Panasonic 10-25mm F1.7 ASPH is an Auto Focus (AF)
Ultra-Wideangle Zoom lens with FourThirds max sensor coverage and it is designed to be used with Micro Four Thirds mount cameras.
Panasonic 10-25mm F1.7 ASPH is a member of Panasonic's Summilux series of lenses. Below you can see the latest lenses in this series.
Summilux Series Lenses in Micro Four Thirds Mount
Lens Mount
Panasonic 10-25mm F1.7 ASPH is compatible with cameras that have Micro Four Thirds lens mount. Some of the latest released cameras that are compatible with the Micro Four Thirds lenses are Panasonic GH6, OM System OM-1 and Panasonic GH5 II.
Focal Range
Panasonic 10-25mm F1.7 ASPH has a focal range of 10-25mm and 2.5X zoom ratio which has a 35mm equivalent focal range of 20-50mm when used on a FourThirds format camera.
Weather Sealings
Panasonic 10-25mm F1.7 ASPH is a weather sealed lens which provides an extra protection to prevent water and dust get inside the lens and camera body under light rain, snow and wind. In order to have an effective protection, you have to pair the Panasonic 10-25mm F1.7 ASPH with a weather sealed camera body such as Panasonic GH6, OM System OM-1 and Panasonic GH5 II.
Zoom Method
Panasonic 10-25mm F1.7 ASPH features Rotary (extending) zoom method where the length of the lens changes as you zoom in or out. This makes it possible to design the lens with a smaller minimum length ( generally when it is zoomed out) compared to internal zoom lenses. The disadvantages of this design are being harder to seal against dust and moisture, weight balance shifting while zooming and zoom creep in certain lenses.
Maximum Magnification Ratio
Panasonic 10-25mm F1.7 ASPH has a Max Magnification Ratio of 0.14x and has a minimum focusing distance of 0.28m. 0.14x means that the max magnification ratio is very low and not suitable even for modest close-up shots.
Aperture
Panasonic 10-25mm F1.7 ASPH is a fixed aperture lens with a constant max aperture of f1.7 from 10mm all the way to the 25mm .
Optical Formula
Panasonic 10-25mm F1.7 ASPH's optical formula consists of 17 elements in 12 groups . Following special elements are used in this design:
- 1 UHR
- 3 aspherical
- 4 ED elements
Lens Hood
Panasonic 10-25mm F1.7 ASPH comes with a removable lens hood which is handy to reduce lens flare and glare in your photos.
Body Colour
Panasonic 10-25mm F1.7 ASPH is available in Black color.
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