Is the Panasonic 45-175mm lens a good lens?
It may take those who are used to using more traditional lenses a little while to get used to the motorised zooming mechanism, but any issues will soon diminish with time given to familiarise yourself with its quirks. The Panasonic 45-175mm lens is a very good general purpose telephoto, with good build quality and design.
Which is better Panasonic 45mm or 200mm?
Being smaller in size and possessing a slightly reduced focal-length range does not make Panasonic’s 45-175mm zoom inferior to its 45-200mm sibling. In fact, as a slightly elevated price tag indicates, it is actually better specified.
What’s the focal length of a Panasonic 35mm lens?
Pitched at photographers who shoot wildlife and portraits, it provides 3.9x zoom magnification and covers a focal length range equivalent to 90-350mm in 35mm format. Panasonic’s new Lumix G X Vario PZ 45-175mm f/4-5.6 ASPH/POWER O.I.S. lens. (Source: Panasonic.)
Where is the focusing ring on the G X Vario 45-175mm lens?
Despite being made mainly from plastic, the G X Vario PZ 45-175mm lens is generally well constructed. It has a metal mounting plate and the focusing and zoom rings operate smoothly. The manual focusing ring is approximately 10 mm wide and located just behind the front of the lens.
What’s the difference between a 45mm and a 200mm lens?
The older 45-200mm lens has the “common design”, featuring a grey ring around the base of the lens. Another fundamental difference between the lenses is that the new lens has power zoom (PZ), and also internal zooming. Internal zooming means that the lens doesn’t change shape during focal length change.
What are the distortions of a 175mm lens?
At 175mm the corners are only 0.95 stops darker than the image centre. Illumination is visually uniform at f/8 throughout the zoom range. Distortion is very well controlled with 0.139% barrel distortion being present at 45mm and 0.506% pincushion at 175mm.