Panasonic DG 12mm F1.4 is an Auto Focus (AF)
Wideangle Prime lens with FourThirds max sensor coverage and it is designed to be used with Micro Four Thirds mount cameras.
Panasonic DG 12mm F1.4 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 DG 12mm F1.4 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 DG 12mm F1.4 has a fixed focal lenght of 12mm which has a 35mm equivalent focal range of 24mm when used on a FourThirds format camera.
Weather Sealings
Panasonic DG 12mm F1.4 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 DG 12mm F1.4 with a weather sealed camera body such as Panasonic GH6, OM System OM-1 and Panasonic GH5 II.
Optical Image Stabilization
Panasonic DG 12mm F1.4 doesn't have an optical image stabilization system so the only option to stabilize the image taken with this lens is to mount on a camera body with IBIS (sensor based In-body image stabilization).
Maximum Magnification Ratio
Panasonic DG 12mm F1.4 has a Max Magnification Ratio of 0.1x and has a minimum focusing distance of 0.2m. 0.1x means that the max magnification ratio is very low and not suitable even for modest close-up shots.
Aperture
Panasonic DG 12mm F1.4 has a max aperture of F1.4 and a minimum aperture of F16.
Optical Formula
Panasonic DG 12mm F1.4's optical formula consists of 15 elements in 12 groups . Following special elements are used in this design:
- 2 aspherical lenses
- 1 ED lens
- 2 UED lenses
Lens Hood
Panasonic DG 12mm F1.4 comes with a removable lens hood which is handy to reduce lens flare and glare in your photos.
Body Colour
Panasonic DG 12mm F1.4 is available in Black color.
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