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Panasonic Announces New 20mm f1.7 Version II with Metal Exterior

Chris Gampat
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06/27/2013
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Last Updated on 06/27/2013 by Chris Gampat

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Panasonic 20mm f1.7 Version II lens (6 of 9)

The other day, Panasonic announced that their old 20mm f1.7 was being discontinued. But the new just broke on their website that, they’re announcing their brand new refresh of the lens in its 2nd version. The new lens boasts a metal construction (resin comprised the older version) and there is no weather sealing. It will come in both a silver and black version to match your camera accordingly.

The new lens also sports seven elements in five groups, supports contrast AF, has seven aperture blades, and features multi-coated lens elements.

Tech Specs and extra photos are after the jump. At the moment, we don’t have any word on pricing or availability.

Tech Specs

LUMIX G 20mm / F1.7 Ⅱ ASPH.
Lens Construction 7 elements in 5 groups (2 Aspherical lenses)
Mount Micro Four Thirds mount
Optical Image Stabilizer No
Focal Length f=20mm (35mm camera equivalent 40mm)
Aperture Type 7 diaphragm blades / Circular aperture diaphragm
Aperture F1.7
Minimum Aperture F16
Closest Focusing Distance 0.2m / 0.66ft
Maximum magnification Approx. 0.13x / 0.25x (35mm camera equivalent)
Diagonal Angle of View 57°
Filter Size φ46mm / 1.81 in
Max. Diameter φ63mm / 2.48 in
Overall Length Approx. 25.5mm / 1.00 in (from the tip of the lens to the base side of the lens mount)
Weight Approx. 87g / 3.07oz (excluding lens cap and lens rear cap)
Standard Accessories Lens Cap, Lens Rear Cap, Lens Storage Bag

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.