Panasonic Leica DG Nocticron 42.5 mm f/1.2 ASPH. POWER Noir

I started this week to carry a GH7 with this lens to school. My college professor colleagues have directory photos which look like wanted posters. Instead I started to take casual face photos before seminars, with this lens from an ideal 4 feet away. Non intruding, allowing them to relax. Telling them to continue talking or explaining or talk to me, or whatever they were doing before, ignoring me, while I took lots of shots. Every third picture or so is perfectly focused on an eye iris, and with the depth of field and bokeh of this amazing lens gives superb, life like dynamic portraits. The camera with this Noctilux lens are now part of my school bag, together with the laptop... This Panasonic Leica 42.5 f1.2 with the zooms 8-18, 12-35, 35-100 gives you to a very portable professional set. Add to that the 200 f2,8 with the 1.4x and 2x extenders and you are in full, and portable, business everywhere.

I can just agree with the other positive reviews! This lens is by far my favourite lens on the Gh5 for filming and stills! It is exactly what I expect from my gear. That is being a tool that I can use to express myself and for that I need it to perform in a reliable way contributing to the whole process. The Nocticron stands up to these demands and it is a pleasure to use it. Image sharpness and look is just superb in stills. Build quality and speed of the lens not to mention. Thumbs up and thanks for this tool! Nino Jonas

This lens, when wide open, can produce results with the right balance of angle of view, depth of field, and image quality . It is an ideal portrait lens.

I tried a couple of shots with my GX8 and I am impressed. Very nice bokeh and separation of subject. Sharp even wide open.

I bought this lens last. Mainly because I was concerned about getting shallow DOF with a MTF. I'm very pleased with the lens performance.