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“Manual focusing brings up the magnified EVF image and is very accurate – surely this is the most perfect manual focusing system yet?”
I am not sure if you have have tried this, but in my mind the manual focus issue gets even better for both of these lenses. On screen three of the custom menu, if you toggle “AF+MF” to “Yes”, than when you half depress the shutter button you get the autofocus. Keeping it half depressed, when you touch the manual focus ring, the enlarged field of view comes up on the EVF and you can tweak the focus (if need be). Its a great feature once you get used to it. It helps in finding the good initial focus, especially as the lenses dont have distance markings on the MF ring. My two cents, from a rank amateur who is liking his Blumix…
Great tip, thanks. An incredibly useful technique when focusing through a window if the AF sensor insists on focusing on the glass instead of the object behind it. Yet another strike against the truly awful instruction manual which Panny ships with the camera.
Thanks for the review, seriously thinking about getting this lens for my GF1. Just curious, why do you say the hood is of no use to you?
Rory – it adds a lot of bulk which makes it impossible to pocket and increases how noticeable you become. Plus, unless you are pointing it directly into the sun – in which case no hood works – it makes no difference with modern multi-coated lenses.
Thanks, I definitely understand the bulk factor. I am new to photography so only have a vague sense of what the point of a hood is. Not sure what exactly you mean by “multi coated lenses” but glad that I (hopefully) won’t need to drag the hood around with me.