Hi everyone,

I’m loving my Lumix 20mm f/1.7. I’d love to see a weather-sealed version of it or something similar at a fair price point. The current choice in terms of weather-sealing is nearly all PRO series zooms and equally expensive, bigger and heavier PRO series f/1.2 primes. I wish that they did a pancake design prime with weather sealing, I’m not expecting it to be given the design and in the least bit bothered about it being as fast as f/1.2. I can’t see how weather-sealing in itself adds that much size and weight to a lens. It’s the faster aperture and build quality that adds the size and weight. So, as things stand, in order to get the weather-sealing I’d be forced to buy a bigger, heavier, slightly faster and considerably more expensive lens and none of these things I want or need. Olympus PRO series f/1.4 20mm weather-sealed –

• Dimensions 63mm diameter x 62 mm length
• Weight 247g
• Filter size 58mm

Lumix 20 mm f/1.7 Mk 1 pancake lens non-weather-sealed

• Dimensions 63mm diameter x 25.5mm length. 👍
• Weight 87g 💙💙💙💙💙 🙂
• Filter size 46mm 👍

So the Olympus lens, although still a small lens by some standards and a bit faster is appreciatively longer and heavier and the price difference is even more drastic but it’s weather-sealed and arguably better built but not as inconspicuous and stealthy. I say arguably because I managed to drop my Lumix 20mm, without a lens hood attached, from about three feet as it spun from my hand, bouncing it off a wall before coming to rest on an albeit carpeted floor and it’s absolutely fine. Juggling lenses is not something I’m happy to say that I’m in the habit of doing but it’s nice to know all the same.

Kind regards

Leigh