The Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 12mm ƒ/1.4 ASPH. Photography Lens with MFT-Mount is a wide-angle prime covering Micro Four Thirds sensors. Wide coverage places a subject inside its setting rather than isolating it, the framing environmental portraiture and street photography are built on. A ƒ/1.4 maximum aperture is among the fastest made, giving very shallow depth of field and usable shutter speeds after dark, closing to ƒ/16. Autofocus lets the camera's own subject detection drive the lens, which is what makes it usable for tracking moving subjects and for video. It mounts via MFT-Mount. Closest focus is 7.9 in, for a maximum magnification of 1:10.
Key Features
De-clickable Aperture Ring
The aperture ring can be switched between clicked and clickless. Clicked stops give repeatable exposure by feel for stills; clickless allows a silent, stepless iris pull during video, which is why the switch matters to anyone shooting both.
Wide Micro Four Thirds Coverage
The lens covers Micro Four Thirds sensors. A wide field of view keeps a subject in its surroundings, which is what environmental portraits, street photography and landscape work call for.
ƒ/1.4 Maximum Aperture
ƒ/1.4 is among the fastest available, giving very shallow depth of field for portrait work and workable shutter speeds in low light, and the lens closes to ƒ/16.
Autofocus
The lens focuses under the camera's control, so hybrid shooters can use the body's own subject detection and tracking rather than pulling focus by hand — the difference between catching a moving subject and losing it.
1:10 Maximum Magnification
A maximum magnification of 1:10 sets how large a small subject renders on the sensor, with a closest focus of 7.9 in.
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