Panasonic Lumix S 85mm f/1.8 Review 

That is the Lens i am waiting for,i dislike the Heavy 1.4 lenses with Filter size 77-87mm😱

i like about it that the other lenses from panasonic (the 1.8) lenses will be the exactly the same in size and filter size! great for people who swap for lenses . Especially when you film on a gimbal or use filters! looking forward for their wideangle 1.8 lens!

i think it looks awesome

I bought it and i wish Panasonic would make more lenses!

More will come soon!

You are welcome Luca! :)

Thank you very much Coach Sayf!!!

35 1.8!! that is the lens i'm waitinig for!! I already told Panasonic I will preorder one, and no i have not seen the 35 1.8 yet.

I am waiting for the 35mm !

@@TheRealRichardWong yeah!!! On MFT the little Panasonic/Leica 15mm was my favorite walk around lens, can’t wait for a nice 35mm on my S5.

Enjoy! :)

Most photos were shot in RAW (well i shot in RAW+JPG, but since i did edit them, so i use the RAW instead). yes I did some edits. Boost a little bit of contrast and play with the curve a bit to get the look you want. But the photos from this lens is beautiful even without editing so you don't need to do much.

thank you for watching Benjamin!

Good question. My understanding is that the hi res 96MP output is a bit more demanding than the normal 24MP mode and would help me reveal imperfections in the optics more than the 24MP. Having said that, i do have concerns if it will introduce artifacts in some of the photos so this is something i will think about it more when I work on my next L mount lens review

Thank you Robert! Yes focus breathing is a bit more than the other Lumix S 1.8 lenses. But usually the longer the focal length, the more focus breathing it could have

The 85 should be already released? Or any minute if it's not. For thr 50mm.. there is no official information announced publicly yet

thank you for watching!

Don't wait for the preorder! I have a feeling it will sold out very quickly

Yes it sure does have hood comes with it. All Lumix s lens I have tested have a lens hood included

Definitely a good idea to listen to aunty Jacinda especially when she ask you to buy a s5!!

haha thanks for watching Hiep Phan!

yes you can. i think you can assume all Panasonic lenses would support that (and i checked it with the 85)

and pretty reasonable price too. Thanks for watching!

heya Zeapon!! Thanks!!

I haven't got a chance to compare the nikon Z and lumix S lenses but I would guess they should be very similar as I found them great when tested individually

@@TheRealRichardWong You are the man, thank you again. I'm glad I subscribed to your channel.

Hey Ben! Does it make you more interested in getting a S5 ;)

@@TheRealRichardWong HaHa Yes definitely! 😍 That or the R6 atm 🤔You should test the R6 😉

hi bryce, the lens is made in China just like the S5.

@@TheRealRichardWong thanks so much! I'm impressed with the price there were able to hit, very compelling value.

You going crazy ALi!! Or you wanna wait for the Lumix S 18mm f/1.8 instead?

@@TheRealRichardWong lol ya I'm back into my gear research. Ya man they need to release it already!

these 1.8 primes should make a lot of L-mount shooters happy!

thank you!

hmm not that I'm aware of Andrea

thanks for watching Alan!

Hi Paulo, those are very different lenses, how do you want to see them compared?

@@TheRealRichardWong a auto focus test, what are the best applications for each, etc. 👍👍👍👍

I'm also waiting for the 35mm but i haven't heard any date yet. Hoping it's not too far away as I really want one myself. no haven't heard anything about the macro lenses, but i would suggest checking out Laowa's macro lenses, a little bird told me they are releasing their macro lenses ini L mount quite soon

@@TheRealRichardWong thanks, I will keep my eye on Laowa. I’m working with Don Komarechka on proof-reading his Macro Photigraphy book so will probably hear from him. Your review was excellent.

oh i can't really answer as i haven't shoot with them side by side. But i find it hard to complain about this S 85 1.8

I can tell you the Nocticron has chromatic aberation wide open. Very sharp and contrasty wide open and warmer tone compared to its rival the 45mm Pro. Not weather sealed like the 45mm. But it is the fastest prime with optical stabilizer so far. Same filter thread as this 85mm full frame, and if I can remember right, has an okay controlled focus breathing... though I haven't really tested that part out properly. But I don't remember any focus breathing much. But personally, I'd suggest the 45mm if you're sticking with mft. I have both lenses. But this 85mm, which will likely be similar to the other Lumix f1.8s, is making me tempted to go full frame too. Considering the f1.2 from the nocticron is dof of 2.4. But since the S5 has dual IS, the iso level, dynamic range, etc. is more advantageous. And lso lighter than my G9 and GH5s.

The Nikon Z 85 1.8 is really great too when i test it a while ago. will see if i have the chance to compare them. But before that, i will compare with the Sigma 85 1.4 ART L mount very soon! And yes 1.8 is def ok for pro jobs!

The Noct surely has much better/premium build quality. In terms of picture quality, i haven't done any side by side comparison so can't really answer sorry.

@@TheRealRichardWong thanks for your thoughts 👍🏻

edited. But SOOC is great already! Some photos really just adjusted the exposure/contrast a bit

Hard to say. i have a Z6 and S5 (not S1) myself and use them both equally as much. Use the Z6 a bit more for stills and S5 a bit more for videos but i could use either camera for everything as they are both great. S1/S5 has no time limit in most recording mode and a flip out screen which can be important for some usage.. but the Z has phase detection which can make AF a bit more reliable under more demanding situation. Can't really go wrong with either of them, it's just which suit your requirement more :)

@@TheRealRichardWong Thank you so much Richard, truly appreciate your Insight, that information is extremely helpful.

hey A1 Bro, the GH5S has better low light performance, actually very close to full frame, like 1 stop difference.. i did a test in one of my recent BGH1 video, really surprised. But it has no IBIS so not really good for handheld without any stabliser, as the GH5 IBIS is silky smoothhhhh

@@TheRealRichardWong how about the larger field of view on the gh5s?

Most video player won't playback 10bit video files directly so that's normal. Re in premier pro, it's also true the playback would be slower/choppy,. I am not really familiar with the video card specs so can't comment if it's normal but I would guess if it's not the greatest and latest it won't be super smooth playback in full res as well. There are ways to make it easier like crearing proxy... There are some videos on RU-vid that can help you on that search for Adobe premiere pro video proxy. Hope that helps

@@TheRealRichardWong thx for the quick response. Yes iˋve seen some videos with proxies. Iˋll try to work with them. Thx!

I have both lenses with me right now... working on a review!

@@TheRealRichardWong I ordered the Sigma 85mm F1.4 DG DN for my S1R. The lens is quite compact for its large aperture, very sharp. But I cannot live with its distortion, so I returned it two days ago. I am thinking of getting a Panasonic 85mm F1.8 or the old version of Sigma 85 F1.4 HSM Art which I think it's almost distortion free.

Always Hard to choose between 35 / 50. My favourite is 35 as it allows me to capture a wider angle, but i also have many 50mm lenses on my camera shelf

@@TheRealRichardWong I think ill be going with the 35mm also. But im also considering the sigma 1.4 35mm also now

No sorry this is a full frame lens for l mount. For m43 you should look at the 42.5mm Lumix G

No sorry this is for the full frame l mount cameras

i am waiting for the new Sigma to arrive my house then i'll do a comparison

@@TheRealRichardWong that's a great news

I will do a comparison review soon

@@TheRealRichardWong Looking forward to watch it!!

i believe it's already released in Europe and a few other places end of last year and it's also available in the US since mid Jan

@@TheRealRichardWong Thankyou, I can't wait to get my hands on it, along with the 3 other sibling.

hi Untung Syryono!

Hi Malcolm, this is for the L-mount full frame system, so a 85mm is a traditional portrait lens focal length

$599 US

@@TheRealRichardWong thanks a lot for the reply. You have a date when it will be available or a store in the US that will have it?

yes i think so

yes true! forgot about that completely! thanks

Also his video autofocus test was shot at 2.8 and was still failing so I’m guessing 1.8 would be even worse.. this is making it harder to buy into the l mount system. Might just have to go with the RF now with the 85 f2..

I don't know what you are talking about. They look pretty damn sharp to me on my 27" 5k screen. We don't have the RAW photos and this video went through compression. Also, he clearly states and the graphic shows he's shooting wide open at f1.8.

@@JimmySaul888 6:42 onwards the video autofocus test is at 2.8, he doesn’t actually show how it reacts at 1.8 but rather take his word on it that it’s the same as 2.8. I reckon it’s going to be pretty bad autofocus at 1.8..

@@JimmySaul888 You "don't know what I'm talking about" ...? Well, nothing I can do here ... it's just so obvious, you must be blind not to see it. Richard can easily prove I'm wrong - just post a series of 100% (heck, 50% would be enough ...) crops and let's see ... "spot-on" simply does not equal "acceptably sharp," because spot-on is ecactly what it means, while acceptability varies from person to person. What's acceptable to you, maybe/probably is not acceptable to me. And (at least) 4 out of ten of those shots are NOT ACCEPTABLY SHARP TO ME.

Nikon has done good job with it's 1.8 glass already :)

@@lukaspictures Great lenses but super expensive. 50mm is $600 with taxes where I live and 85mm is $800+

@@aditya_gupta however, they are really worth it. If you buy them during discount periods you can get 50mm 1.8 for as low as 350 pounds which is crazy :)

@@lukaspictures we never have such great discounts here in India, unfortunately.