Submarine Sandpaper posted:

200 f2.8 going to exist for m43 <3

DJExile posted:

whoa whoa whoa what's this now?

Butt Savage posted:

Ok, you’ve got my attention. This camera seems to hit the right notes — a good balance between video and stills capabilities, judging by some Amazon reviews. Plus, I’ll have enough cash left over for a secondary lens to play with.

From what I’m gathering, here’s the breakdown:

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Camera body (sell kit)
Lens options:
- 20mm F1.7 pancake
- And one of these
     - Panasonic 12-35 f2.8 (especially useful for video)
     - Olympus 12-40 f2.8
- Or pancake plus these two primes
     - Olympus M zuiko 17mm
     - 25mm F1.8 (also Olympus?)
- Or pancake plus
     - Leica summilux prime 15mm or 25mm

poo poo, that’s a tough choice. But I think I like the idea of one prime and one zoom, for now. So that’d be the pancake plus the Panasonic 12-35 f2.8 or the Olympus 12-40 f2.8, no? Unless you recommend otherwise. Really, I'm quite lost regarding this stuff. The 5-axis stabilization sounds amazing, though.

For audio, I think my iPhone + a nifty little mic would suffice until I decide to get real serious with video, if that ever happens. Hell, I might end up preferring stills over video while I’m learning, so spending too much on the video aspect might not be wise.

Maybe post your 2 latest favorite shots? Do you have any big gripes about the GX85 that you think would turn off a novice like me? I read the EVF was pretty disappointing?

Submarine Sandpaper posted:

http://www.nokishita-camera.com/2017/11/lumix-g9.html I imagine officially announced whenever the g9 is as well.

Kenny Logins posted:

Huh, I actually never knew that the x100 series had conversion lenses. That's so neat, although I can't say it would materially change my recommendation for people looking for a good fixed-lens, as it's already the x100 series.

curried lamb of God posted:

$3000 for the 200mm

DPReview posted:

Panasonic includes the new DMW-TC14 1.4x teleconverter in the box with the lens, bringing the focal length up to 280mm (560mm equiv.).

rio posted:

Does any X-T2 haver know how I can use split screen focus? I have always used the one where you have the frame and then a small rectangle showing a zoomed in view of your focus point and it works well but I was just digging through the settings and saw that split screen focus is greyed out. I would like to try it but can’t figure out how to enable it.

polyester concept posted:

Mine is not greyed out so I spent a while trying to figure out what could disable it. First of all you need to be on MF mode. Second you need to disable AF+MF mode. I found that it is not greyed out regardless of AF+MF setting as long as you are in MF mode.

DJExile posted:

THis explains at least a bit of the cost:


E: I'm trying like hell to figure out what I'd use that Focus Memory feature for

DJExile posted:

Finger Prince posted:

Focus limit is also useful for faster AF target acquisition. If what you're shooting is greater than 3m away, use that so it doesn't have to rack the entire focus range to nail a target. Good for birds. Although 3m seems pretty close up anyway, makes me wonder what the minimum focal distance is. The canon 400mm f5.6 has an 8m limit switch.

polyester concept posted:

Mine is not greyed out so I spent a while trying to figure out what could disable it. First of all you need to be on MF mode. Second you need to disable AF+MF mode. I found that it is not greyed out regardless of AF+MF setting as long as you are in MF mode.

spankmeister posted:

For video. If you're shooting a scene where the focus changes during the shot you can pre-focus on both points and use that button to move between them.

e: same for the focus limit, so you can focus smoothly and not jerk the focus accidentally.

spankmeister posted:

For video. If you're shooting a scene where the focus changes during the shot you can pre-focus on both points and use that button to move between them.

e: same for the focus limit, so you can focus smoothly and not jerk the focus accidentally.

bobfather posted:

I guess Pana saw Sony getting away with their lens prices and thought "me too!"

rio posted:

Oh ok. That was it, thanks! It’s be nice if they let you adjust settings universally instead of having to be in a camera mode to access certain settings.

melon cat posted:

Sony: "Hold my beer."

*sticks a blue Zeiss sticker on it*

$4000.

blowfish posted:

If your lens is 3x more expensive than Canon L glass it better come with complimentary blowjobs and/or "cine" in the name.

Finger Prince posted:

Depending on how you want to play the "equivalency" game, it's actually 3x cheaper than a white canon 400mm f2.8.

bobfather posted:

Actually if you're playing the equivalency game you'd be looking at the Canon 400 f/5.6 L which is $1300.

Submarine Sandpaper posted:

my god we're going to turn this into the worst thread

actually the 400 f/5.6 on a a7r3 after accounting for the 43 crop would only give you a 10 mp image and you'd have to crank iso to get the same ss

whatever7 posted:

Does any of these IBIS tech work on video?

Syrinxx posted:

Hmm thanks. Why do I remember reading, maybe in this thread, that putting an Oly lens on a Panasonic body would mean you lose image stabilization?

Submarine Sandpaper posted:

gx8 was the first with duel IS and is how you get 5 axis with pana lenses, mostly with the mk2 of their lens stabalization (applicable to their older ones)

whatever7 posted:

So does video IS work? Is it better or worse than Canon in lens IS for video? I don't understand your marketing speak.

GEMorris posted:

Tha G9 looks nice, but I'll probably never own one.

whatever7 posted:

So does video IS work? Is it better or worse than Canon in lens IS for video? I don't understand your marketing speak.