My friend recently picked up a Panasonic GH1 and got the 14mm lens with it, We traded and I gave him my 14-45mm. It was a good lens when I used it, and the image stabilization was suprisingly good, but I have been after a pancake lens for so long. Read ahead to check out my little testing tour around Seattle we took.







Here's my GF1, in all its iPhone camera glory. The new lens really gives it that old school film camera look, this has been a project camera for some time, and now its where I like how it looks, complete with leather wrapping. I got a filter for it, but if you look its almost a 3rd of the length of the lens! ha.



The files the GF1 produces are interesting to edit, and I notice some difference from editing RAW and JPEG files from my 7D. In a way it feels more fun, I dont know how to describe it. Click on any of the pictures to view in a larger size



The lens is definitely sharp, I was worried I wouldn't get the desired DOF with the 14mm as I would with the 20mm at 1.7 But one less stop is a small price to pay to have the nice wide view of the 14mm. Sharpness is very good, handheld focusing on these water droplets and still great depth of field.



There's a small hidden park where I shot this, did as long of an exposure as I could with the lighting conditions, you can see Bellevue in the distance.



If you look at this shot closely you'll see the reflections and then I'll tell you that I shot it out of a elevator, still maintaining great quality through half inch glass.



I had never walked to the end of this pier before but its a new view that I have never really seen before. Just looking at The Old Spaghetti Factory in the red brick building makes me hungry. Below is another shot of the same area, Pier 70. I am content with this lens, and cant wait to use it more.