At the 100mm end, the angle of view is 12°, which is the same as that of a 200mm lens on a 35mm full-frame camera. The inclusion of stepping motor makes the focusing action smooth and silent for use in both photo and video recording.

It’s an extremely small and lightweight system that, with proper shooting and processing, allows me to print enlargements up to 24×36″ with my own Epson printers (I sell my prints as a part-tine fine art pro). I used to own a 45-175mm lens but it hardly got any use and it was rather large (compared to my other lenses) so i sold it. HD Digital Frame is a great way to put your portfolio on display and a great way to surface forgotten memories. On my trip, I took the DMC-GM1 camera, the 12-32mm lens that comes with the GM1 and the Panasonic 20mm f1. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.optical image stabiliser, and has an iris diaphragm with rounded blades which give the aperture a rounded shape. I haven't seen anything this compact ever, except for the Nikon 1, but that system uses a much smaller sensor. The inner lens barrel, which extends when put into shooting position, and extends further when zooming towards 100mm, is made of plastic. lens produces excellent results for distortion, with images that show no barrel or pincushion distortion at any focal length. If you like, though, the setting is “Lens IS Priority,” and it’s the second to last item in the Gears->C menu.

Zooming to 50mm results in increased sharpness in the centre of the frame, but at the expense of slightly reduced performance towards the edges of the frame. Yet, the lens is very compact and lightweight allowing easy carrying for photographers and videographers.

I put the 12-32 onto the GX7 and the 30-100 onto the GX8 or vice versa when I want to avoid lens changing.