![]() It is a little on the heavy side for an MFT walk-around lens – not ruinously so, just maybe a couple of notches more than you’d expect. It’s a lens that feels good to hold and use. As we noted in our review, it delivers the goods optically throughout its zoom range – it really is sharper than sharp – and Olympus’s ‘PRO’ designation means that build quality is also premium. With an equivalent range of 16-50mm, the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 8-25mm f/4 PRO lens is a very useful wide-angle walk-around lens. Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 8-25mm F4 Pro attached to an Olympus body. Read on for full details of these lenses, plus more, starting with the best of the best:ĥ Star rated lenses: (Gold award) Best ultra-wide zoom: Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 8-25mm f/4 PRO Best compact wide-angle: Laowa MFT 10mm F2.0 C&D – check best price.Best budget portrait lens: Panasonic Lumix G 25mm f/1.7 – check best price.Best premium wide-angle: Leica DG Summilux 12mm f/1.4 – check best price.Best Sigma portrait lens: Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC DN – check best price.Best compact telephoto: OM System 40-150mm F4.0 PRO – check best price.Best Olympus ultra-wide: Olympus M.Zuiko 7-14mm f2.8 PRO – check best price.Best OM-System prime: OM-System M.Zuiko 20mm f/1.4 PRO – check best price.Best ultra-wide prime: Leica DG Summilux 9mm f/1.7 ASPH – check best price.Best standard prime: Panasonic Lumix G 20mm f1.7 II ASPH – check best price.Best super-zoom: Olympus M.Zuiko ED 12-100mm f/4 IS Pro – check best price.Best standard zoom lens: Olympus M.Zuiko 12-45mm f/4 PRO – check best price.Best budget prime: Rokinon / Samyang 50mm f/1.2 UMC CS – check best price. ![]() Best Olympus portrait lens: Olympus M.Zuiko 25mm F1.2 PRO – check best price.Best portrait lens: Leica DG Nocticron 42.5mm f/1.2 ASPH OIS – check best price.Best macro lens: OM System M.Zuiko 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO – check best price.Best ultra-wide zoom: Olympus M.Zuiko ED 8-25mm f/4 PRO – check best price.So without further delay, here are the best Micro Four Thirds lenses, the quick list: Weather-sealing – If you’re likely to be shooting street or landscape photography and don’t want to stop due to poor weather conditions, then look out for a lens that is weather-sealed, as this will help protect your lens, as well as your camera. If manual focus isn’t for you, then make sure to check first.Ĭrop factor – The Micro Four Thirds system has a 2x crop factor, so that means a 50mm lens used on a Micro Four Thirds camera, will actually give a 2x cropped view, giving the equivalent to a 100mm lens (in 35mm equivalent terms). Manual Focus or Autofocus – The majority of Micro Four Thirds lenses are autofocus, but some, from companies like Laowa, Meike, and Samyang / Rokinon, are manual focus only. Panasonic lenses with optical image stabilisation come with “Power” or “Mega” OIS, whilst Olympus lenses with optical image stabilisation simply have “IS” in the name. Image Stabilisation – IS, Power OIS, or Mega OIS? If you’re using a Micro Four Thirds camera without In-Body Image Stabilisation (IBIS), then having optical image stabilisation in the lens is going to be of particular interest, it’s also worth looking out for it when looking at longer telephoto lenses. How to choose the Best Micro Four Thirds lens: If you’re not sure how to go about choosing an MFT lens, here first are a few pointers. See our guides to the best Panasonic cameras and best Olympus cameras to see more of what MFT has to offer. Not long ago we published a piece all about why Micro Four Thirds offers something no-one else can, which is worth a read to learn more about the system. MFT cameras, as they’re sometimes called, are highly portable, with perfectly balanced lenses. ![]() ![]() All bodies share the Four Thirds sensor size, which is smaller than APS-C or full frame (though significantly larger than the sensors you’d find in even the best camera phones), and this, combined with the lack of a mirror system, allows for smaller body designs. Micro Four Thirds was jointly announced by Olympus and Panasonic in 2008, making it the first mirrorless system on the scene. There’s so much great stuff out there for Micro Four Thirds that it can be a little overwhelming, which is why we’ve put together this guide to help you find the best lenses for your Micro Four Thirds camera. Being able to chop and change Panasonic, Olympus and OM-System lenses and bodies at will gives the user huge flexibility in terms of how they build their setup. The Micro Four Thirds system is one of the most versatile and exciting in all of photography. Joshua Waller and the AP team pick the absolute best Micro Four Thirds lenses for Panasonic, Olympus and OM-System mirrorless cameras.
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