For an image like this I'm not looking to ultimate sharpness, bokeh, etc.
It's much more, how easy is it to get a shot I like given the subject, limitations of the location, and then it's rendering/sharpness/bokeh. So maybe what I'm looking for in the end is given the stuff I shoot; is 50mme or 40mme better for me?
So for this image:
- The angle I could get.
- The angle makes the side less prominent, I like how shrinks toward the background.
- I kind of like how there is less of the pavement, but it's actually a larger part of the image.
Now if I could have backed up a bit more I might have been able to get closer to the same shot.
For the technical stuff they are all pretty close. The P20 has the best combination of focus distance and length to have the greatest magnification at 0.13x. The PL25 and O20 both are at 0.11x. To add a little the O25 f/1.8 has a 0.12x while the O17 f/1.8 has a 0.08x. AF speed? Well the PL25 is faster, the O20 Pro will be better. But then the O17 and O25 also have faster AF.
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I find that the rendering of both lenses are quite similar although the
P20 is generally sharper edge-to-edge at all apertures. Pardon me, but I don't really pixel-peep but my one of my brothers does so I got the info from him.
My main concern with any lens, especially with primes, is more on the focal length. I am generally a
50mm EFL guy but I can settle with
40mm EFL, hence my use of the
P20. For me the biggest difference between the
P20 vs any
25mm MFT lens is the perspective distortion. In some cases, the distortion at the sides of the
P20 lens can be noticeable. Oftentimes, when I am photographing products, I switch to the
P12-32,
7Artisans 25mm, P42.5 and/or
O45. 25mm up makes a huge difference in photographing products. When doing street, it's much easier to see the frame with the
25mm MFT lenses than on the
P20. It really depends on the comfort of the shooter - with
25mm MFT, the shooter is not part of the scene whereas with the
P20, the shooter is starting to be part of it. At
12-17mm MFT, the shooter is definitely part of the scene. I just like the versatility of the
P20. Furthermore, I can use the
P20 in households but with any
25mm MFT lens, it can be a bit too tight, at least with the sizes of houses here in NZ.