Panasonic Lumix 24 60mm f 2 8 vs 24 70mm f 2 8

Name: Panasonic Lumix 24 60mm f 2 8 vs 24 70mm f 2 8
Uploaded: 2026-05-25T05:27:00.634Z
Duration: 4 min 23 s
Channel: Photo Camera Landscape Expert
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3 Video Views·May 25, 2026 #PhotoCamera #LandscapePhotography #PhotographyExpert

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Panasonic just launched the 24-60mm f2.8 lens for $900, and this lens is kind of strange because they already sell the 24-70mm f2.8 normally for $2,000. As of recording this video, it's currently $1,700, but there is a massive difference in price between these two lenses, and I thought, I got to test this out for myself. Is this lens really worth $800 more? Let's find out. Let's quickly talk about the build quality of both of these lenses. The 24-60mm is noticeably smaller than your average 24-70mm lens, and this lens feels pretty good, kind of similar to my Tamron lenses. Certainly not top of the line by any means, but it feels decent. The threads on the front are 77mm. The zoom feels nice and smooth, although not quite as soft as some premium lenses that I've felt. This lens is focused by wire and has a very smooth manual focus ring that can be turned on or off with an autofocus or manual focus switch on the side of the lens. You'll also notice that the cheaper lens has a programmable function button that is absent from the more expensive lens. The Panasonic 24-70mm is a noticeable upgrade in build quality. This thing is noticeably larger overall. Its front element is 82mm, but the lens itself also feels heavier and more dense. The zoom on this lens does feel better than the 24-60mm. It's just smoother, but I don't know how to put it into words. It definitely just feels fancier. Instead of an autofocus to manual focus switch, this lens has a moving manual focus ring. And although this looks and feels quite nice, I actually find that in practice I keep bumping it into manual focus when I don't mean for it to be. And so I think I might actually prefer the much cheaper feeling switch that comes on the cheaper lens. And as I just mentioned, you will notice there are no programmable buttons on this lens when there are on the much cheaper one. Very strange. Now, even though I'm not sure I've actually seen it myself, I always hear lens reviewers talk about the colors that lenses produce and that professional lenses, oh, the colors are amazing. Can't you see the difference? Well, I'm going to give you the chance right now. Can you see the difference? Which one of these two lenses is $800 more? I personally can't tell. To me, the color and the sharpness looks exactly the same. Even the bokeh looks almost identical. Neither lens seems to have issues with chromatic aberration or purple fringing. I did, however, notice that the cheaper lens has a much shorter minimum focusing distance, which is actually a big deal to me. I get very annoyed by lenses that can't get close to subjects. And in this case, the cheaper lens is actually better. Just in case you can't see the differences in these two lenses in video, I went to my patented brick wall to take some photos. You will notice that the cheaper 24 to 60 millimeter lens does have more vignetting from F2.8 that cleans up quickly at F4. The 24 to 70 still does have some vignetting, but not quite as much at 24 millimeters. However, I was shocked to see that when I actually zoomed into 400%, I was getting much better, sharper results out of the cheaper lens. Even as I stopped down, I think the edges look better on my 24 to 60. Now when I zoomed in all the way on both lenses, 60 millimeters on the cheaper, 70 millimeters on the more expensive, things got even worse for the 24 to 70. Look at how soft the center of this image is at 70 millimeters at F2.8. I was shocked. Now, even if both of these lenses performed identically and the only benefit to the more expensive lens was an extra 10 millimeters of reach on the long end, I would say, save your money. There is no reason to spend $800 more for 10 millimeters on the long end. Just take a step forward. But it's even worse than that. The cheaper lens actually performed better. Yes, it does vignette slightly more at F2.8, but you can always brighten the edges. You can't bring back a blurry image. So if you're deciding between these two lenses, the answer this time is simple. Save your money. Get the new cheaper 24 to 60.