Snowcat
Member
This is my latest addition to the system. I used a Canon 70-200 as a shallow dof lens via L to EF converter, but the speed of AF was pure and I decided to buy a Panasonic S 85/1.8 here in Malaysia, where I live now.
I must say that I was very surprised about how light is this lens. It weights nearly nothing! Yet it gives quite a nice pictures, Whenever I go to Chinese temples, I take 20-60 and 85 lenses. First one for wide shots, then I switch to 85 and take some intimate detail shots. A perfect combination, that cannot be replaced with 24-105/4, as it is both not wide enough and don't offer shallow DOF.
Some pictures (all from S1R + 85/1.8):
![](http://www.alphatraveller.org/gallery/i.php?/upload/2023/02/07/20230207195115-87e48449-me.jpg)
![](http://www.alphatraveller.org/gallery/i.php?/upload/2023/02/07/20230207195123-7d950877-me.jpg)
![](http://www.alphatraveller.org/gallery/i.php?/upload/2023/02/07/20230207195125-ae6d5374-me.jpg)
![](http://www.alphatraveller.org/gallery/i.php?/upload/2023/02/26/20230226165823-75358b20-me.jpg)
![](http://www.alphatraveller.org/gallery/i.php?/upload/2023/02/26/20230226165759-a6048ee1-me.jpg)
![](http://www.alphatraveller.org/gallery/i.php?/upload/2023/02/26/20230226165838-cd236922-me.jpg)
I must say that I was very surprised about how light is this lens. It weights nearly nothing! Yet it gives quite a nice pictures, Whenever I go to Chinese temples, I take 20-60 and 85 lenses. First one for wide shots, then I switch to 85 and take some intimate detail shots. A perfect combination, that cannot be replaced with 24-105/4, as it is both not wide enough and don't offer shallow DOF.
Some pictures (all from S1R + 85/1.8):
![](http://www.alphatraveller.org/gallery/i.php?/upload/2023/02/07/20230207195115-87e48449-me.jpg)
![](http://www.alphatraveller.org/gallery/i.php?/upload/2023/02/07/20230207195123-7d950877-me.jpg)
![](http://www.alphatraveller.org/gallery/i.php?/upload/2023/02/07/20230207195125-ae6d5374-me.jpg)
![](http://www.alphatraveller.org/gallery/i.php?/upload/2023/02/26/20230226165823-75358b20-me.jpg)
![](http://www.alphatraveller.org/gallery/i.php?/upload/2023/02/26/20230226165759-a6048ee1-me.jpg)
![](http://www.alphatraveller.org/gallery/i.php?/upload/2023/02/26/20230226165838-cd236922-me.jpg)