{"id":4798,"date":"2015-07-14T17:55:12","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T17:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=4798"},"modified":"2015-07-14T17:55:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T17:55:12","slug":"linked-tools-toys-reviews-the-panasonic-25mm-f1-4-m43-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/07\/14\/linked-tools-toys-reviews-the-panasonic-25mm-f1-4-m43-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Tools &#038; Toys reviews the Panasonic 25mm f\/1.4 (M43) Lens&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' 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While its feature-set was state of the art by the time it was released, competition in the space has been fierce since then, and there\u2019s been no shortage of stellar lenses for the MFT system that have certainly raised the bar. By sitting at a very respectable price point, the Leica 25mm is defining itself as a premium lens, but in order to remain competitive in that segment, some features should probably be added, perhaps as part of a hypothetical Mark II redesign.<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Room for Improvement section is spot-on. 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The lens cap is a pain in the butt to put on and off but it\u2019s probably my extra-large fingers that are to blame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Via Tools &amp; Toys:\u00a0 The Leica 25mm is no doubt a very capable lens, but it is getting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:25:21Z","apple_news_api_id":"288c9c77-393c-4033-a687-3a9676c4ae3e","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:25:21Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AKIycdzk8QDOmhzqWdsSuPg","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-photography","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1fo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4254,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/09\/19\/photography-my-experience-with-micro-43-four-third-lenses\/","url_meta":{"origin":4798,"position":0},"title":"Photography: My experience with Micro 4\/3 (Four-Third) lenses","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"September 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks Stefan for the inspiration on this post. 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