Match Maker: Olympus E-p1 + Panasonic 20mm f1.7

Olympus E-p1, Lumix 20mm f1.7 ISO 200


I've recently acquired an Olympus PEN E-P1 which I unoriginality named Penny. I've since fallen in love with the camera for its ease of use and portability. I love it so much that I went all out and bought a Panasonic LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 normal (40mm equivalent) prime lens.

Right off the bat, let me tell you this: they work awesomely good together. What you have here is essentially a compact camera with image stabilization and a blazing fast, super sharp (some think Leica has something to do with it) normal lens. I've only shot with the combination for a day but I already managed to get some decently good pictures.

As I said, the lens is fast and sharp wide open (f1.7) and I had no problem focusing at night.





The picture above was taken at f2.0 at ISO 800 with a shutter speed of 1/6! Thanks goodness for image stabilization which in my opinion makes the E-p1 better than the Panasonic GF1. Surprisingly, the image is relatively clean and free of noise - it looks very film-like. Bravo Olympus!



Olympus E-p1, Lumix 20mm f1.7 ISO 800