Budget Portrait & Studio Lenses for M43, My Favourites

[@amv2471]

You made me go back to Olympus !!! Love your videos 🙏🏻

[@thegreatvanziniphotos5976]

What a lovely place that was. Thanks.

[@ChuckSeayII]

I have the Sigma Contemporary trio 16, 30, and 56mm f1.4 and love them all but all can be noisy in video if AFC is on! I have been thinking about the Olympus 17mm or the Panasonic 15mm because the Sigma 16 is so much larger! I soon realized that the the benefits of pulling focus with the much larger focus ring on the Sigma 16 kept me from over-spending! Great video as usual! Thank you for sharing!

[@bastian.michel]

I own about 10 mFT lenses and have owned many more... and man... the 75mm 1.8 makes people smile when they see their photo after I shot them. Its definitly the lens with the most "wow-factor". If you could get it - do it! my other favorites are: 12-35 2.8 (for filming) 25mm 1.7 on my GX800 (everyday carry in my bag) 9mm 1.7 Leica (for filming low light, indoors)

[@michaelshorts9436]

I thought that the Olympus 45 mm f 1.8 would be my favorite portrait lens. It is a fine lens, but I find that I use the Panasonic Leica 25 mm f 1.4 more often. I bought that lens used, so it fits my budget category. In the non-budget category, I love the Olympus 40-150 f 2.8 PRO lens for portrait work. Keep these excellent videos coming!

[@daleclark3138]

Good info on Sigma 60mm. Will look for one of these as my longest prime is the Olympus 45mm.

[@francishwlee]

The Oly 45mmf1.8 has a lot of field curvature, which is usually considered a big flaw these days, but what it actually means is that you can stop down more to get more of your subject in focus while still getting good subject separation. It's a wonderful budget lens.

[@prizepictures1]

Someone said similar about the 17mm f1.8 which I never noticed but now I can’t unsee it, lol.

[@davidmill7289]

Great advice Brian. With budget in mind I’ve started collecting vintage lenses which are easily adapted to mirrorless cameras. Yes it’s manual focusing but peaking makes this easy. For example the Zuiko OM 50mm 1.8 could be used to get 100mm and the small 35-70 OM zoom would cover 70-140mm. Both great lenses.

[@ThatMicro43Guy]

Often these lenses are less sharp than the modern ones and give really nice results because of it especially when shooting women to give a natural soft skin look. I think many lenses are actually too sharp these days so I can see why you would enjoy using them.

[@davidmill7289]

@@ThatMicro43Guy Absolutely Brian. They do have ‘character’ and another benefit is on APSC or MFT you tend to avoid the softer edges by shooting through more of the centre of the lens.

[@petermcginty3636]

Thanks Brian

[@stuartcarden1371]

Thank you Brian. I've tended to stay away from olympus lenses on my Gx7 because I was worried about compatibility but I've been frustrated with the focus shift of the Lumix 25mm f/1.7, so I might give the olympus a go. Very much appreciated 😊

[@ThatMicro43Guy]

I’ve never had issues with Olympus lenses on my lumix cameras (G9, GX8, GX7, GX1 & G1] so worth a try

[@stuartcarden1371]

@@ThatMicro43Guy - Thanks. I was considering the pan/leica 25mm 1.4 but it's quite expensive and a little bigger than I would like :)

[@sdegio70]

Sigma 56mm 1.4 is excellent too and used is not so expensive.

[@AprilClayton]

Have you ever had a macro lens for micro 4/3? I’ve been taking closeups of flowers with the Sony 90mm, but wouldn’t mind something lighter.

[@ThatMicro43Guy]

I borrowed the 60mm macro Olympus from my friend Paul. I did a review on it and as you are a patron (as always, many thanks for the support April) you’ll find it on my PATREON page on Jan 6th this year where it was a PATREON early viewing special.. You’ll be able to view it without adverts on there or it was on my KZbin channel around 20th Jan. the thumbnail is one of a white and orange flower. I really liked it even though macro is not my normal shooting style. I also found It to be a really good headshot lens. Some of the shots I’ve seen Paul produce of insects have been stunning.

[@sticky123]

Great video and great advice.

[@ThatMicro43Guy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dominicrhodes447]

Where is the bee friendly garden, I would like to visit (beekeeper!)?

[@ThatMicro43Guy]

It’s in Brampton, Cumbria. Near the Union Lane community centre. There are no hives there though, it’s just a place with lots of plants & flowers planted to attract bees

[@dominicrhodes447]

@@ThatMicro43Guy Perfect thanks, I am Cumbria also, I will visit this week.

[@ThatMicro43Guy]

@@dominicrhodes447 give me a shout when you do, if I’m around I’ll pop down and say hello

[@nikkolp640]

Thanks Brian. Out of all that, 45mm might be a bargain considering iq, af speed and price. Have you tried the brightinstar 10mm 5.6 ? Cheap wide angle, sort of fisheye, with fixed aperture with a usable infinity focus

[@ThatMicro43Guy]

No, never had one to try

[@AlexOmana]

Hi Brian the Lumix g9 today for 750$ a excelent grade, Is a good buy? What do you think?

[@ThatMicro43Guy]

I think so!

[@jonbarnard7186]

I own the Olympus 45, 25 and 17. Years ago, I owned the panasonic 14mm 2.5 pancake lens, but I sold it. Now I'm thinking of buying it again, because I like compact lenses. What's your opinion on that lens? Have you used it?

[@ThatMicro43Guy]

I have used it and have one still. Personally I like it and used it a lot. I’m on my second one as I dropped my first into the harbour at Seahouses in Northumberland (so if you want a cheap one there’s one you can have if you retrieve it from the 20 feet of water lol). I have done a couple of related review videos on my channel a year or two ago. Go for the mk2 version though.

[@jonbarnard7186]

@@ThatMicro43Guy Well I live in Canada, so getting to Northumberland might drive up the cost of the salvage job. I think I must have owned the original version of that lens, years ago. I'll keep my eyes open for a bargain Mk.ii.

[@ThatMicro43Guy]

@@jonbarnard7186 lol

[@artjohnson01]

Great content! I was surprised though to see the 60 (120ff)mm lens included as a portrait lens. Keep up these topic oriented videos coming.

[@ThatMicro43Guy]

It is tight and so I only really use it for head shots but I do like it