Old vs. New - 20 i.gen. vs. 20 II.Gen.

Overnight, Panasonic has taken its 20mm 1.7 from the market and replaced with a geupdates model.
This now comes to a completely black therefore what is apparently due to the adaptation to the in-house G-series.
Secondly, it still loses a bit of weight, said one way or another is hardly noticeable in this lightweight.

Technically, it remains up to the color change and a few grams less but at the same lens.

Clearly this is in terms of image quality top, in the area autofocus unfortunately sobering.
The 20mm 1.7 II pumped as cheerful in front of him when to focus, as it already did its predecessor.

On the Olympus OM-D occurs in my case, for use here and the new 20er makes a great figure, be it imaging performance / compactness / lightness.

Conclusion:
The ratio of image quality to price is clearly not top even with the new version of the 20ers.
The AF is unfortunately not the fastest, but who does not disturb the obtains an extremely compact lens that is highly unbelievable (light).

Bargain hunters can in good conscience try to get another 20 of the 1st generation ... the picture performance is at the same high level as the New.