Introduction
The Lumix S 14-28mm F4-5.6 MACRO (S-R1428) is a quick ultra-wide-angle prime lens for the Panasonic, Sigma and Leica “L-mount” full-frame mirrorless digicam system.
The Panasonic Lumix S 14-28mm F4-5.6 MACRO lens contains a variable most aperture of f/4-f/5.6 and has 7 rounded diaphragm blades for smoother bokeh.
It’s comprised of 14 components in 10 teams, together with one aspherical ED (Further-Low Dispersion) factor, one aspherical factor, three ED (Further-Low Dispersion) components, and one UHR (Extremely Excessive Refractive Index) factor.
The Panasonic 14-28mm has a closest focusing distance of 0.5m / 0.49ft and a most magnification of 0.50x.
It boasts a mud, splash and freeze resistant design that may function at 10 levels under zero.
The Lumix S 14-28mm F4-5.6 MACRO is on the market now priced at £879.99 / €999.99 / $799.99 within the UK, Europe and the USA respectively.
Ease of Use
The Panasonic Lumix S 14-28mm F4-5.6 MACRO is a small, compact and really gentle wide-angle zoom lens, measuring 8.98cm / 3.54inch in size, 8.4cm / 3.31inch in diameter and weighing in at a mere 345g / 0.77lb.
It is notably smaller and lighter than the comparable Lumix S PRO 16-35mm F4, which at 500g and nearly precisely 100mm in size is already a diminutive lens.
When mounted on the Lumix S5II mirrorless digicam that Panasonic despatched us for testing, the Lumix S 14-28mm lens feels extraordinarily well-balanced and appropriate for each two-handed and one-handed use.
Be aware that this new lens doesn’t prolong when zoomed from the minimal 14mm focal size to the 28mm focal size due to its inner mechanism.
Construct high quality is superb. The Panasonic 14-28mm F4-5.6 MACRO feels strong sufficient in your hand, even whether it is principally made out of plastic, with a metallic lens mount.
It is also weather-proof, being each mud and splash resistant and dealing all the way in which all the way down to -10 levels. We efficiently used it in additional inclement circumstances with no adversarial results.
There’s additionally a a fluorine coating on the entrance lens factor to assist repel water, oil, and another contaminants, in addition to making it a lot simpler to wash.
There is no such thing as a built-in Picture Stabilisation, although, with the lens as a substitute counting on the digicam physique’s stabilisation system (if it has one).
By way of controls, there is only one – a spotlight mode swap with the usual AF/MF settings.
The Panasonic 14-28mm F4-5.6 MACRO lens has a reasonably slim focus ring on the finish of barrel with a ridged, rubberised grip band.
There aren’t any exhausting stops at each ends of the vary, making it tougher to set focus at infinity.
Polariser customers needs to be happy that the 77mm filter thread would not rotate on focus.
In relation to auto-focusing, the Panasonic Lumix S 14-28mm F4-5.6 MACRO is a reasonably fast performer, taking round 0.15 seconds to lock onto the topic when mounted on the Panasonic S5II digicam that we examined it with.
We did not expertise an excessive amount of “looking”, both in good or unhealthy gentle, with the lens precisely focusing just about all the time within the single AF-S mode.
The linear motor focusing mechanism could be very quiet, in actual fact just about silent, making this lens well-suited to video recording in addition to candid stills images.
The lens ships with a big, petal-shaped, top quality lens hood (S-R1428) with a lock button, however there is no case included.
Focal Vary
The 14mm focal size gives an angle of view of 114 levels.
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The 28mm focal size gives an angle of view of 75 levels.
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Chromatic Aberrations
Chromatic aberrations, usually seen as purple or blue fringes alongside contrasty edges, usually are not an issue for the Panasonic Lumix S 14-28mm F4-5.6 MACRO lens, even in areas of very excessive distinction.
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Vignetting
With the lens set to its most aperture, there may be some apparent gentle fall-off within the corners particularly on the wider focal lengths, requiring you to cease down by at the least 3 f-stops to utterly forestall it.
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Distortion
The Panasonic Lumix S 14-28mm F4-5.6 MACRO displays some barrel distortion, as you’ll be able to see within the images under, which is able to you could right in post-processing.
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Sunstars and Flare
The Panasonic Lumix S 14-28mm F4-5.6 MACRO is able to producing very good sunstars when stopped-down to f/22, as proven under, and the lens would not exhibit very a lot flare even when capturing instantly into the solar, offered that you’ve got the provided lens hood fitted.
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Macro
The Panasonic Lumix S 14-28mm F4-5.6 MACRO affords excellent close-up efficiency for such a wide-angle zoom lens, with an in depth focus level of 0.15m / 0.49ft from the sensor airplane by its complete zoom vary and a most magnification of 0.25x at 14mm and 0.50x on the 28mm focal size.
Bokeh
Bokeh is a phrase used for the out-of-focus areas of {a photograph}, and is normally described in qualitative phrases, equivalent to easy / creamy / harsh and so on.
Within the Lumix S 14-28mm F4-5.6 MACRO lens, Panasonic have employed an iris diaphragm with 7 rounded blades, which has resulted in pretty good bokeh in our view for an ultra-wide-angle lens.
We do realise, nonetheless, that bokeh analysis is subjective, so we have included a number of examples under on your perusal.
Sharpness
To be able to present you the way sharp the Panasonic Lumix S 14-28mm F4-5.6 MACRO lens is, we’re offering 100% crops on the next pages.
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