Panasonic Lumix S 85mm f/1.8

With the Lumix 1.8/85 mm S, Panasonic offers a very good portrait lens for the L bayonet.

Panasonic succeeds in its attempt to bring a breath of fresh air to the lens selection of the L bayonet. With very good image quality and an excellent price-performance ratio, the 85-millimetre lens is ready to go. We can look forward to the other products in this series.

For 640 euros, the 1.8/85 mm Pro is a comparatively inexpensive and, at 355 g, light 85 mm. Contrast and resolution should be somewhat higher in the centre of the image at aperture 1.8. Stopping down provides a good level of resolution and a very good level of contrast. Although the relative edge fall-off increases at first, in absolute terms the edge also increases continuously when stopped down...