Panasonic Leica DG Nocticron 42.5mm f/1.2 ASPH OIS : Specifications and Opinions

Panasonic Leica DG Nocticron 42.5mm f/1.2 ASPH OIS

The Panasonic Leica DG Nocticron 42.5mm f/1.2 ASPH OIS is a tele lens for 4/3, manufactured from 2014. The focus is done by Lens AF motor (non-ultrasonic), it has image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 1374 €;

32 users have given it an average vote of 9.8 out of 10.

MOUNT

This lens is available with the following mounts:

Micro 4/3: this lens is compatible with mirrorless micro-4/3.

Specifications
Focal lenght	42.5 mm
Angle of view	28.3° (equivalent to a 86mm in Fullframe 24x36mm format)
Format	4/3
Max. aperture	f/1.2
Aperture blades	9
Lenses/Groups	14 elements in 11 groups
Min. focus distance	0.50 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.10x
Features
Stabilization	Yes (built in lens)
Focus	Lens AF motor (non-ultrasonic)
Internal Focus	Yes
Built and notes
Tripod ring	No
Extenders	No
Filters	67 mm
Lens hood	Yes, supplied
Weather sealing	No
Weight	425 g
Dimensions	74 x 77 mm
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Aval

sent on 11 Gennaio 2026

Pros: The typical rendering of Leica lenses, both on color and on BN. The high brightness combined with the stabilization allow you to make the most of the M4/3 sensor.

Cons: It is not tropicalized.

Opinion: It belongs to that category of lenses that make the difference and should be used as much as possible at full aperture or, at most, closing a stop. Otherwise, you might as well buy an f1.8 or an f2, you save money and have more compact lenses. It stimulates creativity, especially when you want to shoot using slightly unusual ambient light conditions.

Francesco Verolino

sent on 21 Dicembre 2021

Pros: Optical quality, sharpness, stabilization

Cons: Price, hood, tropicalization

Opinion: Spectacular lens, change the story. Superb 85mm equivalent with 1.2 aperture, incredible for the quality of the files produced. Soft and sharp at the same time. Maybe the best I've ever tried. I really enjoyed the stabilization that works with the Panasonic G9 in an incredible way. Needless to say, the price is high, but it's a gem. I do not understand why it is not tropicalized and they used the metal hood, I do not like it. I really liked it and I made a review on my channel. What a lens...!!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeYES4LdXwI

Preben Elkjaer

sent on 08 Marzo 2019

Pros: Optical quality (bokeh, sharpness, brightness...), construction and materials.

Cons: Price, Lens hood a little bulky

Opinion: A lens that gives images of great quality, sharp already at TA and with a progressive and soft bokeh. The construction is excellent, metal. I believe that together with the 45 1.2, 75 1.8 and 56 1.4 is the top lens for portraiture with the M4/3. Used on Olympus bodies (e-M1 and Pen-F) did not give me any problem. Faults: the lens hood looks oversized. But this is the least. The most are, instead, the over 1000 euros to be pulled out for this gem: they are not a few. So, think of this lens only if you really love portraiture and it is essential for you to shoot with the highest possible quality: otherwise better hijack the money on other optics, less specialized and more all around (a nice 35-100 2.8 or a 40-150 2.8, for example) that may also cover this necessity.

Aznavour65

sent on 18 Ottobre 2017

Pros: Sharpness, Bokeh, size, brightness

Cons: Hood and Fabric case

Opinion: A fantastic optics that I use with my three Olympus WCO M1mkii, M5mkii and M10mkii. It returns a fantastic image quality, with a sharpness even at full aperture excellent. The Blur is captivating considering that its 4/3 system is really hard to get it except with lenses with a aperture aperture like this. You can photograph freehand even with a non-existent light also thanks to stabilization. Here the Panasonic has done an excellent job except for the unjustifiably bulky and huge lens hood for the concerned and the absolutely useless fabric case, given the poor quality. Optics I use for the portrait but also for the street saw its brightness.

Andali

sent on 31 Gennaio 2017

Pros: optics and build quality, made incarnate, blur, brightness

Cons: Cost?

Opinion: I purchased the used optical and I used with my Olympus M4 / 3 (OMD EM5 and PEN-F). The results are excellent especially with the PEN F, out of focus and exceptional resolution at the highest level, he does not regret a FF. extreme brightness associated with the stabilization of the PEN F (which I prefer to that of optics) allows you to take pictures freehand pretty much in the dark without having to raise the ISO 1,600. metal lens hood a bit 'bulky, equipped with cloth bag for safekeeping. Optical consigiiatissima not only for the portrait, where attention should be paid to possible defects of the skin of the subject, but also for the street (I often use these lengths for this kind). It costs a bit 'high, but according justified by the construction.

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