kit lens in comparison with this Panasonic 12-60mm? I'm not familiar with this.
@@MaximC I haven't tested any Canon kit lenses, but Sony and Fuji have better kit lenses.
@@TheHybridShooter
I see. Thank you.
I'm a layperson in these things, but why does the autofocus not work with that lens? It seems a downer for video aficionados. Is it something about Panasonic's particular AF?
So would one have to somehow operate zoom and manual focus at the same time? Is that possible with some finger-cramping?
The autofocus does work with this lens.
I mean when zooming. You said and showed in the video how it is totally thrown off and needs ages to recover.
That is because of how the lens is designed, it is "varifocal" lens .For example Leica version of 12-60 is parfocal lens so it stays in focus while zooming in, I talked about that in this video: bit.ly/leicavslumix
Thank you! I learned something new. :-)
Could you help me with a kind of urgent decision I have to make for various reasons? I'm torn between the G81 and the FZ2000. Of course reviews can mention all kinds of negative points for any camera, and that can make a decision hard. But from my current understanding the G81 kit lens is just a total funspoiler for video, and that's gonna be my mildly primary focus. As I understand, with the FZ2000 I can avoid zoom motor noise during filming by zooming manually. That actually sounds fun, opening quick and precise zooms for artistic purposes. Do you know of any important differences between those two cameras that I'd need to know? My budget is pretty much limited to the price of a camera alone right now, and the FZ2000 lens seems to give me plenty of things to do so that I might not be tempted to get some super-special extra lens that I can't with the FZ2000. I'm hearing about unsharpness issues though, and it's not fun to finally make the step to 4K (actually HD even, haha) and then being confronted with such.
I much prefer G81 over FZ2000, the main difference is that G81 has relatively large MFT sensor whereas FZ has small 1 inch sensor usually used in point and shoot cameras. You can also buy better lenses for G81 later on, for example 20mm F1.7 II for low light.
This has turned out to be one of my favourite lenses 😊
Mine as well.
I have this lens on my GX8 but thinking of going for the Leica version which has the switches for manual focus and OIS and better resolution.
I will make a comparison of those two lenses soon.
Thank u so much man for the review ..its my very best about this lense ..blessings
Thank you!
Man this footage looks incredible! My DTLA GH4 video shot with the 25mm f1.7! How do you get this footage to look so clear? mine isn't as crisp as this. Post processing?
GH4 has AA filter, which decreases the sharpness a bit and I also use very high export bit-rate so that probably makes most of the difference.
Great Video Man I am still waiting for your G80 Photo Settings Please do that for us Thanks
Thanks I will try to do that asap.
Nice video man! Is the focus ring smooth enough for rack focusing in video work or is it sticky like other older Panasonic kit lenses?
Yes, it is focus by wire, so it is completely smooth.
Excellent video....as all other videos you post. How would you compare this with the Oly 12-40mm 2.8? Thanks
Thank you, unfortunately I haven't tested the 12-40 yet, so I can't compare those two lenses.
Had same system, zooming + focus no problem at all.
It doesn't work on my G85 unfortunately, only with 7-14mm F4 it can keep focus while.
i guess it's because of settings, overall auto-focus is not great but still i got some really nice video zoom shots with excellent focus.
Good review, thanks!
How does this lens compare with Panasonic 12-32mm f3.5-5.6 kit lens?
Hello! Nice review. I have a small question... Do you think is worth to upgrade to this lens from the 14-42 mm?
Thank you, 12-60 is definitely better lens with longer focal range, it might be worth upgrading.
nice review.Btw is this the same kit lens the gh5 has or not?If not can you use this on gh5 if one already has this lens and only like to get GH5 body?
GH5 is / was sold either with this lens or 12-60mm F2.8-4.
@@TheHybridShooter thanks for clarifying.i just realized that gh5s and g85s kit lens have different speeds.makes sense.
Which one its better 12-60 or 14-140
Image quality is better with 12-60, but 14-140 has longer focal range.
I have come to the conclusion that I don't need to lug around my full frame Sony a7Riv with all those heavy lenses. So I am going with Lumix gx85 and three lenses. For street photography and traveling I will be carrying a much less expensive system and it's so much lighter, And for my purposes and post processing skills I can get the prints that meet my needs.
Why is a kit lens, less w/ purchasing a camera than by itself?
Nice video. Informative. Nice watches. ;)
Thank you!
Hope all is well does this kit lens go well with the Panasonic gh5s
Should i get the Olympus 12-40 2.8 or keep this kit lens?
All I want is one lens for everything. Including some low light, but I'm not sure if $600 of the 12-40 is worth it.
I would prefer 12-60mm F2.8-4 as and upgrade because of the dual IS and DFD profile, which will also help in low light.
I just want to carify that the sensor size doesnt effect the amount of light coming though the lens. The exposure will still be the same. Only the depth of field will change due to shorter focal lengths. Imagine cropping in on a full frame sensor or negative, just because you crop in it doesnt get darker. The depth of field for a certain angle of view changes though, due to the smaller size of the entrance pupile.
There is nothing to clarify, sensor size absolutely affects the total amount light that it can capture, which is what matters. You will only get the same exposure because of how the ISO works. You will get completely different amount of noise though.
@@TheHybridShooter so if you use a 25mm 2.8 lens on the 110 film system (same frame size as mft) with iso 100 film you need the more light than with a 50mm 2.8 lens and iso 100 film on a 35mm film camera??!?
@@TheHybridShooter another clarification: im only talking about exposure, not noise. The exposure for a given scene doesnt change with changing the focal length. If you shoot with iso 100 in sunlight, your exposure is around 1/100s and f16 going of sunny 16, regardless of sensor size and focal length.
Again, only because of how the ISO works. Different amount of noise at the same ISO is an evidence that the light gathering is not the same.
Only light gathering per area is the same, not total amount of light.
So the amount of light per square centimeter of sensor area changes when i use a 50mm f2 lens on an mft sensor compared to the same lens on a film camera? So lets say i have my film camera with a 50mm lens set at f2 with iso 200 film loaded, the amount of light hitting a 1cm sqare in the center of that negative is larger than the amount of light hitting a 1cm square in the center of the sensor when i use the same lens and adapt it on a micro four thirds camera, use the same aperture and also set the camera to iso 200?
Awesome & Thanks :)
good Review! I think I'm going to take the G81 with the 12-60mm instead of the 14-140mm :)
Thank you, that is probably a good choice.
@Dominik - did you take it? :) I am now considering those 2 options in G9X and I wonder which one will be better for general use, mainly landscape, streetphoto and museums ;).
I have 12-60 kit lense and 45-200 mk 1. Should I trade these two lenses for Panasonic 14-140 f3.5 -5.6? Will I loose quality in 14-60 range? Will really appreciate your opinion. Thanks
Nikolay Grishakin I have both the 12-60 and the 14-140. I haven't used the 45-200 so can't comment on that and can't therefore say if you should trade, but to answer your question about quality in the 14-60 range I'd say the 12-60 and 14-140 are identical and you wouldn't be sacrificing any quality in that range. For me the only benefit of the 12-60 is that it is weatherproof, and if I think it might be wet or dusty conditions I'll take that lens, but otherwise I'd always choose the 14-140 just because of its greater range which is great. (I also have the 7-14 which combined with the 14-140 gives me a great range and therefore the 12mm end of the 12-60 isn't really relevant to me, but if I didn't have the 7-14 or if I didn't want to carry the extra lens with me, then maybe in some scenarios the 12mm would be good to have rather than 14. Hope that helps. ☺
Kenny White Thank you so much!
Any comments on how the low light video is with this lens?
Reasonably good considering the aperture and MFT sensor size.
The Hybrid Shooter nice, have you tried it with the g9?
Yes, I have.
I like to take pictures of castles so I'm not that far away really and occasionally need to zoom a little, my current camera is 18-55 and it's ok, would this lense be suitable?
Yes, it will be suitable, 18-55 on APS-C is 27-82.5mm full frame equivalent, this is 24-120mm, so you will have much longer focal range.
I USE GX85 , I want to know how I know a dual is work (len + body collaboration is) . Did the camera show some signal ?
Yes, there should be an icon in top right corner.
I just bought the G95 with this 12 - 60 kit lens. I don't know how to zoom the lens in and out on my camera. I can do it manually of course, but how do I zoom it using the power of the camera body?
There is no power zoom on this lens, you can only zoom manually.
@@TheHybridShooter Thank you. I can live with that. The G95 is an amazing camera.
Do you recommend this Kamera with kit lens more than M50 or 6100 for new RUclips creator
No, I recommend A6100.
So this lens is pretty good for videos as I undertood, but is it any good for taking portraits I wonder? Can you achieve that desired blurred background effect with the subject in focus?
Not really.
@@TheHybridShooter would the Leica 12-60mm f2.8 - 4.0 lens better if I'd like to take some portraits from time to time, not just video? Thanks!
That wouldn't be much better. With M43 you need someting with max F1.8 if you care about blurred background.
@@cozmyx25you need the pany 25mm 1.7prime lens for fantastic bokeh blurred background
this lens or the 20mm 1.7 for the gh5? versatility or quality which is worth more?
There is no correct answer to that question, depends on the situation an shooting style.
Hi. Thank you so very much for your most informative reviews. Do you have any thoughts about the Panasonic 14-140mm f3.5 lens compared to this 12-60mm kit lens? Thank you.
You're welcome, unfortunately, I have never used 14-140.
Which lens is better for low light and night photography. 12-60 or 14-140mm?
Neither is good for that. Both have quite dark aperture.
@@TheHybridShooter Thanks. Any suggestions from you for G85?
Basically only 12-35mm F2.8 II.
@@TheHybridShooter Thanks. Hope it works fine under low lights.
Depends. For social events or moving subjects in general go with prime lens(es), e.g 20mm/f1.7. For static subjects 12-35/f2.8 is good, but version I (can't tell anything about version II) suffers from ugly green lens flare if you have bright light source in the field of view (street lamps). Maybe prime lenses might be somewhat ok, since G80 and newer higher end cameras have in-body image stabilization. It really depends on what kind of low-light photography you want to do. 12-35/f2.8 is somewhat expensive and it has somewhat limited use: 12-60 is more versatile in daylight, prime lenses are better when you want low aperture and they have nicer bokeh.
How does this lens compare in image quality vs the 12-32mm pancake?
I unfortunately don't know, I have never used it.
which would you recommend. 14-42 or this 12- 60? i have a chance to get one or the other.
Definitely 12-60
How do you turn on the power ois for video. Im using a gh4 and from research i fou d out you go to picture mode then turn on stabilizer. But it doesnt seem to make any difference giving shaky footage. Need help
I unfortunately don't know, I have never used GH4.
Hey all, does this lens have stepless aperture for video or do you notice the aperture notching open or closed if in shutter priority mode? I have the 14-140 and it has a stepless aperture design for video. Thanks.
Aperture change is smooth in video.
@@TheHybridShooter Thanks so much for replying. It's these details that can make a real difference to filming!
You're welcome!
Btw, what setting do u use for video? Thanks I have g85 as well
Here is video about my G85 video settings: ruclips.net/video/0NIQZyhgh4w/видео.html
can you test Olympus 12-200mm if possible
No, I unfortunately can't.
hello! Does the stab works with Olympus omd em5 mark 2?
no
What lens would you recommend for g85 for cinematoghy
Depends on the budget and what you intend to shoot.
Would this work well with the Panasonic G9 or is the Leica 12-60 a better option? Is it worth the price difference of $400 USD?
Leica has much better optical character, I would say that it is worth the price.
Can you use it on Canon camera?
no
Kremnica :) I live there... BTW Nice review
Ďakujem pekne! V Kremnici je veľmi pekne. Spúšťam inač aj Slovenskú verziu kanálu: bit.ly/TheHybridTech
does it look good in low light tho
Reasonably good for the price.
decent, considers it has dual-IS, you can shoot very low shutter speed. I myself can easily shoot with 1/3-1/10s, handheld
thkU
How does this lens work in lowlight?
Reasonably well for F3.5 MFT lens.
The Hybrid Shooter Allright, thanks!
Wouldnt recommend it to you for lowlight videos tough. I do get lots of grain in them, even with ISO 200 on my G7.
Prizma Allright thanks for the feedback. I do have two lenses that would suit better for lowlight, so its not a big deal. Was just curious!
Hi ! i try to choose and hard to make it cos it's have a same price. For inside/outside mostly video shooting. panasonic G7 with 14-140 lences ( where image stabilization in lence only, but people say it's perfect lences) or Panasonic G85 with 12-60 lences ( which is also pretty well according to many reviews) ??? Thanks !!!!
Unless you really need that 60-140mm range, G85 with 12-60mm is better choice.
Is This lens Has Af?
Yes.
The Hybrid Shooter thanks for the answer
🙏
nice Clock
Thank you!
This lens is very poor for videography. It's not parfocal, panning is difficult as it loses focus very easily. Focus hunts for no reason. Btw I'm using G9
It is kit lens that you can get for about 200 USD with the G9, expecting it to be parfocal is completely unreasonable. If something looses the focus, it is the camera, not the lens. My G9 doesn't do that though.
Great video. Thanks for sharing with us.
Your turn now.
You're welcome!
Very bad that - you use in all your video same video-sample.... You need more different sample for video review
I don’t care, I use what I have.