Best Value Lens For Micro 4/3 Filmmakers

[@NigelBarros]

What Micro 4/3 lens should I try next?

[@marekgniady514]

Can you compare working with zoom between mirrorless and camcorder? I want to upgrade my skate video setup and don't know what what to choose.

[@edwardlin2941]

Have you looked at 12-100mm F4 with image stabilization? Probably not good with low light but supposedly boosts the stabilization even more.

[@VincentsKonsulat]

Olympus 17mm f1.8

[@robocoontv3245]

Maybe the sirui anamorphics 🤔

[@jschoonj]

Honestly you’re not gonna find it on a budget but the 8-25 f/4.0 PRO is something else. That focal range is so versatile for video work it’s crazy. You can engage IS 1 also and get rid of the warp. 8mm is plenty wide for that.

[@fundadtv6336]

Your content is one of the best here on KZbin. Reason is, is that you keep things simple and budget friendly with products that people can still make their footage look amazing. Thank you!

[@Superz3ro]

All of my professional go to lenses for the GH5 are the M.Zuiko Pro Series: 12-40/2.8, 40-150/2.8, 17/1.2, and the 45/1.2. Purchased all brand new, at ridiculously good discount, which is why I don’t have the 25/1.2 or the 7-14/2.8, because I have not found them at a price I am comfortable paying. I chose the 45/1.2 because it was weather sealed and the Nocticron is not… They work remarkably well with the Lumix GH5, and I am looking forward to use them with the GH5 Mark II once the GH6 comes out. (Hoping for a price drop). The lenses are tack sharp, and the AF is on point. If I miss a shot, it is due to user error not the gear. However, the main reason I got them was for video, and the manual clutch ring. The lenses just seemed more conducive for the task… …

[@raalaa121]

Don't give away trade secrets ! ! People think full frame is where it's at ... but the GH5 / G9 and Olympus lenses are the best bang for buck and PRO gear.

[@BarttRoman]

Man, I love the images you get. I usually don't plan to get any of the gear you talk about but the videos are so chill and beautiful to watch.

[@AlpacoFilms]

If you ever get the chance to try out the 12-100! Highly recommended! It’s amazing! The 12-40 is definitely one of my favorites!

[@MitchellMillennial]

The 12-40 is a nice piece of glass, i used to have it and loved it

[@itsryanwilkes]

The panasonic 10-25 f1.7 does have the clutch focus ring as well! Its definitely my favorite lens.

[@MatthewDangyou]

Oregon is so pretty! My wife and I have been trying to plan a trip there soon since we live in sunny San Diego. Sick video Nigel🤙🏻

[@AdamB.]

A favorite MFT lens for me. The Oly 12-40mm f2.8 pro just about lives on my camera.

[@David2222]

Hilarious!!! I commented not long ago about how I appreciate your gear and direct applications. Well, you’ve done it again Nigel. A year ago I picked up this lens for my GH3…AND LOVE IT. Oh…the GH3 is toast…but GH4 great too with it! Thanks again buddy

[@PabloRVasquez]

Love this lens! The clutch mechanism was the main reason why I chose this one over Panasonic. Used it on my gh4 and keep on using it on my bmpcc4k.

[@anhhct]

Got mine for 250 usd. Best bang for the buck. M4/3 systems are truely amazing

[@davidlongenecker9414]

The Olympus pro lenses are great all around. When I used the gh5 as my daily driver, the Olympus pros were my go to. They didn’t have as much character as the voightlanders, but they had AF compatibility, sharpness wide open and the manual focus clutch.

[@raksh9]

When the GH4 was my main camera, the Voigtlanders were my go to lenses. But when I switched to the G9, I found the LCD screen harder to discern focus, and AF was much better, so I started using Olympus Pro primes. The loss of character was well compensated by the gain in usability.

[@KieranCoughlanWicklow]

The only Lumix lenses with manual focus clutch are the 10-25 & 25-50 f/1.7 that I know of. But they’re crazy expensive

[@NigelBarros]

True! I almost forgot about those beasts, yeah crazy expensive!

[@AiurMedia]

i sold a few kidneys to get that lens, no regret!

[@alexibykovski]

This is my go-to lens for GH5. I've also really enjoyed 40-150 f2.8 and 45 f1.2.

[@jolladevices]

5:10 they are actually very well designed outside. They're almost like the older Canon late '90s texture lenses

[@WunjoxFlo]

Before I switched to Sony, this lens was my favourite. Built like a tank, super sharp, excellent ergonomics. A wonderful tool !

[@robocoontv3245]

I use a 12-60mm f2.8-4 Olympus fourthirds lense on my micro four thirds cams. I have a cheap adapter which works for me. Autofocus is not working in video mode and photo mode is slow but I'm more in manual focus so this is not a problem for me. The price was around 200 euros.

[@GreggMcLachlan]

My favourite lens and my workhorse on GH5 👊

[@TiagoLacerra]

Seu trabalho é incrível.

[@produceahit123]

Thanks Nigel!

[@maxlove9446]

Was this the 12-40 Pro or Pro II? I’m looking to get this lens and am wondering if the difference matters.

[@JKFLASH]

I had this lens and sold it your gonna make me cry!!!!

[@TonyFuego]

Pretty cool. No stabilization on my Black Magic though..

[@WestEpicVisuals]

If I hadn't gotten the Pana-leica 12-60 when I got my G9 I would defenitely picked up this lens. I even put up the 12-60 for sale to try and switch over, but happy with it anyways since the dual IS is killer. I did get the Oly 25mm 1.2 and absolutely love it, the CAF when shooting videos seems to be more consistent than most of my other Panasonic lenses even and I love the look that you can get from their f/1.2's.

[@imagenatura]

Great combo. You can also do some "snap" focus effects with clutch on the 12-40.

[@pogocane6871]

Great video) But it's a bit annoying that you didn't mention that you can't program the function of the L-fn button if you're using a GH4 (as I understand, that's your primary camera?). It only functions as an autofocus lock (not a useful feature IMO).

[@Mraz75]

Nice and thank you..

[@greeNativeAgenceWeb]

Love this lens, bought it two years ago 2nd hand... but just had an issue NOW, it seems that the lens doesn't connect my olympus om e10 mk iii. I tried another lens and it works.. this not... anyone had this issue? Will try to check if it can be repair.. How was your used lens experience?

[@the_sologlass]

Hi Nigel, I've been following your channel for quite a while now . I'm a Panasonic and Olympus owner. Question, why did you switch over solely to Olympus? I just placed an order for a brand new GH 4.

[@LouisLuzuka]

I like that party trick

[@raalaa121]

The panasonic lenses are better for video if you need the DUAL IS ... if you have shakey hands, the DUAL IS is a godsend. I love my Olympus glass but still own the 12-35 F2.8 for the DUAL IS and the 35-100 F2.8 ii

[@JonathanPace]

I can't believe it man ahah I recorded today a video talking about my new gear including the 12 40, I totally agree with everything, it's much better than the 12 35 👌 and the manual clutch makes the decision super easy after having tried it 😎

[@TonySelyem]

Dude! Big fan. My memory is that you've been a long time user of Lumix (GX85, GH4, GH5, etc.). Have you committed to the OMD EM-1 Mk II? Anything you miss with your abandoned Lumix? ;-) I am looking to get into MFT and was looking at the G9 for hybrid stuff..... TY!

[@raksh9]

The only Panasonic lenses which have manual focus clutch rings are the very expensive 10-25mm f1.7 and 25-50mm f1.7

[@newfoundmass]

The Olympus lens is superior but I've stuck to the 12-35 due to dual IS. I however DO use the Olympus 7-14. Even used its a bit pricy but it's SO good.

[@decarlismadison369]

Nice review

[@Mathew-vlogs]

The Olympus 17mm 1.8 also has the clutch.

[@IsomPhilips]

I'm still in a love affair with my DJI 15mm which I discovered through watching your videos although this Olympus 12-40 sounds amazing.

[@iwatchvideos1965]

Thank you for the priceless piece of advice, once again. Not in the micro 4/3 category: I have a Canon SL3, it’s an APS-C. I like the fifty nifty 50mm f1.8, get awesome portrait shots with it, but it’s really cropped. Do you know an other lens maybe in the 20 to 30mm range, with the same aperture, that would work? Thank you!!

[@chrisrichtermindset]

Bro do you think this lens is better than 12-35 2.8 or the lecia 12-60

[@AliShev]

how do u think does it worth to pay more for second version of this lens?

[@tss3393]

Wow, I'm not used to being this early 😂 this lens looks dope!

[@LouisLuzuka]

12-40mm so like 24-80mm f2.8 and its not stabilized but the em1 mark 2 has In body stabilization ? man... that looks beautiful. maybe I'll start using my 15-45mm canon more just to get used to the focal length

[@TheOckaa]

You should try magic lantern for Eos m. You can pick one up for 100$ if you search for a while. It's 2.5k raw witch is insaine

[@chrisrichtermindset]

Bro be honest do you think this lens is better than the 12-35 ii for the G9?

[@mannypalacios76]

how is this on a g9??

[@theboyetart]

the 12-100 f4 pro i think is a parfocal lens.

[@avinashkumaravi2833]

Can i use this lens with panasonic lumxi g85 camera ?

[@andrewfreeman88]

Where do you live, looks beautiful over there?

[@LaurieHallLJH]

Pretty sure that although this lens has a manual focus clutch, it’s still focus by wire, ie not mechanical. It might still be linear though. To my knowledge this is common across all Olympus lenses with a clutch.

[@NigelBarros]

well, when the clutch is enabled you're definitely physically moving part of the lens, so whether it's true linear focus or not, what I've found is I can do repeatable focus pulls with this lens whereas I couldn't with any Panasonic lens.

[@LaurieHallLJH]

@@NigelBarros in the end if it works, it works. Good luck with your journey into Olympus. I also have an EM1 MK2 :-)

[@gabmilitao]

This lens is true mechanical (not FbW) focus, I have and the manual focus works line a charm. It is also sharper on the corners than the 12-35mm Lumix. Not to mention it is built like a tank, way more premium than the Panasonic (still a great lens tho, but the Olympus is better)

[@BarefootMediaTV]

I got this for my BMPCC 4k and its crazy distorted at the wider end. I think olympus fixes that in their cameras. From what i hear the zoom can get sticky too, i bought mine used and the zoom is off. If i zoom all the way out the lens is still sticking out about an inch out of the barrel, then when i zoom to 18mm its closed, then when i zoom to 40 its sticks back out all the way.

[@NigelBarros]

That's strange, the bmpcc 4k does have a slightly larger field of view than most M 4/3 cameras so maybe this lens can't cover the sensor at the wide end as well as panasonics? This lens I bought used as well and my copy works great, it is kinda annoying that it has to be at 18mm to be fully collapsed

[@BarefootMediaTV]

@@NigelBarros Is the not being collapsed at 12mm normal for this lens? I assumed mine was just messed up. and i think panasonic and olympus cameras work better with their own lenses. They advertised the pansonic 12-35mm as parfocal but that was actually with help from the gh3/4/5. With the black magic i dont believe it works like a parfocal lens. Same with the distortion.

[@KathyXie]

Panasonic and olympus cameras perform automatic barrel distortion correction(and a slightly crop on wide angle?) and chromatic aberration correction when using their own brand of lenses. I have the Olympus 40 150 and using it on Panasonic body I get crazy chromatic aberration on the long end.

[@TheNjkdo]

Hello, can you use the camera exposure meter with this lens?

[@datalaforge]

Hey, I'm curious to know how the linear focus performs. I had the Olympus 17mm F1.8 and on the gh5, the manual focus was a bit bumpy and glitchy. I wonder if it would have worked better on an Olympus body. You're killing it btw. Great stuff!

[@NigelBarros]

I've been able to pull focus repeatedly and accurately with this lens, never used the 17mm but this 12-40 works better than any focus by wire lens from panasonic

[@datalaforge]

​@@NigelBarros Nice! That's really good to hear, especially from a 15mm user. That 15mm was the best I'd used on the gh5.

[@benferris6472]

Do Olympus lenses work on panasonic cams. Or is my best bet an panasonic lens for my panasonic body! Any ideas? Thanks

[@NigelBarros]

yeah Olympus lenses will work on Panasonic bodies, and vice versa

[@joestrahl6980]

However, most Panasonic lenses work better on Panasonic bodies and most Olympus lenses work better on Olympus bodies. For example the auto focus can be slightly snappier using P lenses on P body and Olympus lenses on O body. Not a deal breaker however. Except we all should be writing OM System instead of Olympus nowadays

[@AiurMedia]

isn't that pana leica 15mm?

[@d4rktrooper20]

Do these work on a Sony a7iii

[@A1Bokeh]

funny man this was my first olympus lens..its actually really really good and the reach is great. I am also selling mine on ebay if anyone is interested

[@AndrewKnepper]

Awesome vid! What brand is that led tube light in the background?

[@NigelBarros]

thanks man, it's a super cheap Luxceo wand light!

[@AndrewKnepper]

@@NigelBarros thanks bro 👍

[@timbottman3479]

This video name is funny "Film makers" you do not use film make your digital video. so please stop calling yourself film maker. call your self digital movie or video maker!