Why make a video on a windy day outside. It’s nearly impossible to hear what you are saying most of the time. 😢😢😢

my favorite lens at the moment is the TTArtisan 25mm f2. it's nice and cheap, tiny, all metal build, controls feel good and just works. i really like the 50mm equiv FOV and manual focus. it's fast enough to get some subject separation when i want it, but i'm usually stopped down to f5.6-f8 most of the time.

i've got it on a G3 so the whole thing fits in my jacket pocket and if they both vanish i'm out under $200 in total including the memory card.

My favorite lens above all is the Lumix 14-140mm.
The Sigma 28mm ART lens (which I had) is awful and have that clunky sound. It suddenly broke. So it end up as garbage.

I've had that Sigma 60mm 2.8 for Sony APS-C for several years. It's sharp as hell, great for telephoto landscapes.

I had an original Olympus em5 with the 12-40 pro lens. I took some brilliant images with it.
Unfortunately, I sold the camera and lens after reading a combination of camera rumours on forums at the time. Olympus were going to be no more. Would I be lumbered with a camera that couldn't be serviced. You get the picture. Anyway, I'm now older and thankfully wiser. I'm buying a GX9. I love the m4 third system.

I didn't know the Panasonic 12-60mm existed. I felt the size and weight of the Olympus 12-100mm f4 constant in a shop last week, it was my dream lens, but it was much heavier than I would be happy to carry arround. The Panasonic 12-60mm may be a fantastic middle ground "compromise". Thank you for the information and video! Only suggestion would be to have a final shot with all of them lenses in a row, next to something familiar for scale reference, and their weights listed. Because as you mentioned, many people choose M 4/3 for the weight reduction.

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I'm going to give M4/3 a go, the fact you can get a sharp olympus 40-150 for £35 is ridiculous. There's barely anything in the budget range for my nikon Zfc outside of chinese primes, would like to do some bird photography but 50-250 on an aps-c isn't enough.

Why is this video a "Favourite of 2024" when this was filmed in 2022?

The Sigma DN Art 30 mm f2.8 seems to be the sharpest one of my lenses. Beyond that my favorite lenses match with your ones. I own the Leica Elmarit version of 12-60 mm f2.8-4.0 but love the tiny primes by Lumix (14, 20 mm and 12-32 mm) and the M.Zuiko 17mm because they are small and lightweight. Instead of the M. Zuiko 45 mm lens I often use the wonderful Sigma DN Art 60 mm f2.8 for portrait and street. The 30 mm is my first choice although I own the Lumix 25 mm 1.7 too. If "too near" i switch to 17 or 14 mm. - Thanks for sharing your experience with us.

My lumix 12-60 gets the job done very nicely ZERO COMPLAINTS . In fact I’d say the video I get out of it blow me away for I only paid 150$ in excellent condition. It does all my studio work has zoom so I can take ot outside with built in stabilization it’s My run and gun that delivers every time . I’m so surprised I figured I needed only primes and the Leica 12-60 or Olympus 12-40 and of course they would be nice but paying double for something you can’t really tell the difference that much at all especially for double the price it just doesn’t make sense . Lumix 12-60 is very sharp and budget friendly zoom

Excellent summary !! One question, in which way is there room for the 40mm/2.5 if you have the 45mm/1.8 ? Will be diving into the MFT-world soon and I want to have a minimalistic, but versatile lens set for travel and portrait.

Brian, I own some of the lenses you shared.  And I do like the ones that I own.  But I think my current favorite or the lenses I own is the Lumix 14-140mm F3.5-5.6.  My copy of it is so sharp and the focal range covers such a useful gambit.  That said, I have my eye on the Leica 12-60mm F2.8-4.0.  That range seems like it might be nearly as useful but also a bit faster in low light situations.  Anyway, thanks for the videos!

Perhaps today add a Pan 9mm?  Whoops…not an older budget lens but seems to have quite a following!  Great video!

Thanks, Brian.  I have 4 of them.😅

Put that 14mm Panasonic lens on a  Pen-F and I think you've got a pretty nice street camera.

Great informative video. I just bought some MFT cameras ( GM1 & GM5 ) and lenses for them including 2 of the your favs ( 25mm & 12-60mm ). I'm still learning what settings to use. I will check out your other videos, thanks.

Great video! One of my favourites is the Zuiko 20mm, I love the 20mm focal length as a standard lens as it gives a very natural perspective with a slightly wider field of view. I love the 17mm and 20mm MFT focal lengths and consider them ideal general purpose lenses. The 20mm is a pro lens so is a bit more expensive, but it's not that expensive for a pro lens, it's reasonably compact, has the beautiful build of a pro lens (but not the clutch manual focus arrangement) and superb performance. It's a great lens I'd recommend to anybody.

Good choices.  The 14-150mm Oly is by far my faviourite and is almost welded to my camera,  light and jack of all trades.  The Oly 17mm and 45mm both make my camera into a delight for handling and they both take fantastic photos but are limited in use for me.  I'm glad I have them but rarely use them.   The 12-60 Pana f2.8 is my second choice lens.

Thanks so much for a great video. Are any of these lens weather sealed? TBH I'm not sure how to tell if one is in the specs. What should I look for with that? Many thanks!