Now the 50mm equivalents. I am aware also that the 25 Oly when compared to their f1.8 version was a little tighter (the slower lens was assumed to be slightly wider, roughly a 45mm equiv).
For this shot I puled the tripod back a little, then spread the items out a little more.
Colours seem to be consistent enough, warm green on the Oly/Pana and cooler magenta on the all Pana combo.
Similar story to the wider lenses, although I feel the 25 Oly is actually tighter, so maybe the earlier comparison I read was wrong, maybe the premium lens is tighter than 25?
Again, there is an obvious difference in DOF drop off, but the Oly provides what I would call a working Bokeh look, the Pana is more of a Bokeh gimmick, like the Sigma 30mm I have. That ability to “cut out” a subject from a scene in the modern sense, but at the expense of context and a harmonious transition. Distances would make a difference here of course, getting closer to the statues would give both a stronger effect.
Now comparing them both at f1.8.
Chalk and cheese again, but no reason to compare them this way I guess, it does the format differences no favours at all.
Interestingly the 25mm at f1.8, even with the camera to subject difference greater than the subject to background distance can still blur the lights and wall enough to focus the viewers awareness to what is important, it just does it less heavy handedly.