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title: Lumix S 35mm f/1.8
description: "Versatile wide-angle prime at ultra-light 295g for street photography and environmental portraits. Fast f/1.8 aperture with 0.24m close focus enables creative perspectives in any weather."
brand: Panasonic
mount: L-Mount
focal_length: 35
aperture: 1.8
angle_of_view: 63
lens_type: Prime
weight: 295
year: 2021
weather_sealed: true
image_stabilization: false
price: 899
focus: Auto
lens_category: ["Wide Angle"]
filter_size: 67
max_magn: 0.18
close_focus: 0.24
sku: S-S35
diameter: 74
length: 82

date: 2025-07-20
draft: false
author: Jan Wedekind

featured_image: /lenses/panasonic/panasonic-35-f1-8.png

last_updates:
    - date: 2025-09-13
      note: added reviews and key take-aways

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Key Take-Aways:

The Panasonic Lumix S 35mm f/1.8 is a compact weather-sealed wide-angle prime lens weighing 295g, featuring 11 elements in 9 groups with 3 aspherical and 3 ED elements, designed to match the size and handling of other f/1.8 S-series primes. Professional reviews consistently praise its fast and silent autofocus, good center sharpness, minimal distortion, effective focus breathing suppression for video, and weather-sealed construction, while noting softer corners wide open, lack of physical controls like an aperture ring, susceptibility to flare when shooting into the sun, and chromatic aberration in extreme backlighting. As of September 13, 2025, user sentiment indicates the lens is appreciated as a reliable, straightforward tool for street and documentary photography that captures images true to life without adding excessive character or distortion.


From Panasonic: 

> Lumix S 35mm F1.8 is a large-diameter prime lens compatible with all L-mount cameras as well as Lumix S series prime lenses (S-E100, S-S85, S-S50, S-S24, S-S18), suitable for landscapes, snapshots, and portraits. It excels in video recording performance with a mechanism that suppresses focus breathing and features a dust- and splash-resistant design.
> * F1.8 large aperture lens provides high resolution from center to corner and beautiful bokeh; works with all L-mount full-frame digital cameras
> * The S-S35 has a similar angle view to what you see with your naked eye, for natural-looking close-up shots with a minimum focusing distance of 0.24 m/0.79 ft
> * Excels in video recording, with minimal focus breathing and smooth aperture control
> * Compact, portable lens is easy to carry all day in comfort; dust/splash*/freeze-resistant design withstands heavy field use under harsh conditions
> * Programmable Focus Throw with Rotation Speed and Rotational Quantum: Program the rotation of the manual focus ring to move seamlessly from infinite focus to close focus

[Official Website](https://shop.panasonic.com/products/s-series-35mm-f1-8-l-mount?_pos=6&_fid=096bab9ae&_ss=c)

[Panasonic Lens Firmware Updates](https://av.jpn.support.panasonic.com/support/global/cs/dsc/download/index4.html) 

Reviews:

* Digital Camera World: [Panasonic Lumix S 35mm f/1.8 review](https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/reviews/panasonic-lumix-s-35mm-f18-review), Rod Lawton, Apr 2024
* DPreview: [Hands-on with the new Panasonic Lumix S 35mm F1.8](https://www.dpreview.com/articles/7393120771/panasonic-lumix-s-35mm-f1-8-hands-on), Barey Britton, Nov 2021
* Photography Blog: [Panasonic Lumix S 35mm F1.8 Review](https://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/panasonic_lumix_s_35mm_f1_8_review), Mark Goldstein, Nov 2021
* The Phoblographer: [THIS IS A STURDY STORYTELLER: PANASONIC 35MM F1.8 S REVIEW](https://www.thephoblographer.com/2022/02/22/panasonic-s-35mm-f1-8-review/), Hillary Grigonis, Sep 2022

YouTube: 

* The Hybrid Shooter: [Panasonic 35mm F1.8 Review w/ Panasonic S5 II](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrlBied2N9Q), Feb 2023
* Josh Cameron: [It's FINALLY HERE! Panasonic Lumix 35mm 1.8 Review (Vid & Photo Examples)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYELwkK1sUY), Nov 2021
* * DPReview TV: [Sigma vs. Panasonic – 24mm and 35mm Shootout!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h__UXyt1DA), Dec 2021
* Pav SZ: [Lumix 35mm f1.8 S - The BEST ONE yet!! (Review with PHOTO/VIDEO samples)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k2rn0V7mt4), Nov 2021
* Richard Wong: [Finally! Lumix S 35mm f/1.8 Review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX3CHe5wnUg), Nov 2021