about a month ago I gave you some video
tests of the panasonic 12-35mm
lens that this guy right here i have the
box in my hands because i'm currently
using this lens to record this video in
that video i really didn't give you a
review or tell you what I like about it or what I didn't like about it i
basically just tested its low light
performance image stabilization and what
was the last thing I tested
oh and depth of field but today I want
to provide you some closure and tell you
what i like about this lens and what I don't
like about it and who I would recommend
it to I really love the focal range of
this lens it starts nice and wide at 12mm millimeters and zooms in all the way to
35mm and since this lens is on
a micro four-thirds sensor the crop
factor is 2 so basically you're actually
shooting with a 24-70mm lens
and my favorite lens for photography is
the Tamron 24-70 because you get that
wide field-of-view at 24 and you get that
zoomed-in field of view at 70 so you can
cover a great range of focal length with
this lens and that makes it a great
multi purpose lens and a great travel
lens another thing i love about this
lens is it has a constant aperture of
2.8 I like this for two reasons first
when you zoom in
you're not going to lose any light the
aperture will stay constant at 2.8 and
compared to the kit lens that has an
aperture range of 3.5 to 5.6 so that means
when you zoom with your kit lens you're
going to be losing light
now the other reason why i like this constant aperture
is because i get
two-thirds more stops of light
and that allows me to shoot at a
slightly lower ISO and that gives me a
cleaner image
another nice feature about this lens is
it has image stabilization so when I'm
hand holding this camera let me take it
off my tripod when I'm hand-holding it
you don't notice all the vibrations in
my hand and this is also really helpful
when you're panning so when you pan from
left to right or right to left the shot
should be nice and smooth it's not
jagged so i really love that there's
image stabilization built into this lens
this lens is also really sharp i paid
just slightly under a thousand dollars
for it so i would hope it would be made
out of quality glass and it is you can
just watch a few clips that I'm going to
play right now
now there are a couple of things I don't
like about this lens that may or may not
be deal breakers to you
the first thing is lens flare even with
the hood on it i still get issues with a
little stray light we get these nasty
lines and blotches in the lens so that
can be very distracting if you're not
going to be shooting with the Sun really
low then that shouldn't be an issue at
all
now the second thing is it's kind of
hard to get a nice shallow depth of
field or blurry background with this
lens especially at wider apertures now
if you know how to use this lens
appropriately or if you understand how
to get a shallow depth of field you can
definitely make it work and some tips
are you want to get close to your
subject and you want to leave a nice
distance behind your subject
you also want to shoot at a nice low
aperture like 2.8 and you want to increase
your focal length and by doing that and
if I focus on my face
we get a pretty nice shallow depth of
field and this is that 35mm if
I'm shooting closer to 12mm
the bokeh behind me isn't that great
as you can see with these lights right
here and these lights down there so again
let me go to 70mm and show you
what this looks like real quick so i'm
at 70 millimeters at f/2.8 let's try to
find some lights behind me we don't get
that big of a bokeh the bokeh balls are
pretty small so if you're looking to get
the cinematic effect I wouldn't really
recommend this lens for you but if you
want to use this lens more for general
use like to record your family and
friends or just to use it as a travel lens
this is the perfect lens for you if
you're interested in purchasing this
lens or getting some more information
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for you guys i will be buying the
metabones speed booster actually i have
it right here and this will allow me to
attach my canon glass specifically I
want to try my nifty 50 and my 85mm f/1.8 lens with the speed
booster and in addition i plan on buying
the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 lens
and I heard with that lens in
combination with the speed booster and the g7
you can get some nice cinematic shots
and some nice shallow depth-of-field so
stay tuned for all that
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