400mm f/5.6L Canon EF on my GH2?

ragnar

I've got this lens on my wishlist at Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-400mm-Super-Telephoto-Cameras/dp/B00009USW3/

and was wondering if I could adapt it for use on my GH2. I have a Vivitar 400mm FD lens that I use. I also have the Lumix 100-300 lens. I'm thinking maybe this Canon lens would be really sharp for my nature photography/video as the Vivitar isn't that great and the 100-300 is a bit dull after 200mm. I think that Canon 400 I have listed is manual, but I could be wrong.

Harold House

balazer

Canon EF lenses can certainly be used with your GH2 with an adapter, but if the lens does not have a manual aperture ring, you will have no aperture control. And of course you would only have manual focusing.

ragnar

Thank you, Balazer. Any chance you could point me to a Canon EF adapter for the GH2?

HAROLD HOUSE

v10tdi

About a month ago on vacation I saw a CL ad for an Alpex 400mm f/6.3 (Minolta mount). I had some time and so I checked it out and I was very pleasantly surprised by both the build and image quality. Only real trick is the minimum focus distance and lack of stabilization - it's a heavy lens and difficult to shoot handheld. The evening I purchased the lens I stopped by forest on a whim and managed to capture film of a bobcat near sunset - the subject cooperated by moving very slowly. :-)

I also have the 100-300 and I agree with you about the dullness on the long end. However, the image stabilization is a real help.

thepalalias

@ragnar There's several ones available. Did you want one with or without aperture control?

Here are several. I've used the Fotodiox one without aperture control happily for a long time.

http://www.amazon.com/RAINBOWIMAGING-Adapter-Olympus-Panasonic-USD27-99/dp/B003150B6O/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1356370591&sr=1-2&keywords=m43+ef+adapter

http://www.amazon.com/RainbowImaging-Adapter-Panasonic-Olympus-USD27-99/dp/B003GRGCDI/ref=sr_1_6?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1356370591&sr=1-6&keywords=m43+ef+adapter

http://www.amazon.com/Fotodiox-Mount-Adapter-Thirds-Cameras/dp/B003EAXT5G/ref=sr_1_8?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1356370591&sr=1-8&keywords=m43+ef+adapter

I haven't tried these but they have some aperture control apparently.

http://www.amazon.com/EzFoto-adapter-Aperture-Panasonic-aperture/dp/B006JSSFZO/ref=sr_1_10?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1356370591&sr=1-10&keywords=m43+ef+adapter

http://www.amazon.com/Fotodiox-Adapter-Built--Aperture-Camera/dp/B005ODK53K/ref=sr_1_11?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1356370591&sr=1-11&keywords=m43+ef+adapter

http://www.amazon.com/EzFoto-adapter-Aperture-version-Olympus/dp/B005VB8KLE/ref=sr_1_12?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1356370591&sr=1-12&keywords=m43+ef+adapter

http://www.amazon.com/Camera-Adapter-Canon-Mount-Micro/dp/B007WY75X2/ref=sr_1_14?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1356370591&sr=1-14&keywords=m43+ef+adapter

http://www.amazon.com/Bower-AB43EOS-Mount-Micro-Thirds/dp/B005G2HUKU/ref=sr_1_15?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1356370591&sr=1-15&keywords=m43+ef+adapter

http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Optic-Adapter-Adjustable-Diaphragm/dp/B004N3S2R8/ref=sr_1_16?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1356370591&sr=1-16&keywords=m43+ef+adapter

http://www.amazon.com/Kipon-EOS-m4-Adapter-Aperture-Control/dp/B004XGFIZY/ref=sr_1_18?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1356370591&sr=1-18&keywords=m43+ef+adapter

ragnar

You guys are the best. Thanks to thepalaias and vt10tdi for the great information.

Happy Holidays!

Harold House

balazer

Just search for "canon ef adapter m43" on eBay. I don't recommend the adapters with built-in apertures, as the aperture is not in the right place to limit the light without severe vignetting.

Really, I'd suggest looking for a lens with a manual aperture control, perhaps in a mount other than Canon EF. Not having a proper aperture control will severely limit the usefulness of a lens. The Alpex that v10tdi mentioned looks alright to me. I see one now on eBay.

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