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Ah I used to love those old Sony cameras, I had one similar and still have hundreds of it's pics knocking about. This pic shows how good they could be.I really like windmills both ancient and modern. This is the preserved one in West Swindon.
Full disclosure time: this was taken with an old Sony DSC-S40 but hey! it wanted to be a TZ4 when it grew up.
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At times I got frustrated with the 100-400 not able to focus on small birds. Apparently, it's nothing to do with lens but with Panasonic focus methods. If the bird is small and the rest of the picture is 90% of out of focus stuff. The camera won't focus on the bird but on whatever is out of focus. Even if focus point is spot on on the target. You need to manually get it close, then the camera can focus properly. 100-400 was very sharp and stabilisation at 400mm was impressive too.
The 100-300 is suppose to be good for the price, but if money and weight is not an option the 100-400 is even better.
Only leisure hobby. 500 max.The 70-300 is decent enough for the money, I had the mkii which is supposed to be better and it gains weather sealing.
Depends how serious you want to take the bird photography and how much you want to spend?
I picked up my Olympus 75-300 from CEX.
They were substantially cheaper than elsewhere, I only got it because I had credit there from a phone sale.
I just checked for stock every now and then and one popped up. CEX do a pretty generous returns policy and you get a 2yr warranty.
Mine was a mark II
CeX
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I didn't expect to get much use as I'm not a wildlife shooter but it's fun to have 600mm equ reach, if hard to hold steady even on a stabilised E-M10ii
MPB have what looks like a mark I for £190
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Sorry I've no idea.Thanks for this. Are the mk 1s, pano and oly , optically the same as mk 2?
Thanks for this. Are the mk 1s, pano and oly , optically the same as mk 2?
I've had a 100-300 MkII for a couple of years, not used it much, I'm not really a birder. But it's nice glass, used for bigger targets at around 150-250. Here's my first shot taken from inside Jessops shop, Oxford St.Getting back into bird photography.
Any thoughts on this lens on my G80?
Panasonic Lumix G Vario 100-300mm f/4-5.6 Mega OIS
At times I got frustrated with the 100-400 not able to focus on small birds. Apparently, it's nothing to do with lens but with Panasonic focus methods. If the bird is small and the rest of the picture is 90% of out of focus stuff. The camera won't focus on the bird but on whatever is out of focus. Even if focus point is spot on on the target. You need to manually get it close, then the camera can focus properly. 100-400 was very sharp and stabilisation at 400mm was impressive too.
The 100-300 is suppose to be good for the price, but if money and weight is not an option the 100-400 is even better.
My GX80 is fast & accurate too.Maybe I've just been lucky but I've never seen that with GX80 and 100-400mm.
Very nice, I'm sure .... for the pro videoer with a healthy budget.This looks like a beast of a lens, Panasonic 25-50mm f/1.7
Would go very nicely on a G9 although I suspect not mine when I see the cost.
Just need that and the 10-25 f/1.7 then good to go apart from lugging them around all day.
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Very nice, I'm sure .... for the pro videoer with a healthy budget.
I've got a bit of thing about the
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 50-200mm f/2.8-4.0 ASPH
in my dreams.
When I first went M43 and bought a GX80, I also got a Lumix 45-200mm f/4.0-5.6That is an interesting lens, but I don't really use the longer focal lengths.
Sticking with my PL 8-18 and Oly 12-100, pretty much covers everything I need
So, update on the pano 100-300 mk2.
Castle cameras sold the £379 as new before my wife could hit it.
MPB have a couple of excellent used ones but they want £439. I can get new for less than 50 more.
They are having a laugh!
Just picked up Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150 mm F4-5.6 Lens.
Second lens for my GX9 camera. I’m not even sure what I want to use it for but it’s so reasonably priced I figured why not? Probably will walk a trail with my son tomorrow and see what’s worth shooting.