Anyone else own 'the' two 25mm m4/3 lenses?

[jojo90]

So my shopping finger started itching again today, must be because we are off on a year long tour of SE Asia next month. Started off thinking about buying the 20mm f1.7 again as all the other lenses in the bag are a little bulky :

Panasonic 7-14mm f4.0
Olympus 12mm f2.0 (on sale here)
Voigtlander Nokton 25mm f0.95
Olympus 45mm f1.8
Olympus 75mm f1.8
(OM-D)

Started to get misty eyed about my old one... but browsing around Flickr just hit buy on the Panasonic Leica 25mm f1.4.

Doh!

Love the Nokton however just fancied another 25mm with a different signature. The Nokton is very filmic, unique, & would be my only lens if that was ever a choice to make. Looking at the 25mm Panny the signature is more clinical, which I sorta like as well!

Anyone else in the same boat owning both lenses? Which do you prefer?

 

[Phall82]

So my shopping finger started itching again today, must be because we are off on a year long tour of SE Asia next month. Started off thinking about buying the 20mm f1.7 again as all the other lenses in the bag are a little bulky :

Panasonic 7-14mm f4.0
Olympus 12mm f2.0 (on sale here)
Voigtlander Nokton 25mm f0.95
Panasonic 45mm f1.8
Panasonic 75mm f1.8
(OM-D)

Started to get misty eyed about my old one... but browsing around Flickr just hit buy on the Panasonic Leica 25mm f1.4.

Doh!

Love the Nokton however just fancied another 25mm with a different signature. The Nokton is very filmic, unique, & would be my only lens if that was ever a choice to make. Looking at the 25mm Panny the signature is more clinical, which I sorta like as well!

Anyone else in the same boat owning both lenses? Which do you prefer?

I'd love to hear some opinions in this as well. I've just bought the Panasonic 25mm and haven't even considered the Nokton, mainly because of the manual only focus but it is something I would consider in the future maybe.

You've got a very nice lens setup there.

 

[woof woof]

Besides the larger aperture another advantage of the Voigtlander is the close focus abitity.

If considering another 25mm the close focus distance might be something to think about.

 

[jojo90]

I'd love to hear some opinions in this as well. I've just bought the Panasonic 25mm and haven't even considered the Nokton, mainly because of the manual only focus but it is something I would consider in the future maybe.

You've got a very nice lens setup there.

The Nokton is great :
+f0.95
+17cm Close Focus
+Razor sharp F2.0>f5.6
+Cinematic rendition
+Manual Focus
+Built like a tank : will outlive the cockroaches!
But:
-Manual Focus (in some situations)
-Heavy (for m4/3)
-Great rendition & bokeh, but not sharp @ f0.95 (however will give you images no other lens will), and not as sharp as Panasonic 25mm @ f1.4, but still acceptable.

For me it was always a toss up between the Panasonic & Voigt. What turned me over to the Voigt in the end was the feel of the images, cinematic, filmic, something intangible that the Panasonic just didn't have.

Idly browsing Flickr the Panasonic does have it's strengths, there isn't anything wrong with clinical shots & it offers a nice alternative sometimes.

Figured why not have the best of both worlds so bought one today. Browse Flickr lens groups, the reviews try and break the lenses down into sharpness, bokeh, etc but don't really get into the 'feel' of the lens. There is a marked difference between the images coming out of each glass!

 

[Phall82]

The Nokton is great :
+f0.95
+17cm Close Focus
+Razor sharp F2.0>f5.6
+Cinematic rendition
+Manual Focus
+Built like a tank : will outlive the cockroaches!
But:
-Manual Focus (in some situations)
-Heavy (for m4/3)
-Great rendition & bokeh, but not sharp @ f0.95 (however will give you images no other lens will), and not as sharp as Panasonic 25mm @ f1.4, but still acceptable.

For me it was always a toss up between the Panasonic & Voigt. What turned me over to the Voigt in the end was the feel of the images, cinematic, filmic, something intangible that the Panasonic just didn't have.

Idly browsing Flickr the Panasonic does have it's strengths, there isn't anything wrong with clinical shots & it offers a nice alternative sometimes.

Figured why not have the best of both worlds so bought one today. Browse Flickr lens groups, the reviews try and break the lenses down into sharpness, bokeh, etc but don't really get into the 'feel' of the lens. There is a marked difference between the images coming out of each glass!

I suppose it's the same way I couldn't get rid of my Fuji x100, I have 35mm focal length covered on my OM-D but there's something unique and special about using the Fuji with its dials and controls and the photos it produces. I couldn't sell it became the focal length is covered but it's completely different.

I do like the look of the Voigtlander but it's too rich for me at the moment.