PANASONIC LUMIX G LEICA DG NOCTICRON LENS, 42.5MM, F1.2 ASPH., PROFESSIONAL MIRRORLESS MICRO FOUR THIRDS, POWER OPTICAL I.S., H-NS043 (USA BLACK)

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The lens to have

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cat eyes like bokeh

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Amazing lens. Wow. The best. I recommend it highly.

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I bought the FZ1000 a year ago, and loved it, but I was shooting live shows and realized a needed a faster lens. Upgrading to the GH4 was a no-brainer. I bought this Nocticron to go with it as my first removable lens. I tried them both out together on 4th of July, and am really happy with the results. I was able to use a faster shutter speed in low light and got some shots to turn out beautifully. This was job one for the new rig. The next feature that motivated me to buy this lens was the reviews of the bokeh it produces. Im blown away by the results. I am attaching of photo of a friend watching fireworks at night. The flash is what made this pic turn out the way it did. With true skin tones, and a very sharp focus. But the out of focus fireworks, and their distance from the girl make it almost look #D. Beyond ALL of that, the colors of the fireworks are incredible. The other photo attached is an example of the sharpness and colors the lens delivers. IMHO, anyway.

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its the perfect portrait prime after having shot for two years on mft its probably the best lense out there in terms of sharpness and bokeh. The bokeh is creamy and smooth and center sharpness is impeccable. wide open the lenses is super sharp corner to corner. I own and operate a small photography business. People cannont tell the difference between the end results and pictures shot on my second shooters 5d mk3

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The Panasonic Nocticron is probably the jewel of the MFT lenses, or at least the ones that I have tried. I am a huge fan of the Panasonic Leica 25mm F/1.4, but I really do think the Nocticron has it beat. At minimum it features a manual aperture ring plus image stabilization (which alone is not worth the extra $ in price). However, the Nocticron is just really.... good. I wont bore you with the technical details... they are available everywhere. The claim is that at wide open the corners are a bit soft... which is probably true... but not really noticeable. There is one thing that is noticeable with the Nocticron... and that is the limitations of my GH4 camera. The knock on the Panasonic GH4 is that it cannot match the color rendition of either Nikon/Canon DSLRs and with this lens that may might be a debatable. The Nocticron and my GH4 is fully capable of producing rich and vibrant colors.However.... at ISO 400 at F/1.4 I can start seeing some noise in the images. Admittedly, you have to zoom in at least 8x to see, but it is there. The reason why the Nocticron *exposes* this flaw is that it has such a large aperture and it is super sharp (especially at the center). Suddenly, the noise becomes rather obvious. I had never really noticed it until I began using the Nocticron. This can be handled in post-process, but it was a bit of an eye opener for me! Also, I am not exactly a Panasonic fan boy. The Panasonic "Video Optimized" 45-140mm F/4.0-5.8 nearly caused me to sell my GH4. That lens was bad as this one is good. Notes- - Great build quality - reminds me of Zeiss 100mm F/2 Macro lens for my Nikon (and that is a huge compliment). - Comes with a lens hood. - The image stabilization is a plus. The large aperture and slower shutter speeds that are allowed with the image stabilization helps me overcome some of the issues with the GH4 low light capabilities. - The autofocus is both fast and quiet - it is roughly equivalent of the Panasonic Leica 25mm F/1.4 - Obviously the lens is very sharp. That is really just part of the equation.... the lens produces images with a vibrant look. What does that mean? Well it is hard to explain, but it is the overall image quality with sharpness, resolution, and color quality that really helps the image pop. - While the build quality is awesome... this is a heavy lens. It weighs about the same as the camera! It starts to get to the point where you are beginning to lose some of the portability you get by shooting with a mirroless camera! - Video- I probably still prefer the Panasonic Leica 25mm F/1.4 of the Nocticron for video footage, but that is more of a preference on focal length. Final Verdict - A great lens - if you are sold on MFT cameras the Nocticron is the lens you can buy knowing that it will remain the perfect lens in this focal length. 5 Stars

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The price is a bit steep but this is by far the best portrait lens in the 4/3 lineup. The brokeh is a bit "cat-like" versus the creamy Olympus 75mm f1.8 but there is enough of a step up from the Olympus 45mm f1.8 that I had used daily to make it very worthwhile. The 3-D like rendition as well as the micro contrast was stellar and the build quality is right up there with the Olympus Pro line. This lens is on my camera nearly all the time.

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Best lense I own hands down. Extremely versatile, relatively quick with the autofocus but just absolutely brilliant for those crisp shots with a shallow depth of field.

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Gorgeous. Everything I wanted this to be.

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This is a wonderful, amazing lens. Since its a prime, its not as versatile as the Panasonic Lumix 12-35mm, but the colors, contrast, and overall look are so amazing that I love having opportunities to use it. This is one of those lenses that transcends its specs to produce images that are magical. The wide aperture works incredibly well for low-light situations or shallow depth-of-field effects. The manual aperture ring is really nice and the overall build quality is very high. The only downside is the substantial weight, particularly on a lightweight mirrorless camera. If you find the cost acceptable, you will not be disappointed with the results.

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