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Lumix 20-60mm f/3.5-5.6

Jonathan-Mac

Jonathan-Mac

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Great photos, Jonathan.

Those apartments in Mojacar are amazing!
 
Love this lens! Actually, it is the ONLY 3.5-5.6 kit lens that I kept and continue using it regularity.

Even wide open it gives enough sharpness to handle 47MP sensor. Being 20mm at short end makes it wide enough for me in 98% of situations where I need wide angle (while 24mm is good for about 80% of them and 28mm can handle only like 65% of situations, I enjoy making photos of the cities).

And additionally it has an advantage over 24-105 in handling direct sunlight. 24-105 is really bad at this...

And some pics )





 
Snowcat said:
Love this lens! Actually, it is the ONLY 3.5-5.6 kit lens that I kept and continue using it regularity.

Even wide open it gives enough sharpness to handle 47MP sensor. Being 20mm at short end makes it wide enough for me in 98% of situations where I need wide angle (while 24mm is good for about 80% of them and 28mm can handle only like 65% of situations, I enjoy making photos of the cities).

And additionally it has an advantage over 24-105 in handling direct sunlight. 24-105 is really bad at this...

And some pics )





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Great photos, especially #2.

I plan to keep the 20-60mm even if I ever get a 20mm or wider prime as it's so versatile, compact and gives fantastic image quality. I probably use it just as much as the 24-70/2.8 because when I don't need speed it's a much smaller and lighter lens to take along.
 
Great examples Paul, I love the Sky Garden one, cracker of a shot.
 
Big fan of mine. It gives me much hesitation in replacing it with a prime, as at 20mm it's not that slow for an ultrawide, not too big or chunky and gives excellent image quality
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  • Panasonic - DC-S5
  • LUMIX S 20-60/F3.5-5.6
  • 20.0 mm
  • ƒ/3.5
  • 1/1000 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • ISO 100
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  • Panasonic - DC-S5
  • LUMIX S 20-60/F3.5-5.6
  • 20.0 mm
  • ƒ/3.5
  • 1/800 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • -1
  • ISO 100
231125-P1000186.jpg
  • Panasonic - DC-S5
  • LUMIX S 20-60/F3.5-5.6
  • 20.0 mm
  • ƒ/3.5
  • 1/1000 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • -1.3
  • ISO 100
240202-P1001095.jpg
  • Panasonic - DC-S5
  • 20.0 mm
  • ƒ/4
  • 1/500 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • -0.3
  • ISO 100
240202-P1001093.jpg
  • Panasonic - DC-S5
  • 20.0 mm
  • ƒ/3.5
  • 1/1000 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • 0.3
  • ISO 100
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  • Panasonic - DC-S5
  • LUMIX S 20-60/F3.5-5.6
  • 51.0 mm
  • ƒ/5.3
  • 1/500 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • -0.3
  • ISO 100
 
I love this little lens. At f8, it's to all intents and purposes as good as any lens in the system. I foolishly allowed myself to be dragged into a FB discussion where someone was asking for views on it. So many of the responses were really negative, along the lines of "it's OK for a kit lens, but compared to just about anything else it's crap". I really do disagree with this. So long as you don't need a wide aperture, this lens will deliver top-class results. I really like this one I took recently using the S5 - 60mm and f8:


Quintessential Norway by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
 
pdk42 said:
I love this little lens. At f8, it's to all intents and purposes as good as any lens in the system. I foolishly allowed myself to be dragged into a FB discussion where someone was asking for views on it. So many of the responses were really negative, along the lines of "it's OK for a kit lens, but compared to just about anything else it's crap". I really do disagree with this. So long as you don't need a wide aperture, this lens will deliver top-class results. I really like this one I took recently using the S5 - 60mm and f8:
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Yes, I agree. It's a wonderful lens and the extra 4mm on the wide end is really useful.

I've looked at some of the Lumix FB groups but rarely participate because they're a lot like DRP forums, bad for your mental health.
 
pdk42 said:
At f8, it's to all intents and purposes as good as any lens in the system... So long as you don't need a wide aperture, this lens will deliver top-class results.
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Exactly. I'm even happy to use it wide open anywhere in the range. This lens has never done anything but impress me.
 
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