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A Complete List Of Micro Four Thirds Lenses

  • March 21, 2022
  • Alik

This is a complete list of just about every lens available for Panasonic and Olympus micro four-thirds cameras. Including native brands and third-party brands. Use this list to find the best micro four thirds lenses.

Table Of Contents

  • Micro 4 3 Lens Guide
    • Can I use Olympus lenses on Panasonic?
  • Micro Four Thirds Olympus Lenses
    • Olympus M43 Zoom Lenses – Full Auto
    • Olympus M43 Prime Lenses – Full Auto
    • Olympus M43 Macro
  • Micro Four Thirds Panasonic Lenses
    • Panasonic MFT Zoom Lenses – Full Auto
    • Panasonic Prime Lenses – Full Auto
    • Panasonic Macro Lenses
    • Panasonic 3D Lenses
  • Third-Party Micro Four Thirds Lenses
    • Kowa Micro 4 3 Primes – Full Manual
    • Lensbaby Tilts
    • Samyang / Rokinon  Primes – Full Manual
    • Samyang / Rokinon Micro 4 3 Macro
    • Sigma Micro 4 3 Prime Lenses – Full Auto
    • Tamron Micro Four Thirds Lenses – Full Auto
    • Tokina MFT Primes – Full Manual
    • Voigtlander Micro 4 3 Primes – Full Manual
    • Yasuhara Nanoha Micro 4 3 Macro
  • Chinese Micro Four Third Lenses
    • 7Artisans Micro 4 3 Lenses
    • 7Artisans Cine Lenses
    • Kamlan Micro Four Thirds Lenses
    • Kipon Lenses
    • Laowa Lenses
    • Meike Lenses
    • Mitakon Micro 4 3 Primes
    • Opteka lenses for Micro Four Thirds
    • Pergear Micro 4 3 Lens
    • Photex Tilt-Shift Lens
    • TTArtisan Micro Four Thirds Lenses – Full Manual
    • Yongnuo Micro 4 3 Lenses
  • Third-Party Micro Four Thirds Cinema Lenses
    • DZO Cine Lenses For M43
    • IRIX Cine Lenses For Micro 4 3
    • SLR Magic Micro 4 3 Lenses
    • SLR Magic Anamorphic Lenses Adapter
    • Sirui Cine Micro Four Thirds Lens
    • Vazen Cine Micro Four Thirds Lens
    • Zeiss Compact Primes
  • Micro Four Thirds Accessories
    • Speed Boosters
    • More Speed Boosters
    • Adapters
  • Micro 4 3 Lens List Conclusion

 

Micro 4 3 Lens Guide

Before I get into the list I want to say there are a few ways to say Micro Four Thirds that the photography world likes to use. There is MFT, M43, and Micro 4/3. Those are the three most popular. I’ll use them interchangeably.

I’ve listed all the 35mm equivalency alongside the lenses to make things a little easier if you’re coming from that world. I’ve also built a 35mm equivalency calculator.

 

Can I use Olympus lenses on Panasonic?

Olympus lenses and Panasonic lenses are interchangeable between systems and you can even use them on Blackmagic cameras. Autofocus will work but you’ll sometimes lose some advanced lens functionality like OIS and there could be a reduction in the IBIS performance. 

Each camera IBIS system is designed to work with the OIS of the lens for enhanced performance, you will lose this if you mix and match lenses.

Panasonic lenses with aperture rings as well as function buttons will also not function on Olympus and Blackmagic cameras. You have to control the aperture through the camera.

 

Micro Four Thirds Olympus Lenses

 

Olympus M43 Zoom Lenses – Full Auto

A list of all of the Olympus MFT zoom lenses still available on the market.

List of Olympus M43 Zoom Lenses 35mm Equiv Filters Check Price
Olympus ED 7-14 f2.8 Pro 14-28mm — B&H
Olympus ED 9-18mm f4.0-f5.6 18-36mm Ø52mm Amazon
Olympus ED 12-40mm f2.8 Pro 24-80mm Ø62mm Amazon
Olympus ED 12-50mm f3.5-f6.3 EZ 24-100mm Ø52mm Amazon
Olympus ED 12-100mm f4 IS PRO 24-200mm Ø72mm B&H
Olympus ED 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 EZ 28-84mm Ø37mm Amazon
Olympus 14-42mm f3.5-f5.6 EZ 28-84mm Ø37mm Amazon
Olympus 14-42mm f3.5-f5.6 II R 28-84mm Ø37mm Amazon
Olympus ED 14-150mm f4.0-f5.6 28-300mm Ø58mm Amazon
Olympus ED 14-150mm f4.0-f5.6 II 28-300mm Ø58mm Amazon
Olympus ED 40-150mm f2.8 Pro 80-300mm Ø72mm Amazon
Olympus ED 40-150mm f4.0-f5.6 80-300mm Ø58mm Amazon
Olympus ED 40-150mm f4.0-f5.6 R 80-300mm Ø58mm Amazon
Olympus ED 75-300mm f4.8-f6.7 150-600mm Ø58mm  –
Olympus ED 75-300mm f4.8-f6.7 II 150-600mm Ø58mm Amazon
Olympus ED 150-400mm f4.5 TC1.25X IS PRO 300-800mm Ø95mm B&H

 

Olympus M43 Prime Lenses – Full Auto

This is the list of all of the Olympus Prime MFT lenses.

List of Olympus M43 Prime Lenses 35mm Equiv Filters Check Price
Olympus ED 8mm f1.8 16mm — B&H
Fisheye Body Cap 9mm f/8 Lens 18mm — B&H
Olympus ED 17mm f1.2 PRO 34mm Ø62mm B&H
Olympus ED 12mm f2.0 24mm Ø46mm Amazon
Body Cap 15mm f8 Lens 30mm — —
Olympus 17mm f1.8 34mm Ø46mm Amazon
Olympus 17mm f2.8 34mm Ø37mm Amazon
Olympus 25mm f1.2 ED 50mm Ø62mm B&H
Olympus 25mm f1.8 50mm Ø46mm Amazon
Olympus 45mm f1.2 PRO 90mm Ø62mm B&H
Olympus 45mm f1.8 90mm Ø37mm Amazon
Olympus ED 75mm f1.8 150mm Ø58mm Amazon
Olympus ED 300mm f4 Pro 600mm Ø77mm Amazon

 

Olympus M43 Macro

List of Olympus M43 Macro Lenses 35mm Equiv Elements Aperture Check Price
Olympus ED 30mm f3.5 Macro 60mm 7/6 7R B&H
Olympus ED 60mm f2.8 Macro 120mm 13/10 7R Amazon

 

Micro Four Thirds Panasonic Lenses

 

Panasonic MFT Zoom Lenses – Full Auto

A list of all of Panasonics M43 Zoom Lenses that are still on the market.

Lens Names 35mm Equiv Filters Check Price
Lumix 7-14mm f4.0 ASPH 14-28mm *No Filter Amazon
Leica DG 8-18 f2.8-f4 ASPH 16-36mm — B&H
Leica DG 10-25mm f1.7 20-50mm Ø77mm B&H
Leica DG 12-60mm f2.8-f4 24-120mm Ø62mm B&H
Lumix 12-60mm f3.5-f5.6 ASPH POWER OIS 24-120mm Ø58mm Amazon
Lumix 12-32mm f3.5-f5.6 ASPH MEGA OIS 24-64mm Ø37mm Amazon
Lumix X 12-35mm f2.8 ASPH POWER OIS 24-70mm Ø58mm Amazon
Lumix X 12-35mm f2.8 II ASPH POWER OIS 24-70mm Ø58mm B&H
Leica DG 12-60mm f2.8-4 ASPH, POWER OIS 24-120mm Ø62mm B&H
Lumix 14-42mm f3.5-f5.6 ASPH MEGA OIS 28-84mm Ø37mm Amazon
Lumix X PZ 14-42mm f3.5-f5.6 ASPH POWER OIS 28-84mm Ø37mm Amazon
Lumix 14-42mm f3.5-f5.6 II ASPH MEGA OIS 28-84mm Ø46mm Amazon
Lumix 14-45mm f3.5-f5.6 ASPH MEGA OIS 28-90mm Ø52mm Amazon
Lumix 14-140mm f3.5-f5.6 ASPH POWER OIS 28-280mm Ø52mm Amazon
Lumix HD 14-140mm f4.0-f5.8 MEGA OIS 28-280mm Ø62mm Amazon
Lumix X 35-100mm f2.8 POWER OIS 70-200mm Ø58mm Amazon
Lumix X 35-100mm f2.8 II POWER OIS 70-200mm Ø58mm Amazon
Lumix 35-100mm f4-f5.6 ASPH MEGA OIS 70-200mm Ø46mm Amazon
Lumix 45-150mm f4.0-f5.6 ASPH MEGA OIS 90-300mm Ø52mm Amazon
Lumix X PZ 45-175mm f4.0-f5.6 ASPH POWER OIS 90-350mm Ø46mm Amazon
Lumix 45-200mm f4.0-f5.6 MEGA OIS 90-400mm Ø52mm Amazon
Lumix 45-200mm f4.0-f5.6 POWER OIS 90-400mm Ø52mm B&H
Lumix 100-300mm f4.0-f5.6 MEGA OIS 200-600mm Ø67mm Amazon
Lumix 100-300mm f4-f5.6 II POWER OIS 200-600mm Ø67mm —
Lumix 100-400mm f4.0-f6.3 200-800mm Ø72mm Amazon

 

Panasonic Prime Lenses – Full Auto

A list of all of the Panasonic MFT Prime Lenses.

Lens Names 35mm Equiv Filters Order
Lumix Fisheye 8mm f3.5 15mm Rear Amazon
Lumix Leica DG Summilux 12mm f1.4 ASPH 24mm Ø62mm Amazon / Adorama
Lumix 14mm f2.5 II ASPH 28mm Ø46mm Amazon / Adorama
Leica DG Summilux 15mm f1.7 ASPH 30mm Ø46mm Amazon
Lumix Vario 20mm f1.7 II ASPH 40mm Ø46mm Amazon
Leica DG Summilux 25mm f1.4 ASPH 50mm Ø46mm Amazon
Leica DG Summilux 25mm f1.4 II ASPH 50mm Ø46mm B&H
Lumix 25mm f1.7 ASPH 50mm Ø46mm Adorama
Lumix 30mm f2.8 Macro ASPH MEGA OIS 60mm Ø46mm Amazon
Leica DG Nocticron 42.5mm f1.2 ASPH POWER OIS 85mm Ø67mm Amazon
Lumix 42.5 f1.7 ASPH POWER OIS 85mm Ø37mm Amazon

 

Panasonic Macro Lenses

Lens Names 35mm Equiv Filters Order
Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f2.8 ASPH MEGA OIS 90mm Ø46mm Amazon

 

Panasonic 3D Lenses

Panasonic has this funky little 3D lens that’s interesting.

Lens Names 35mm Equiv Filters Order
Lumix G 12.5mm f12 3D 65mm *None Amazon

 

 

Third-Party Micro Four Thirds Lenses

 

Kowa Micro 4 3 Primes – Full Manual

Kowa is a Japanese company that makes scopes, binoculars, accessories etc. But they also make some decent MFT lenses.

Lens Names 35mm Equiv Filters Order
Kowa Prominar 8.5mm f2.8 17mm – Amazon
Kowa Prominar 12mm f1.8 24mm Ø72mm –
Kowa Prominar 25mm f1.8 50mm Ø55mm –

 

Lensbaby Tilts

Lensbaby is an American company that makes specialty art lenses for special effects, tilts, macro, or just fun. Some of the lenses like the Burnside have an effects aperture for applying different looks.

Lens Names 35mm Equiv Elements Aperture Check Price
Lensbaby 5.8 f3.5 Circular Fisheye 11.6mm no info no info B&H
Lensbaby 28mm f2.5 Macro 56mm 8/7 12 B&H
Lensbaby Burnside 35mm f2.8 70mm 6/4 6int and 8fx B&H
Composer Pro with Sweet 35 Optics 70mm 4/3 12 Amazon / B&H
Composer Pro with Sweet 50 Optics 100mm 2/1 12 Amazon / B&H
Lensbaby Velvet 56mm f1.6 Macro 112mm 4/3 12 B&H
Lensbaby Velvet 85mm f1.8 Macro 170mm no info 12 B&H

 

Samyang / Rokinon  Primes – Full Manual

Samyang is a brand that has really blossomed over the last few years. Ten years ago they just made decent lenses, today their lenses are actually really good. Good coatings, good optical designs and they’ve really improved their build quality. Definitely don’t ignore Rokinon lenses. I have several of them for my APS-C system and they come very close to rivaling Fujinon lenses.

Lens Name 35mm Equiv Filters Order
Rokinon 7.5mm f3.5 UMC Fisheye CS 15mm — Adorama
Rokinon 8mm f3.5 HD Fisheye 16mm — Adorama
Rokinon 9mm f8 Fisheye 16mm — Adorama
Rokinon 10mm f2.8 ED AS NCS CS 20mm — Adorama
Rokinon 12mm f2.0 24mm Ø67mm Adorama
Rokinon 12mm f2.2 NCS CS 24mm Ø67mm Adorama
Rokinon 14mm f2.8 IF ED MC 28mm — Adorama
Rokinon 16mm f2.0 ED AS UMC CS 32mm Ø77mm Adorama
Rokinon 21mm f1.4 (Black) Silver also available 42mm Ø58mm Adorama
Rokinon 24mm f1.4 48mm Ø77mm Adorama
Rokinon 24mm f1.4 for Olympus 48mm Ø77mm Adorama
Rokinon 35mm f1.4 70mm Ø77mm Adorama
Rokinon 50mm f1.2 (Black) Silver also available 100mm Ø62mm Adorama
Rokinon 85mm f1.8 170mm Ø62mm
Adorama / BHphoto
Rokinon 85mm f1.4 170mm Ø72mm Adorama
Rokinon 100mm f2.8 200mm Ø67mm Adorama
Rokinon 300mm Reflex f6.3 600mm — Adorama

 

Samyang / Rokinon Micro 4 3 Macro

Lens Names 35mm Equiv Filters Order
Rokinon 100mm f2.8 Macro 200mm – Amazon, Adorama

 

Sigma Micro 4 3 Prime Lenses – Full Auto

Sigma has a few great options for the micro four-thirds system and they offer really good performance for the price.

Lens Name 35mm Equiv Filters Order
Sigma 16mm f1.4 DN 32mm Ø67mm B&H
Sigma 19mm f2.8 DN 38mm Ø46mm Amazon
Sigma 19mm f2.8 EX DN 38mm Ø46mm Amazon
Sigma 30mm f1.4 DC DN 60mm Ø52mm —
Sigma 30mm f2.8 DN 60mm Ø46mm Amazon
Sigma 30mm f2.8 EX DN 60mm Ø46mm Amazon
Sigma 56mm f1.4 DN 112mm Ø55mm B&H
Sigma 60mm f2.8 DN 120mm Ø46mm Amazon

 

Tamron Micro Four Thirds Lenses – Full Auto

Surprisingly this is the only Tamron MFT lens. They are one of the best third-party lens companies out there.

Lens Names 35mm Equiv Filters Order
Tamron 14-150mm f3.5-f5.8 Di III 28-300mm Ø52mm Amazon

 

Tokina MFT Primes – Full Manual

There are a few Tokina micro four third lenses out there. A Cinema ultra wide zoom and a tele. A little pricey though.

Lens Names 35mm Equiv Filters Order
Tokina Cinema 11-16mm T3.0 22-32mm Ø77mm —
Tokina Reflex 300mm f6.3 MF Macro 600mm Ø55mm Amazon

 

Voigtlander Micro 4 3 Primes – Full Manual

If you’re an E-Mount or Lecia shooter you’ve probably heard the hype. These lenses are actually fantastic for the price. Voigtlander also makes their primes in an MFT mount. They are worth checking out.

Lens Names 35mm Equiv Elements Aperture Check Price
Nokton 10.5mm f0.95 21mm 13/10 10 B&H
Nokton 17.5mm f0.95 35mm 13/9 10 Amazon / B&H
Nokton 25mm f0.95 Type II 50mm 11/8 10 B&H
Nokton 42.5mm f0.95 85mm 11/8 10 Amazon / B&H
Nokton 60mm f0.95 120mm 11/8 10 B&H

 

Yasuhara Nanoha Micro 4 3 Macro

Yasuhara is a Japanese designer who has released a few interesting designs. He’s is also developing more full-frame lenses like the Anthy 35mm. Hopefully, these full-frame lenses end up with micro four-thirds mount since they are small and perform very well.

List Yasuhara Micro Four Thirds Lenses 35mm Equiv Elements Aperture Check Price
Yasuhara 11-19mm Lens 4:1 to 5:1 22-38mm     Amazon / B&H
Yasuhara Momo 100 28mm f6.4 Soft Focus 56mm 2/2 no info B&H

 

Chinese Micro Four Third Lenses

 

This section includes all the Chinese-made lenses. Not for any particular reason other than, many of these lens companies come from the same manufacturing plants. So they’ll mix up the aperture or the build, maybe change the element then come out and market themselves as a different brand. For example, Opteka lenses are very similar to Meike lenses.

There are some very good Chinese lenses, like Kamlan, Kipon, Loawa, even SLR Magic / ZY Optica is getting better. At this point, you could probably safely say Kipon could even rival Voigtlander with build and performance. At least they are very close.

Kamlan lenses are also very well constructed, but some of their older builds aren’t as great optically. All their latest lenses have been very good.

 

7Artisans Micro 4 3 Lenses

7Artisan is a Chinese company that makes really inexpensive third-party lenses for various mounts. They originally weren’t that great but they also aren’t terrible for the price. Today they’re actually pretty good with all the latest updates.

If you’re looking to experiment with a certain focal length or just looking for lenses you can mess around with the 7Artisan lenses are a lot of fun.

The biggest problem with these lenses isn’t imaged quality as much as it is the build quality. On my 25mm is a mess on the insides, with contact cement showing around the edges of the elements and other spots around the inside housing. You can get good lenses from them, but just be sure to check them over the day you get them and return them if there are any issues. This has improved over the years. Lately, I haven’t seen many issues coming from their lenses so it does seem like they’ve improved their quality control.

List of 7Artisans Lenses 35mm Equiv Elements Aperture Check Price
7Artisans 7.5mm f2.8 15mm 11/10 11 Amazon / B&H
7Artisans 7.5mm f2.8 II 15mm 11/9 7 Amazon
7Artisans 12mm f2.8 24mm 10/8 7 B&H
7Artisans 18mm f6.3 36mm 6/4 fixed B&H
7Artisans 25mm f0.95 50mm 11/9 13 Amazon
7Artisans 25mm f1.8 Review 50mm 7/5 12R Amazon / B&H
7Artisans 35mm f0.95 70mm 10/9 12 Amazon
7Artisans 35mm f1.2 Review 70mm 6/5 9R B&H
7Artisans 35mm f1.2 II 70mm 6/5 10R B&H
7Artisans 35mm f1.4 70mm 8/5 9 B&H
7Artisans 50mm f0.95 100mm 7/5 13 Amazon
7Artisans 50mm f1.8 100mm 6/5 12R Amazon
7Artisans 55mm f1.4 Review 110mm 6/5 14R Amazon / B&H
7Artisans 55mm f1.4 II 110mm 6/5 9 Amazon / B&H
7Artisans 60mm f2.8 Macro 1x 120mm 8/7 10 B&H
7Artisans 60mm f2.8 Macro 1x II 120mm 11/8 9 Amazon / B&H
7Artisans 25mm f1.8 Rear Element
7Artisans 25mm f1.7 lens on the Fujifilm X-Pro2
7Artisans 25mm f1.7 lens on the Fujifilm X-Pro2

7Artisans Cine Lenses

The new 7Artisans cine lenses are built at rated with T-stops so that all the lenses have the same light sensitivity which is very helpful when changing lenses under fixed lighting setups.

7Artisans Cine Lenses 35mm Equiv Elements Aperture Check Price
7Artisans 25mm T1.05 50mm 11/9 13 B&H
7Artisans 35mm T1.05 70mm 11/8 12 B&H
7Artisans 50mm T1.05 100mm 7/5 13 B&H

 

Kamlan Micro Four Thirds Lenses

Kamlan Micro Four Thirds lenses have some incredible build quality. Some of their early optical designs were a bit hit and miss but their MK II lenses are very good and they’ve really grown as a lens company. You should definitely pay attention to their new lens releases.

There is a Kamlan 50mm f1.1 version one that you can still find. It’s not their greatest lense because of very poor corner performance and field curvature. But on Micro Four Thirds it’s not a bad lens. I personally really love their 50mm f1.1 mark II. Super fun, but much heavier. It’s in my top 10 favorite third-party lenses.

List of Kamlan Lenses 35mm Equiv Elements Aperture Check Price
Kamlan 7.5mm f3.2 Fisheye 15mm 11-10 11 B&H
Kalman 21mm f1.8 42mm no info no info Amazon
Kamlan 50mm f1.1 II Review 100mm 8-7 11 Amazon

 

Kipon Lenses

Kipon makes various lenses in various mounts. They currently make the Ibelux 40mm specifically for the micro four-thirds mount. You can use their Iberit lenses in a Leica Mount and adapt them to Micro Four Thirds. Kipon also makes some of the best adapters for the price. They are ab it more expensive than the cheaper adapters but the quality is much better.

The Ibelux 40mm f0.85 II is actually a solid lens and performs very well for an f0.85. It’s just big.

List of Kipon Lenses 35mm Equiv Elements Aperture Check Price
Kipon Ibelux 40mm f0.85 II 80mm 10/8 10 B&H

 

Laowa Lenses

Laowa is a very interesting brand that produces some very unique lenses unlike anything out there. One of their specialties is to make ultra-wide lenses that have no distortion.

List of Laowa Lenses 35mm Equiv Elements Aperture Check Price
Laowa 4mm f2.8 Fisheye 8mm 7/6 7 B&H
Laowa 7.5mm f2 15mm 13/9 7 B&H
Laowa 7.5mm f2 Ultra Light 15mm 13/9 7 B&H
Laowa 9mm f2.8 Zero-D 18mm 15/10 7 B&H
Laowa 10mm f2 Zero-D 20mm 11/7 5 B&H
Laowa 17mm f1.8 34mm 9/7 7 B&H
Laowa 25mm f0.95 50mm — — coming

 

Meike Lenses

Meike is the most practical of cheap Chinese lenses.

They don’t produce any crazy cheap ultra-fast lenses which never produce great image quality. Rather they make good f1.8 to f2.8 lenses that perform well. The build quality of their lenses is also pretty tough.

List of Meike Lenses 35mm Equiv Elements Aperture Check Price
Meike 6-11mm f3.5 12-22mm 11/8 no info B&H
Meike 12mm f2.8 24mm 12/9 no info B&H
Meike 25mm f1.8 50mm 7/5 no info Amazon / B&H
Meike 28mm f2.8 56mm 6/5 no info Amazon / B&H
Meike 35mm f1.4 Review 70mm 8/5 9 Amazon / B&H
Meike 35mm f1.7 Review 70mm 6/5 9R Amazon / B&H
Meike 50mm f1.7 Review 100mm 6/5 12 Adorama
Meike 50mm f2 100mm 6/5 9 Amazon / B&H
Meike 85mm f2.8 Macro 170mm 11/8 no info B&H

 

Mitakon Micro 4 3 Primes

Some people like Mitakon lenses because of how fast they are, but from what I’ve seen, optically they are only so-so. Here is a list of the MFT Mitakon prime lenses. They tend to use a lot of highly refractive polymers for their speed masters to simulate the fast apertures, but they don’t usually perform at a T stop in those ranges.

My biggest problem is weekend couch reviewers always give them high praise, but the durability isn’t there if you’re going to use the lenses all the time. I’ve had many SLR Magic / Mitakon lenses and they just don’t hold up, which is a bummer because they can be a lot of fun. They do continue to get better as they make more lenses, so always keep an eye out for new releases.

List of MItakon Lenses 35mm Equiv Elements Aperture Check Price
Mitakon 20mm f2 Macro 4.5x 40mm 6/4 3 B&H
Mitakon 24mm f1.7 48mm 9/8 12 Amazon / B&H
Mitakon 25mm f0.95 50mm 9/8 12 B&H
Mitakon 35mm f0.95 II Review 70mm 11/8 9 Amazon
Mitakon 42.5mm f1.2 85mm 9/7 9 Amazon / B&H
Mitakon 85mm f2.8 Macro 1-5x 170mm 12/8 9 B&H

 

Opteka lenses for Micro Four Thirds

It looks like Meike and Opteka are sharing both optical designs and mechanical designs. They might be the same lenses just rebranded.

List of Opteka Lenses 35mm Equiv Elements Aperture Check Price
Opteka 6.5mm f2 Fisheye 13mm 6/5 9 B&H
Opteka 12mm f2.8 24mm 12/10 9 B&H
Opteka 28mm f2.8 56mm 6/5 9 B&H
Opteka 35mm f1.7 70mm 6/5 9 B&H
Opteka 50mm f2 100mm 6/5 9 B&H

 

Pergear Micro 4 3 Lens

PerGear has released a few lenses for the X-Mount. Their 25mm f1.8 is not the same as the ever so popular 7Artisans because on their website they say this lens is 5 elements in 3 groups but the 7Artisans has 7.

The Pergear 35mm f1.6 is very nice with a great build and image quality to match.

All the Pergear lenses come with a lens hood.

Lens Name 35mm Equiv Elements Aperture Order
Pergear 7.5mm f2.8 Fisheye 11.25mm 9/8 10R Amazon
Pergear 12mm f2 18mm 12/9 10 Amazon
Pergear 25mm f1.8 37.5mm 5/3 12 Amazon
Pergear 35mm f1.2 50mm 6/5 10 Amazon
Pergear 35mm f1.6 50mm 6/4 12 Amazon
Pergear 50mm f1.8 Review 75mm 6/4 10 Amazon

 

Photex Tilt-Shift Lens

Lens Names 35mm Equiv Filters Order
Photex 50mm f2 Tilt-Shift Lens 100mm Ø52mm Amazon

 

TTArtisan Micro Four Thirds Lenses – Full Manual

All around great manual lenses. Probably the best-performing lenses for the price.

Lens Name 35mm Equiv Elements Aperture Check Price
TTArtisan 17mm f1.4 35mm 9/8 10 B&H
TTArtisan 35mm f1.4 70mm 7/6 10 B&H
TTArtisan 50mm f1.2 100mm 7/5 10 B&H

 

Yongnuo Micro 4 3 Lenses

Lens Name 35mm Equiv Elements Aperture Check Price
Yongnuo YN 42.5mm f1.7 85mm 9/8 7 B&H

 

Third-Party Micro Four Thirds Cinema Lenses

 

DZO Cine Lenses For M43

DZO makes some parafocal cinema zoom lenses.

Lens Name 35mm Equiv Elements Aperture Check Price
DZO 10-24mm T2.9 20-50mm not listed 12 B&H
DZO 20-70mm T2.9 4o-140mm not listed 12 B&H

 

IRIX Cine Lenses For Micro 4 3

Irix makes very high-quality cinema lenses. The IRIX cine lenses are actually designed for larger sensor cameras but they do make them in a Micro Four Thirds mount as well. Since they are mechanical lenses you could always order them in a PL or Canon EF mount and then adapt them to your different cameras.

Lens Name 35mm Equiv Elements Aperture Check Price
Irix 11mm T4.3 22mm 16/10 9R B&H
Irix 15mm T2.6 30mm no info no info B&H
Irix 45mm T1.5 90mm 11/9 9R B&H
Irix 150mm T3.0 Macro 300mm 12/9 11R B&H

 

SLR Magic Micro 4 3 Lenses

SLR Magic lenses come from the family of Mitakon or ZY Optics. They are essentially OEM Mitakon lenses with different mechanical arrangements for cinema purposes.

With ZY Optic lenses, watch out for sticky focus, which happens a lot in sub-freezing conditions which I’m not sure they’ve resolved yet.

Some of their lenses you can order with ND filter kits.

Lens Name 35mm Equiv Elements Aperture Check Price
SLR Magic 8mm f4 16mm 9/8 7 B&H
SLR Magic 25mm f0.95 Hyper Prime Cine III 50mm 11/9 12 B&H

 

SLR Magic Anamorphic Lenses Adapter

The Anamorphic Adapter lens has a front filter of 77mm and a rear filter thread of 62mm. It comes with a set of 58mm, 52mm, 49mm step-up rings.

SLR Magic Anamorphot 1.33x 50 Lenses – (Adorama)

 

Sirui Cine Micro Four Thirds Lens

Sirui is a new anamorphic lens to hit the market and it comes in at a very competitive price compared to the other anamorphic lenses out there.

The Sirui 50mm f1.8 will produce a squeezed aspect ratio of 2.4:1 when shot onto a 16:9 sensor.

List of Sirui Lenses 35mm Equiv Elements Aperture Check Price
Sirui 50mm f1.8 Anamorphic 1.33x 100mm 11/8 10 B&H

 

Vazen Cine Micro Four Thirds Lens

Vazen produces Anamorphic Cinema lenses for the Micro Four Thirds Mount. Anamorphic lenses use a curved front element to compress the image hitting the sensor. In post-production, the image is stretched lack out for a widescreen view. It can be a little difficult to calculate the 35mm equivalency for an Anamorphic lens because a 28mm lens will have a 56mm equivalency in terms of the look and compression, but it produces a much wider image with a field of view more similar to a 35mm lens.

There are different levels of Anamorphic compression but the Vazen lenses use a 1.8x compression for a 2.39:1 aspect ratio.

There is no information about how many elements they use.

List of Vazen Lenses 35mm Equiv Elements Aperture Check Price
Vazen 28mm T2.2 Anamorphic 1.8x 56mm no info   B&H
Vazen 40mm T2 Anamorphic 1.8x 80mm no info   B&H
Vazen 65mm Tx.x Anamorphic 1.8x (Future release) 130mm no info   coming soon

 

Zeiss Compact Primes

The Cinema Primes listed here are 35mm lenses with the Micro Four Thirds Mount and the mounts are interchangeable. A great investment. They also come in two versions, one where the measurements are in metric and the other is in feet. Some lenses don’t have a specification as to what they are. I’ve tried to list them in feet.

I haven’t used the standard compact primes but I have used the Zeiss Super Speeds on a feature I shot a few years ago. They are amazing. We rented a set to use with the Red. Great little lenses.

Lens Name 35mm Equiv Filters Order
Zeiss Compact Prime CP.2 15mm T2.9 Distagon T* (ft) 30mm – Adorama
Zeiss Compact Prime CP.2 18mm T3.6 CF Distagon T* 36mm – Adorama
Zeiss Compact Prime CP.2 21mm T2.9 CF Distagon T* (ft) 42mm – Adorama
Zeiss Compact Prime CP.2 25mm T2.1 CF T* (ft) 50mm – Adorama
Zeiss Compact Prime CP.2 28mm T2.1 CF Distagon T* 56mm – Adorama
Zeiss Compact Prime CP.2 35mm T1.5 Distagon T* (ft) 60mm – Adorama
Zeiss Compact Prime CP.2 35mm T2.1 CF Distagon T* (ft) 60mm – Adorama
Zeiss Compact Prime CP.2 50mm T1.5 Distagon T* (ft) 100mm – Adorama
Zeiss Compact Prime CP.2 50mm T2.1 CF Planar T* 100mm – Adorama
Zeiss Compact Prime CP.2 50mm T2.1 Makro-Planar T* 100mm – Adorama
Zeiss Compact Prime CP.2 85mm T2.1 Planar T* 170mm – Adorama
Zeiss Compact Prime CP.2 85mm T1.5 Super Speed T* (ft) 170mm – Adorama
Zeiss Compact Prime CP.2 100mm T2.1 CF Planar T* 200mm – Adorama
Zeiss Compact Prime CP.2 135mm T2.1 Distagon T* (ft) 270mm – Adorama

There are also some Zeiss Cinema Zoom lenses too but if you have $20,000 for a lens I doubt you’ll be working with M43 so I won’t bother listing them.

 

Micro Four Thirds Accessories

Speed Boosters

The speed boosters allow you to adapter larger lenses such as Nikon or Canon into the MFT format. The advantage is, you gain about a stop of light plus you maintain a closer field of view of the lens you’re using.

Metabones Nikon G to MFT – (Amazon)

Metabones Nikon G to Black Magic Pocket – (Amazon)

Metabones Canon EF to MFT S Version – (Amazon)

Metabones Canon EF to Black Magic Pocket – (Amazon)

Metabones Canon FD to MFT – (Amazon)

Metabones Olympus OM to MFT – (Amazon)

Metabones Contarex to MFT – (Amazon)

Metabones Rollei QBM to MFT – (Amazon)

Mitakon Lens Turbo Mark I Canon EF to MFT – (Adorama)

Mitakon Lens Turbo Mark I Nikon AI / AI-S – (Adorama)

 

More Speed Boosters

Metabones Canon EF to MFT XL 0.64x
Metabones Canon EF to MFT Ultra 0.71x
Metabones Canon EF to MFT Black Magic Pocket 4K 0.71x
Viltrox EF-M2 EF to MFT 0.71x
Viltrox EF-M 2 II EF to MFT 0.71x
Kipon Baveyes Ultra Auto Focus EF to MFT 0.7x
Kipon Baveyes EF to MFT 0.7x
Kipon Baveyes M42 to MFT II 0.7x
Pixco Pro Focusing Infinity EF to MFT 0.7x
Pixco Pro Focusing Infinity FD to MFT 0.7x
Pixco Pro Focusing Infinity Minolta MD to MFT 0.7x
Pixco Pro Focusing Infinity M42 to M43 0.7×2

 

Adapters

Novoflex Adapters are great quality. These will require full manual lenses with a manual aperture ring. The exception is the Nikon.

Novoflex Nikon to MFT – (Amazon)

Novoflex Leica M to MFT – (Amazon)

Novoflex Olympus OM to MFT – (Amazon)

Novoflex Canon FD to MFT – (Amazon)

 

The Fotasy aren’t good quality so I won’t list them.

 

There is another brand called Big-IS, but they can be hard to find.

 

Micro 4 3 Lens List Conclusion

Let me know if you find any lenses that are not on the list. I still miss them sometimes. Or if you have any suggestions or feedback on what you think the best micro four thirds lenses are, let me know in the comments.

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