Tested In-Depth: Panasonic Lumix LX100
E-M1 & 600mm f/2.8 review by Surflove.
OM-D E-M5 MK II – Graded by Jonas Linngård (Youtube).
Fast 50mm Shoot Out: MFT vs FF (Betterfamilyphotos).
Micro Four Thirds len’s favorites (Lensschool).
Colorfidelity added the E-M5II profiles.
Japanese JVC GY-LS300 4K MFT camcorder review at (Monouri).
Tomas: “Hi I did video with Panasonic G6 and Nokton 17.5 mm about my city and its surroundings. I spent almost one year making it. Here is link > https://youtu.be/gVZnPwMscE4”
Jason: “Hi guys , here’s a shoot we did with the GH4 in downtown LA at night. Vimeo presents: Downtown Los Angeles Night Aerials – 4K http://vimeo.com/124955949”
Travis: “Here is an Olympus E-M5 MK II tips and tricks video I made. The second post in the 2nd link below has the full text of the video as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI4NtRoEb_k
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/55564166“
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The review you have linked to is for a 300 mm lens, not 600 mm. http://surflove.com.au/olympus-e-m1-zuiko-ed-300mm-f2-8/
600mm field of view equivalent on 135mm. (That review was already published here if I’m not wrong) A beast of a lens. Like that, even if it’s not the photography I usually do.
It would then be 1200mm equivalent if told it is 600mm.
There is NO equivalent focal length. There is only equivalent FIELD OF VIEW.
Different focal length gives same field of view (with different image ratio if not swapped).
The focal length changes only the subject magnification, sensor size rules the field of view. Aperture is a ratio of blades opening in center of the lens compared to focal length (magnification).
There is no a single standard focal length that everything needs to be compared.
Photographers who can’t learn that there isn’t equivalency are not great photographers, they most likely are not even a good photographers! (They probably doesn’t even get their gear out enough!).
Focal length is always the focal length, just like aperture is always the aperture. There is no equivalency there!
It is like we would start talking “Oh, to get the equivalent you need 2kg more!”
Read again, I wrote “field of view”. Perhaps Admin simply confused the two things. Clearly that lens is the great 300mm f2.8.
I’m bored by the equivalence topic.
We all are.
Yes you did but my point was that Surflove should not have called it a 600 at all in their review.
Some folks can take good photographs but can’t do maths to save their lives. Just look through the viewfinder.
These big lenses remind me of Crocodile Dundee’s paperknife, “this … is a lens”.
It’s still a 300mm lens, it gives the equivalent FoV of a 600mm on “135” film which is the 35mm negative format of a compact SLR. Which confuses the issue.
Best to ignore FoV when reviewing lenses and stick to actual focal length.
The EM1 / A7 shootout matches my experience exactly. The difference in image quality between the two is there, but very minor. The EM1 is the better system and travel camera. The A7II has great IQ but the lenses are massive and it is HEAVY for such a small camera, which hurts its ergonomics. I find that there is room for both in my bag.
Re the 300mm with the E-M1 (1) it’s a 300mm lens not 600mm and (2) I’ve been using the Sigma 50-500/F4-6.3 on the E-M5ii and the GH4; you do not need the E-M1 to use these 4/3 lenses.
My Bigma is faulty, the aperture is jammed wide open, my adaptor is the Lumix DMW-MMA1. It all weighs in at 2225g which means it really needs the tripod but can be hand held even on the GH4 without stabilisation. At 300mm it lacks the clarity and sharpness of the Lumix 100-300 but obviously the Bigma goes longer. The GH4 focusses it fastest but the E-M5ii more accurately, that may indicate a further problem with this particular lens; it is noisy and the AF is not as quick as dedicated mft lenses but it is still designed for the same size digital sensor. Like most extra-long lenses it benefits from a tweak of MF on the target, the GH4 has the better focus peaking, the GH4 goes to higher ISO without noise meaning it can use a faster shutter, in good daylight this f/6.3 is not a problem on either lenses (I would stop it down to f/8 to f/11 if it were possible and still be at 1/250 to 1/1000). The E-M5ii 5-axis IS does not cope well with this long heavy lens (both recognise it), so no advantage and both cameras produce the same exposure solution which is about half the “rule of thumb s=1/focus.length”.
My point, you do not need the E-M1 to use AF on a four thirds lens.