Very long zoom lenses on m43

chrimsbroome

With the hack getting better,higher and more stable the use of shooting video, so that you can capture frames to used as photographs. Also as the Panasonic GH2 has a different senor cropping factors than 35mm digital cameras it allows full frame telephoto lenses to have a greater zoom ranges.

Saveing money overall :-)

MirrorMan

Not sure what 'very long' means but I've used this Vivitar (Tokina) 70-210 AF lens on my GH2. The results are generally good although it tends to lose contrast in bright sunlight.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Crop vs teleconverter

mvgansen

I am using the Samyang 500mm for video. Picked up a used one for about $75. IMHO it provides good value for money. Image quality is good although one should not expect Canon/Sigma quality at this price point. This lens does not have image stabilization, so on windy days it is very hard to get steady images, even when used on a tripod.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

http://www.focus-numerique.com/test-1830/objectif-sigma-120-300-f28-DG-OS-HSM-presentation-caracteristiques-1.html

ala_img

It is about 15km to the trees and 380000 km to the moon. Lens MTO 1000mm, GH1, mjpeg timelapse.

And here is the jupiter and moon stills 100% crop. Click to enlarge.

Illusionist_Films

Shot Yesterday on GH2 in ETC with 75-205mm Komine/Vivitar F3.8 @205mm f11-16 ISO400

nomad

Careful with mirror lenses, they have the notorious "doughnut" bokeh. Not really nice with a contrasty background.

grisnjam

Not much info on that guy, one 2 star review on amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/500mm-Telephoto-Mirror-Panasonic-Cameras/dp/B006K53ILW

Rokinon also makes a mirrored lens, 300M F6.3:

Riker

I'm cheap as hell but still want some supertele for my wildlife photo/video aspirations...

I've stumbled upon this...what say ye? Are there any ancient, old tele lenses I can get on the cheap?

http://www.ebay.at/itm/Monster-Tele-Objektiv-Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-GF3-GF2-GF1-G-G2-G1-G3-GH2-500mm-/290767070770?pt=DE_Foto_Camcorder_Objektive&hash=item43b3116632

MikeLinn

Barring the quirks with its Optical Stabilization system, the Sigma 120-300mm ƒ/2.8 DG OS HSM "S" lens is a fantastic piece of glass that features professional-level image quality, build quality and features at a price point that, at least at the time of this review, are not matched by any other competing lens manufacturer.

The new Sigma 120-300mm lens is the first "Sports" model in Sigma's new Global Vision line of lenses. This long telephoto zoom combines the flexibility of a zoom with the image quality and constant ƒ/2.8 aperture normally seen on higher-priced telephoto prime lenses. The addition of image stabilization (when it works) makes it a no-brainer for sports and action photographers that shoot in all sorts of environments and weather conditions. It's well-suited outdoors, for football or baseball season or indoors, courtside at a basketball game. Nature and wildlife photographers should take a look as well. The zoom really makes this a very versatile lens.

http://slrgear.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/1559/cat/all

Ebacherville

this is a old 1970s era Asanuma 80-220mm f3.5 .. shot on a GF2 - 440mm equivalent

MirrorMan

I'm also curious to hear some tele-converter experiences... I've also been wondering about those Samyang mirror lenses as they seem reasonably priced. For what its worth, I also shot the moon the other night with my Chinon 200mm on ETC mode (a €15 ebay score).

thepalalias

Here is an EX24H screen grab of CM Night footage shot with at f/5.6 1/50 with a Canon 100-400m f/4.5-5.6 F

It's still my favorite telephoto zoom at the focal length.

The image is watermarked, but a ungraded PNG (so no lossy compression).

You can see it and the one with tonemapping at http://perlichtman.com/pasdenapulse/wordpress/2012/05/06/super-moon-2012/

chrimsbroome

@Vitaliy - yes, basically (Extream long range zoom while keepinp clear optics)

Vitaliy_Kiselev

The patch allows me to zoom and get a cleaner picture.

LOL

chrimsbroome

@faceydancer, because there are more videos of me using the patch. The patch allows me to zoom and get a cleaner picture.

fancydancer

@chrimsbroome what has this got to do with 'Very long zoom lenses on m43' topic?

chrimsbroome

I did some more zoom tests with the new Driftwood Quantum v2 Rocket patch. Thankyou Driftwood for making it possible :) - you will have to go to the youtube page to see the others parts of the zoom.

chrimsbroome

What made me laugh was the guy who took these said I was so cold that I couldn't sharpen the photo right. It looks cold poor guy.

chrimsbroome

Somebody finally bougth the SLR Magic Spotting Scope and showd off its optics. I must say you won't be that disappointed and I think its worth the money they ask for it don't you.

chrimsbroome

I could of sold this lens and somebody would of got this zoom. Glad I didn't sell it!

chrimsbroome

chrimsbroome

chrimsbroome

check out the video :)

holmes6

I've been using a Pentax-K mount adapter from Ebay along with 50mm f2 and 135mm f3.5 pentax prime lenses on my GF2 and have been happy with the results. Sample of each lens from same spot. The 135mm needs bright light to work decently at all handheld, so generally I've used it on a tripod. Since I don't have money to spend on m43 format lenses right now, the ability to use older stuff has really extended the camera. Without OIS these lenses get really shaky on handheld video. Someday I'd like to pickup a modern pentax dslr so I can stabilize them in the body and use them without 4/3 sensor cropping.

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50MM 100% crop

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135MM 100% crop

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