Close enough for most products. The 25mm focuses in tighter than a typical lens — enough to fill the frame with a shoe, a bag, a bottle of skincare, a bit of jewelry laid flat — no macro lens or attachments needed. Autofocus does the work.
Clean shots without a lighting setup. A sharp sensor and a lens that opens to f1.7 let you shoot on a table by the window and still come away with the product crisp and the background softened — nothing to buy, nothing to rig up.
4K spin videos buyers actually trust. The body shoots 4K, so a slow turntable clip showing an item from every side is doable handheld, and the built-in stabilization keeps it from looking shaky.
Products look like themselves. The 25mm gives a natural, eye-level view with no wide-angle bulge, so a bag in the photo is the same shape as the bag that lands on the buyer's doorstep.
Sample shots from the lens included in this kit.
Sari-Sari Shots Kit
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX85 Mirrorless Camera
Panasonic Lumix G 25mm F1.7 ASPH. Lens
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX85 Mirrorless Camera (opens in a new tab)
A compact, rangefinder-style Micro Four Thirds mirrorless camera that punches well above its size — it was named ePHOTOzine's Compact Mirrorless Camera of the Year the year it launched.
Imagine this: you're new to the photography club, the budget doesn't stretch to a full-size body, and lugging a bulky rig between classes isn't realistic anyway. That's exactly where this camera fits — small enough to carry all day, simple enough to pick up fast, and still capable of real image quality once you're ready to grow into it.
16MP Sensor With No Anti-Aliasing Filter. Dropping the AA filter — unusual for its time — means sharper, more detailed images straight out of the camera, at the same 16-megapixel Four Thirds sensor size used across this generation of Panasonic bodies.
5-Axis Dual I.S. Stabilization. In-body 5-axis stabilization works together with compatible lenses' own optical stabilization for a combined "Dual I.S." system, keeping handheld shots steady in lower light than the sensor alone could manage.
Shutter-Shock-Reducing Design. A redesigned shutter mechanism cuts down on the micro-blur ("shutter shock") that smaller mirrorless bodies are prone to, so shots stay sharp at shutter speeds where older designs would soften.
4K Video and 4K Photo Mode. Records 4K video at up to 30fps, and 4K Photo mode shoots continuous 8-megapixel stills at 30fps pulled straight from 4K footage — useful for catching a fast, unpredictable moment without guessing the exact instant to press the shutter.
Compact Rangefinder-Style Body. A flat-top, viewfinder-in-the-corner body shape keeps the whole kit small and light without folding away the electronic viewfinder some compact cameras skip entirely.
Tilting Touchscreen Display. A 3-inch tilting touchscreen makes low and high-angle shots easier to frame, and doubles as a fast way to move the focus point or trigger the shutter with a tap.
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Panasonic Lumix G 25mm F1.7 ASPH. Lens (opens in a new tab)
A fast, affordable "nifty fifty" prime for Micro Four Thirds cameras - DPReview gave it an 83% Gold rating, calling it a well-priced, capable prime that leaves most users satisfied.
Perfect for: getting comfortable with your camera - a 50mm-equivalent field of view close to what the human eye sees naturally, which makes composing a shot feel intuitive instead of technical. It's the lens for someone building a personal portfolio on their own time, pointing it at whatever's actually around them - a pet, a plate of food, their own room - before reaching for anything more specialized.
Fast F1.7 Aperture. A wide f/1.7 maximum aperture lets in far more light than a kit lens, useful for shooting indoors without flash, and throws the background out of focus for real subject-background separation.
50mm-Equivalent Field of View. Micro Four Thirds' 2x crop factor turns this 25mm lens into a 50mm field of view - the classic "normal" perspective that closely matches natural human vision.
Fast, Silent Stepper-Motor Autofocus. A stepping motor drives focus quickly and almost silently, keeping autofocus fast for stills and unobtrusive enough not to get picked up by a camera's built-in mic during video.
Compact, Lightweight Build. At just 125g, it barely changes how a small Micro Four Thirds body handles or balances, making it an easy lens to leave mounted day to day.
7-Blade Circular Diaphragm. Seven rounded aperture blades keep out-of-focus highlights soft and circular rather than polygonal, even stopped down slightly from wide open.
0.25m Close Focus. Focuses down closer than most standard primes, useful for detail shots without needing to switch to a dedicated macro lens.
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Manual
See Real Photos Shot With This Lens (DPReview Sample Gallery)
Outdoor Video Test With This Lens
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