Panasonic H-X025 Leica DG SUMMILUX 25mm / F1.4 ASPH. - International Version (No Warranty): Explore High-Quality Optics at an Affordable Price Review

It's just great. It resists glare well, and the images have a character that can only be achieved with a collaborative Leica design. My 25mm 1.7 was/is great, but very helpless against this lens. Sure, this lens is very sharp from corner to corner, but you can't see that unless you zoom in to 200%. At any normal size you would display or print, you won't even notice. I'm actually a bit tired of the obsession with corner-to-corner sharpness that you just don't notice at normal viewing size. This

Having used this lens quite extensively over the past 4 months I can say I still like it. I wouldn't call it trendy. It just works. every time At 50mm equivalent, I don't miss image stabilization at all. The focus ring is as smooth as handmade butter. The optical quality is very good, although I will admit that there is some green-purple chromatic aberration around very contrasting lines, but modern software (Lightroom in my case) handles it just fine. I only shoot raw, so that's just part of…

I start with what I don't like. I don't like that the included lens hood is very large and disproportionate to the lens. The X-045 lens hood that comes with the 45mm macro lens fits and looks much better. I also wish this lens had a trim ring to tidy up the lens when you're on the go and don't need much of a lens hood. But the picture quality more than makes up for it, and once you see the first images on the big screen you'll forget the ugliness (at least not for long). I would say, just like…