Showcase Panasonic 45-200mm f/4-5.6

[Iansky]

Hi Diana,

I am glad I am not the only one having this issue with the lens but it is a purchase we have both made with good intent so must justify it if only to ourselves - you are right, spring will offer the chance to use it more and benefit from it's great resolving power and focal length.

Ian

 

[steve]

Ian,

Wonderful image of the door. Did you purchase the EVF? I read in the other thread where you were considering it. If so, what is your verdict on the quality of the EVF? Thanks,

Steve

 

[klythawk]

G1/45-200 reversed.

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John.

 

[Brian Mosley]

Thanks John, and welcome to the forum!

can you tell us a little about how you reverse your 45-200?

What do you use, and what do you get?

Cheers

Brian

 

[BBW]

Ah, there it is! One of the shots I found on your flickr stream. Very nice indeed!

 

[klythawk]

Thanks John, and welcome to the forum!

can you tell us a little about how you reverse your 45-200?

What do you use, and what do you get?

Cheers

Brian

Thanks for the welcome Brian.

I'm very much a novice at photography but very happy to share the little i know. To reverse the lens i use a reversing ring, one of these It fits the 14-45 and 45-200 lens's. To use the 20mm lens, a step up adapter, 46mm to 52mm is required. You can change aperture settings by..

1) Fit lens with reversing adapter, and turn power on.

2) In aperture mode select reqd. aperture

3) Press and hold shutter effect speed button

4) Remove Lens and fit in reverse

5)One final thing, you will need to set SHOOT W/O LENS to ON in the G1/GF1 Custom Menu, page 5.

Good luck, its a cheap way into macro.

 

[sinophilia]

Not the sharpest shot, but I'm quite pleased with the result anyway (this is at 100%). Love to see these cormorants fishing on the river in the city centre.

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[hodad66]

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[andyw]

G1/45-200 reversed.

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John.

Loving this BIG TIME!!!!

 

[klythawk]

25mm Paper clips.

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G1/45-200 reversed. Not cropped.

John.

 

[BBW]

You are the King of reversed lenses! Amazing how well it works!

 

[F1L1P]

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[sinophilia]

klythawk, that paper clip shop is just beautiful! I'll have to buy a reversing ring too!

 

[DennisC]

I'm not a great fan of this lens.
The vignetting and softness at the 200mm end quite upset me!
BUT...there are times when I'm glad to have it with me.
These shots were taken at the Houston Thanksgiving Parade



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[klythawk]

Top notch shots Dennis.

John.

 

[Bill Gordon]

Let's see some Panasonic Lumix 45-200mm photographs!

I am utterly amazed at the quality of this lens. I will buy it but before I do I have one question. The Panasonic lenses have built in stabilization and my question is with the Pen it has internal stabilization so..can this be turned off on the lenses so that the body looks after that problem?

 

[Brian Mosley]

Hi Bill,

yes - you can select whichever stabilisation method you prefer. I usually switch the OIS off (there's a switch on the lens) and rely on IBIS for photography... assume this saves battery life, and I prefer to see how much 'wobble' I've got in the viewfinder before IBIS does its' stuff at the time of exposure.

When I'm taking video - I'll use OIS to give a smooth stabilised view for video.

It's a nice lens... not sure whether there's sample variation though, because some people report super sharp performance while others say it can be soft at full zoom.

Cheers

Brian

 

[Bill Gordon]

Thanks Brian and to all the others above for your posting of JUST FABULOUS IMAGESand of course all the others who posted.

 

[F1L1P]

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45-200 @ 158mm

 

[Bill Gordon]

thanks flip