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News LUMIX S Series Camera Lens - 40mm F2 Compact Prime L-Mount Lens - S-S40

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I have been waiting for this lens since 2021, I am going to buy it right now!!! Daumenhoch Daumenhoch SmilieZ04 Breakdance.gif

The LUMIX S 40mm F2 is a compact, lightweight prime camera lens designed for everyday creativity, offering a natural perspective and a bright F2 aperture for beautifully balanced images with soft bokeh and strong low light performance - ideal for street, portraits, landscapes, and daily storytelling. Designed for hybrid creators, the lens delivers focus breathing suppression and micro step aperture control for smooth, consistent video capture. Positioned between wide and standard focal lengths on L-Mount full frame cameras, it features a 30cm minimum focus distance, perfect for tabletop, food, and lifestyle detail shots and Crop Zoom capability up to 2x while maintaining image quality for added flexibility. With intuitive controls, a dust- and splash-resistant design, and renowned Japanese engineering, the LUMIX S 40mm F2 lens delivers sharp, expressive results in a remarkably compact and lightweight form—perfect for creating all day, anywhere.

- Natural Perspective & Beautiful Bokeh: This S Series camera lens delivers a natural "human-eye" perspective with a large F2 aperture that produces soft and beautiful bokeh and strong low-light performance. Suitable for everyday shooting scenarios.
- Hybrid Versatility: Fast, precise, and silent focusing for both photos and videos. Focus breathing suppression and micro-step aperture control for smooth video recording. Suitable for street photos, portraits, and landscapes.
- Close-up Creativity: A 30cm minimum focus distance is perfect for tabletop, food, and lifestyle detail shots. The Crop Zoom increases the telephoto effect up to 2x while maintaining image quality.
- Enhanced Control & Reliability: Features a control ring and focus button for intuitive operation and enhanced creative control. Dust- and splash-resistant design for reliable shooting in various conditions.
- Compact, Easy-to-Carry Design: A compact design with an overall length of approximately 40.9mm and a weight of approximately 144g delivers a portable lens without optical compromise.
- Japanese Technology: Driven by world-renowned Japanese technology and a spirit of never-ending innovation, LUMIX camera lenses inspire creators to tell their stories beautifully and vividly.

https://shop.panasonic.com/products/lumix-s-series-40mm-f2-l-mount-camera-lens


 
I'd be interested in comparing it with my favorite Konica Hexanon 40/1.8!

The Konica is pretty sharp and has really nice contrast and color when there's decent light; but the wide aperture can tempt you into shooting in low-light conditions where it won't show to good advantage.
 
What a fun little lens. Wish they had released it earlier. But I really like the idea of this lens and I'll have to see if it fits into my current roster.
 
So we waited ! there is a replacement sigma 45, I hope the line will be expanded and the next one will be 28mm.
 
This lens looks pretty good and the weather resistance would be nice, but the high price and horrible bokeh would put me off so I'll be sticking with my TTArtisan 40/2 for now. Maybe once there are more in peoples' hands they'll convince me.
 
HarisO said:
What a fun little lens. Wish they had released it earlier. But I really like the idea of this lens and I'll have to see if it fits into my current roster.
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Yes, same for me. I would have purchased it for sure if it was here a year ago. The lack of small lenses for the S9 encouraged me to get Sigma lenses. I have the 24mm, 45mm and 90mm.

But I hope this new 40mm does well for Panasonic.
 
Julia has interesting samples. The further away the object of photographing is, the more the bokeh balls turn into "pears". It is clear that this is only 40/2, bokeh is not a strong point. Do you like it?
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Personally, the pear-shaped bokeh-balls don't bother me at all. I might even prefer them to perfectly round bokeh balls. But then I’m not a street/portrait photographer. But in general I think those shots look great, and I could see having the 40/2 as part of a compact travel kit.
 
This is the bokeh of the Sony FE 40mm F2.5 at f/2.5:

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  • SONY ILCE-7C
  • FE 40mm F2.5 G
  • ƒ/2.5
  • 40mm
  • 1/800s
  • ISO 400


www.alphashooters.com

Sony FE 40mm F2.5 G Lens Review - Alpha Shooters

In this review we take an in-depth look at Sony's FE 40mm F2.5 G lens, a compact and lightweight lens that is a great match for a compact E-mount camera like the Sony a7C.
www.alphashooters.com www.alphashooters.com

And this is the bokeh of the Lumix 40mm at f/2 from the Richard Wong review:

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I don't see a big difference in the shape of the bokeh-balls... I guess the size has to do with the distance.

I know the Sony 40mm pretty well, and if the Lumix is as good as the Sony, it will be excellent.
 
So far, I have not found any comparisons with Sigma 45.
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Now we need an S9 with EVF and a 28 or 24mm of this. Same rendering. That would be an awesome kit.
 
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