Panasonic Lumix G Vario 100-300mm F/4.0-5.6 OIS Lens Field Review - Page 4

Kiwi Paul · #31 September 16th, 2011, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by blue

All my samples were processed from RAW and given a healthy amount of sharpening. It does take a pretty high ISO sometimes to get enough shutter speed to handhold this lens at full tele, and the G3 will help with results at those high ISOs.

I am hoping for good things from the G3/100-300 combo. Has anyone tried this yet ?

Yes I use that combo and have got great results, there is no issue using ISO3200 if you are just using to keep the shutter speed up.
Focus is quick and accurate usually but I have had problems when photographing individual birds sometimes where the focus is a bit out, I've tried various metering modes but haven't yet worked out a solution, you only really notice it when viewing 100% but it's a pain. It's not out by much, for instance the birds body might be in focus but the head is slight oof.

Here's some that are in focus.

Paul

More ducks I must be quackers!!

Ducks with G3 and Pana 100-300

zpierce · #32 September 16th, 2011, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Kiwi Paul

Yes I use that combo and have got great results, there is no issue using ISO3200 if you are just using to keep the shutter speed up.
Focus is quick and accurate usually but I have had problems when photographing individual birds sometimes where the focus is a bit out, I've tried various metering modes but haven't yet worked out a solution, you only really notice it when viewing 100% but it's a pain. It's not out by much, for instance the birds body might be in focus but the head is slight oof.

Here's some that are in focus.

Paul

More ducks I must be quackers!!

Ducks with G3 and Pana 100-300

Could just be dof issue? At 20ft at 300mm f5.6 your dof is about 2 inches. I notice this often with birds. Often I'm at 300 mm trying to get close, wide open for shutter speed and end up with very little dof. Something I'm getting used to with this really long lens.

Shield · #33 September 18th, 2011, 05:04 AM

Great review. This lens is sharp as a tack and I am stunned every time I use it. I wish it went all the way wide to 14mm; I may never take it off my camera!

AbsolutKev · #34 November 10th, 2011, 03:25 AM

A quick note for all oly users incase its not mentioned yet, if it is, pls excuse this post.

If u hav ur IBIS On and lens OIS off, the ammount of compensations is not as great as IBIS off and lens OIS on. Phew... Thats a mouthfull.

Try it out.

AbsolutKev · #35 November 10th, 2011, 03:28 AM

Amount or ammount. Ah, spelling mistake again. Pls (polar) bear (growl!) with me.

AbsolutKev · #36 November 10th, 2011, 03:32 AM

Welcome to Flickr!

Jus a shot to share. :)

BillN · #37 February 13th, 2012, 11:10 AM

Thanks Zach - great video - really enjoyed it

kissel · #38 December 7th, 2012, 03:30 PM

As an owner of Nikon D3 was looking for a long tele lens, but y'all aware how bad the price tags are even on the cheaper lenses there. Panny 100-300 shocked me with it's perfomance, so I just bought a G3 body and planning on buying 100-300 before spring and use it for wild life photography.

LowTEC · #39 December 13th, 2012, 02:55 AM

I too switched from APSC to m4/3 for this lens, the DSLR alternative will cost me four times more to have the same focal length

Lindsay D · #40 February 1st, 2013, 01:13 PM

Lovely images Amin! I too have this lens and I really enjoy using it on my OMD. However the first copy I owned wasn't great, very soft over about 230mm. The copy I have now is much better, its tack sharp up to about 260mm, then sharp enough to 280 at which point it does soften noticeably. However a bit of loss at the extreme long end isn't an issue for me.