Panasonic Lumix S 50mm F1.8 - L mount Lens

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Panasonic Lumix S 50mm F1.8 - L mount Lens

Name: Panasonic Lumix S 50mm F1.8 - L mount Lens
Brand: Panasonic
SKU: 5025232921003
Price: 399.0 GBP
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Panasonic Lumix S 50mm F1.8 – L Mount Lens

The Panasonic Lumix S 50mm F1.8 is a versatile, wide-aperture prime lens designed for L-mount mirrorless cameras. With its fast f/1.8 aperture, this lens delivers exceptional low-light performance and beautifully smooth bokeh, making it perfect for a wide range of photography, from portraits to landscapes. Compact and lightweight, this lens is built for mobility while maintaining high optical performance.

Key Features:

Wide f/1.8 aperture: Delivers stunning bokeh and excellent low-light capabilities.
Sharp, high-resolution images: Designed for any L-mount mirrorless camera, ensuring superior clarity and detail.
Weather-sealed design: Dust and splash-proof, suitable for outdoor shooting in challenging conditions.
Compact and lightweight: Measures just 82mm long and weighs 300g, making it highly portable.
Advanced optical construction: Includes nine lens elements in eight groups, with three aspherical elements, one ED lens, and one UHR lens for optimal image quality.

Exceptional Bokeh and Low-Light Performance

Thanks to its wide, rounded f/1.8 aperture, the Lumix S 50mm creates beautifully smooth bokeh, perfect for isolating your subject with a soft background. The wide aperture also allows for excellent low-light shooting, making this lens ideal for evening portraits, indoor photography, and nightscapes.

High Optical Performance

The lens construction features nine elements in eight groups, including three aspherical lenses, one Extra-Low Dispersion (ED) lens, and one Ultra-High Refractive Index (UHR) lens. This combination effectively reduces chromatic aberrations, distortion, and other optical imperfections, ensuring sharp, high-resolution images from corner to corner.

Versatile for Photography and Video

The LUMIX S 50mm F1.8 is designed for both photography and video. It includes a mechanism to suppress focus breathing, which was a common issue with lenses designed for still photography. This feature, along with micro-step aperture control for smooth exposure transitions, makes this lens an excellent choice for professional-quality video recording.

Compact and Weather-Sealed for Mobility

Despite its high performance, this lens is compact and lightweight, weighing only 300g and measuring just 82mm in length. Its dust- and splash-resistant design ensures durability in challenging environments, and it can withstand temperatures as low as -10°C, making it perfect for outdoor shooting in harsh conditions.

Capture sharp, stunning images and video with the Panasonic Lumix S 50mm F1.8 - L Mount Lens, a compact, lightweight, and weather-sealed prime lens ideal for a wide range of photography and video applications.

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Understanding: Aperture

Aperture is the opening in a camera lens that controls how much light enters the camera. It's measured in f-stops like f/2.8 or f/8. Lower f-stop numbers mean wider openings, letting in more light and creating a shallow depth of field (blurry background). Higher f-stop numbers mean smaller openings, letting in less light and creating a larger depth of field (more of the scene in focus). Aperture also affects the quality of out-of-focus areas in the image (bokeh).

Understanding: Lens Types

Different lenses have different purposes to achieve different styles of images, some popular ones include:
Prime Lens: Fixed focal length, sharp images, great for portraits and dark settings.
Zoom Lens: Variable focal length, versatile for different shots and everyday use..
Wide-Angle Lens: Captures wide scenes like landscapes.
Telephoto Lens: Magnifies distant subjects, ideal for sports & wildlife.
Macro Lens: Perfect for close-up photography of small subjects.
Fisheye Lens: Ultra-wide perspective, creates unique images.

Understanding: Lens Mounts

Different camera brands use different lens mounts, which are like connectors that attach lenses to camera bodies. Each mount is specific to a particular brand and camera series. For example, Canon uses the EF and RF mounts, Nikon uses the F mount, Sony uses the E mount for its mirrorless cameras. These mounts dictate which lenses are compatible with which cameras. Some brands offer adapters to use lenses from other systems, but it's essential to ensure compatibility for proper functionality and autofocus performance.

Understanding: Manual and Autofocus

Manual focus and autofocus are two ways to adjust the sharpness of a camera lens. With manual focus, you turn a ring on the lens to bring the subject into focus yourself, giving you full control over what appears sharp in the image. Autofocus, on the other hand, relies on the camera's built-in technology to automatically adjust the focus for you, usually by detecting contrast or phase differences in the scene. Autofocus can be convenient, especially for fast-moving subjects or when you need to capture a quick shot, whereas manual focus allows for precise adjustments and creative control over the final image.