Leica Nocticron 45mm f/1.2

After about a week playing with the Panasonic Leica Nocticron 45mm f/1.2, I can now say that on a Panasonic GX7 or on an Olympus OMD M1, it outperforms the equivalent Fujinon 56mm f/1.2R on the latest X system Fuji X-T1.

This is purely personal preference and before I get any further, I must say that I wanted to invest so bad in the X system, with Fuji, that I actually sold my Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L II.

Through what I read on the web, I had so much confidence in the X system, and the newly announced Fujinon 56mm f/1.2R that I sold my beloved Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L II before I bought a Fuji X-T1 and ordered the 56mm f/1.2R ..

I have used the combo X-T1 and the 56mm for about ten days and with couple shoots. The way the system works does not fit my style of shooting and I quick got frustrated with it.

Let me say that the files that came out the X-T1 and the 56mm f/1.2 are awesome.. when I could  actually focus and shoot.

I got the X-T1 without a manual and have kept the camera with out of the box (default) settings.

The camera just doesn’t let me shoot the way I want but rather the way it “thinks I should shoot.

I am writing another post on whyI returned the X-T1 and got the OMD-M1 instead and ordered a Panasonic Leica Nocticron 42.5mm f/1.2.

To use the Nocticron on both the Panasonic Gx7 and the Olympus OMD-M1 is a joy.

It is way faster that the Fuji to focus and behaves the way I expect it to.

Here are some quick snaps with the Nocticron and the GX7.

Images from the 2014 Makeup Festival Awards in Seoul last week end.

Below are images taken with the Panasonic GX7 and the Nocticron 42.5mm f/1.2 in Av mode. Click on the images to enlarge.

Below are images taken with the Olympus OMD-M1 and the Nocticron 42.5mm f/1.2 in Av mode. Click on the images to enlarge.